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Enfield Hospital

The Enfield Hospital was the new name given to the Enfield Receiving House in 1963. It continued to operate as a Receiving Home for people with mental health problems and people with intellectual disabilities, including children. State-children with intellectual disabilities continued to be sent to Enfield Hospital. On 1st July, 1979, Enfield Hospital was incorporated…

Enfield Receiving House

The Enfield Receiving House was opened by the government in 1922 at Enfield. It was used for the observation and temporary treatment of patients who were not certified and sent to the mental hospital. It also admitted voluntary psychiatric patients. Children with intellectual disabilities, including State-children, were placed at the Receiving House, often in wards…

Glenside Campus Mental Health Service of the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service

Glenside Campus Mental Health Service of the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service was the new name given to the Glenside Hospital in 2007. It was run by the SA Department of Health. Redevelopment of the Glenside Campus site, including new facilities for Mental Health Services began in 2009 and was continuing in 2014. Glenside Campus…

Glenside Hospital

Glenside Hospital was the new name given to the Parkside Mental Hospital from 1967. Run by the government, the Hospital housed people suffering from mental illness and with intellectual disabilities including some children. In the 1970s some children from Glenside were transferred to the Strathmont Centre and Lochiel Park Boys Training Centre. In 2004 the…

Parkside Mental Hospital

The Parkside Mental Hospital was the new name given to the Parkside Lunatic Asylum in 1913. Run by the government, the Hospital housed people suffering from mental illness and with intellectual disabilities and medical conditions like epilepsy, including some children. In 1940 several children from Minda Home were transferred to the Hospital. Children with intellectual…

Parkside Lunatic Asylum

The Parkside Lunatic Asylum was opened by the government in 1870 and 50 male patients were moved from the Adelaide Lunatic Asylum to Parkside. In 1873, 70 men and 50 women resided at the Asylum. By the 1880s men, women and children were being housed there. Some children from the Asylum were moved to the…

Adelaide Lunatic Asylum

The Adelaide Lunatic Asylum was opened by the government on North Terrace Adelaide in 1852. It replaced the temporary Colonial Lunatic Asylum at Parkside as an institution for the accommodation of people suffering from mental illness. People with intellectual disabilities, including children, were incarcerated at the Asylum. In 1898 some children from the Asylum were…

Minda Home

Minda Home was the new name for the Minda Home for Weak-Minded Children from 1911 when the institution moved to new premises in Brighton. Run by a board of management Minda Home provided accommodation and special training for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. In the 1940s only children between 6 and 12 years were…

Townsend House for Deaf and Blind Children

Townsend House for Deaf and Blind Children, located in Brighton, was formed in 1970 when the Townsend House Schools for Deaf and Blind Children were divided into a State Government-run day school called South Australian Schools for Deaf and Blind Children, and a residential section called Townsend House for Deaf and Blind Children. Run by…

Townsend House Schools for Deaf and Blind Children

Townsend House Schools for Deaf and Blind Children was the new name given to the South Australian Institution for the Blind and Deaf and Dumb in 1946. Situated at Brighton, it was run by a board of management and provided both schooling and residential care. In 1970 the running of the school at Townsend House…