Willowburn Mental Asylum (1867 - 1953)

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Benevolent Institution at Toowoomba, ca. 1902, c. 1902, courtesy of Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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1867

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1953

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Home, Disability Institution, Government-run

Alternative Names

Benevolent Institution, Toowoomba

The Willowburn Mental Asylum was situated at the corner of Hogg and Tor Streets, North Toowoomba. The institution was run by the State of Queensland. It opened in 1867 and was renamed Toowoomba Mental Hospital in 1953. Evidence shows that children were inmates of Queensland mental institutions however more research is needed to find out about children placed at Willowburn Mental Asylum.

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1867 - 1950?: Address - Willowburn Mental Asylum was situated at corner of Hogg and Tor Streets, North Toowoomba

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1867 - 1953: Willowburn Mental Asylum
1953 - 1968: Toowoomba Mental Hospital

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Shower Stalls [Baillie Henderson]

General view of hospital - 1915

Women's Admission Ward

Benevolent Institution at Toowoomba, ca. 1902

Willowburn Mental Asylum (1867 - 1953)

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