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Baillie Henderson Hospital (1968 - )

  • [Front entrance to Baillie Henderson Hospital]

    [Front entrance to Baillie Henderson Hospital], 2000?
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From
1968
Categories
Disability Institution, Government-run, Home and Hospital
Website
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/services/darlingdowns/ddowns-baillie-hosp.asp

The Baillie Henderson Hospital, in Toowoomba, is a public specialist psychiatric hospital. It opened in 1968 and was still operating in 2014.

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Location

1968 -
Address - Baillie Henderson Hospital is situated at the corner of Hogg and Tor Streets, North Toowoomba. Location: North Toowoomba

Timeline

 1867 - 1953 Willowburn Mental Asylum
       1953 - 1968 Toowoomba Mental Hospital
             1968 - Baillie Henderson Hospital

Publications

Online Resources

Photos

Shower Stalls [Baillie Henderson]
Title
Shower Stalls [Baillie Henderson]
Type
Image
Date
c. 1950 - c. 1970

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[Front entrance to Baillie Henderson Hospital]
Title
[Front entrance to Baillie Henderson Hospital]
Type
Image
Date
2000?

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Queensland Health, The road to recovery - a history of mental health services in Queensland 1859-2009, Queensland Government, 2013, https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/444583/qld-mh-history.pdf; Thomson, Rev Eileen, Baillie Henderson Hospital: A Century of Care 1890 - 1990, Baillie Henderson Mental Hospital Museum, 1990, http://bailliemuseum.wikidot.com/the-centenary.

Prepared by: Lee Butterworth