Glenside Hospital, 21/10/1998, 21 October 1998, by Messenger Press photographer, courtesy of State Library of South Australia.
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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 Glenside Hospital was renamed the Glenside Campus Mental Health Service of the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service.
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. Initially no specific facilities were set aside for children in the Hospital and they were housed in wards with adult patients.
In 1971 the opening of the new Strathmont Centre for people with intellectual disabilities saw the transfer of a number of young people from the Hospital. Lochiel Park Boys' Training Centre also expanded its facilities in the 1970s taking in boys from other institutions including Glenside Hospital. The Children in State Care Report, however, shows that young people continued to be committed to Glenside Hospital into the 1980s and beyond.
From 2004, Glenside Hospital was designated the Glenside Campus Mental Health Service of the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service.
1870 - 1913 Parkside Lunatic Asylum
1913 - 1967 Parkside Mental Hospital
1967 - 2007 Glenside Hospital
2007 - Glenside Campus Mental Health Service of the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service
Sources used to compile this entry: State Records of South Australia, 'Agency Details GA1980 Parkside Lunatic Asylum, later Parkside Mental Hospital, later Glenside Hospital', in State Records of South Australia, ArchivesSearch, http://archives.sa.gov.au.
Prepared by: Gary George
Created: 15 April 2014
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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