This is a photograph of the Farm Workers Block at Mont Park Hospital. It shows three stone buildings facing a large pond. The Farm Workers Block were the earliest wards constructed at Mont Park, and housed patients who were used as labor on the hospital’s vegetable gardens, orchard, and dairy, pig, and poultry farms. This…
This is a photograph showing nurses standing in what appears to be a dining room at Mont Park. It shows a room with long dining tables on one side, and smaller octagonal tables on the other side. Three nurses wearing white aprons and bonnets are standing at the back of the room. This photograph is…
This is a photograph of nurses standing in one of the patient dormitories at Mont Park. It shows two rows of approximately 8 beds with white embroidered sheets placed along the sides of a long room. Six nurses wearing white aprons and bonnets are standing among the beds. Down the middle of the room are…
This is a photograph of the Chronic Ward Blocks at Mont Park Hospital. The Chronic Block was the main block of patient wards at Mont Park. The photograph shows a curved driveway leading up to the central building of the block, identifiable by its ornate entrance, which housed the reception ward, operating theatre and dispensary,…
Mont Park Hospital for the Insane was opened by the Victorian State Government in April 1912 . It provided short and long term residential treatment for patients with mental illness and intellectual disability. While Mont Park was primarily a facility for adult patients, it is known to have also treated children. At its peak in…
The Department of Health, also known as the Health Department of Victoria, was established in 1985. It replaced the Health Commission of Victoria, and assumed its responsibilities for the management of public health providers in Victoria, including hospitals. In 1987 the Office of Psychiatric Services was added to the Department of Health, which was responsible…
The Lunacy Department was established in 1905 as a department of the Victorian State Government, and part of the Chief Secretary’s Department. It replaced the Hospitals for the Insane Branch of the Chief Secretary’s Department. The Lunacy Department was responsible for the treatment of people deemed to have mental illness or intellectual disability. It had…
This is a photo of boys in the woodworking classroom at Janefield Training Centre. It shows three boys standing around a table working on their woodwork projects, and another boy carrying a piece of timber behind them. The projects on the table look to include wooden boxes, and a small simple model of an animal….
This is a photo of girls in the junior classroom at Janefield Training Centre. It shows two young girls standing in a large, bright room stacking blocks on top of each other. Another girl is sitting behind them in a row of tables and chairs lined up by the windows. The girls are all wearing…
This is a photo of the milking shed and stables at Janefield Training Centre. It shows a range of sheds and stables arranged around a central brick courtyard, where there are trailers and buggies parked. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.
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