List of psychiatric hospitals in Australia

This is a list of operational and former Australian psychiatric hospitals.

Australian Capital Territory

There are no institutions known to have existed.

New South Wales

Mental asylums in New South Wales
Facility	Status	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum[1]	Demolished	?	1811	1826	?	Castle Hill, New South Wales
Callan Park Hospital for the Insane (Rozelle Hospital)[2][3]	Closed	Warden: G Cleaver	1885	2008[4]	250	Lilyfield
Cumberland Hospital	Operational	?	1849		250	Parramatta
Darlinghurst Gaol	Closed	?	1841	1914	?	Darlinghurst
Gladesville Mental Hospital (Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum)	Closed	?	1838	1993	?	Gladesville, New South Wales
Kenmore Asylum[5]	Closed	?	1895	2003	700	Goulburn
Morisset Hospital	Operational	?	?		?	Morisset
Macquarie Hospital[6]	Operational	?	1959[7]		195	North Ryde
Peat Island Hospital	Closed	?	1911	2010	?	Peat Island
Darlinghurst Lunatic Reception House	Closed	?	1868	1961	?	Darlinghurst
Port Macquarie Mental Asylum	Closed	?	?	?	?	Port Macquarie
Rydalmere Mental Hospital	Closed	?	1814	2016	?	Rydalmere
Bloomfield Mental Hospital	Closed	?	1925	?	?	Orange
Orange Health Service, Bloomfield Campus	Operational		~2015		?	Orange
Total capacity						?

Northern Territory

There are no asylums known to have existed.

Queensland

• Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum, later renamed to Goodna Asylum and later to Goodna Mental Hospital and is now referred to as Wolston Park Hospital (later renamed "The Park") which still operates and has maximum and minimum facilities along with Psychogeriatric units.
• Baillie Henderson Hospital
• Ipswich Mental Hospital

Mosman Hall, Charters Towers circa 1952 to 2001

South Australia

• Glenside Hospital
• James Nash House

Tasmania

• Cascades Female Factory
• Royal Derwent Hospital (Willow Court) - This hospital was the oldest operating hospital for the mentally ill in Australia, operating from 1830–2000

Victoria

Mental asylums in Victoria
Facility	Status	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Yarra Bend Asylum	Demolished	1848	1925	1000+	Fairfield, Melbourne
Ararat Asylum (Aradale Mental Hospital)	Closed	1865	1993	2000	Ararat
Collingwood Stockade (Carlton Lunatic Asylum)	Demolished	1866	1872	?	Carlton North, Melbourne
Beechworth Asylum (Mayday Hills)	Closed	1867	1995	1200[8]	Beechworth
Kew Asylum (Willsmere Mental Hospital)	Closed	1871[9]	1988	884 (in 1903)[10]	Kew, Melbourne
Ballarat Asylum (Lakeside Mental Hospital)	Demolished	1877	1997	?	Ballarat
Sunbury Asylum (Caloola)	Closed	1879	1985	?	Sunbury
Kew Cottages	Closed	1887	2007	?	Kew, Melbourne
Royal Park	Closed	1909	1999	?	Parkville, Melbourne
Mont Park Asylum	Closed	1912	1999	?	Bundoora, Melbourne
Hobson's Park (Traralgon Psychiatric Hospital)[11]	Demolished	1963	1995	193[12]	Traralgon
Larundel Psychiatric Hospital	New housing built on site	1953	2001[13]	747[14]	Bundoora, Melbourne
Brierly Mental Hospital	Demolished	1957[15]	?	200+	Warrnambool
Thomas Embling Hospital	Operational	2000	-	116[16]	Fairfield, Melbourne

Pleasant View Receiving House in Preston (short lived). Heatherton Hospital in south east Melbourne.

Western Australia

Mental asylums in Western Australia
Facility	Status	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Claremont Mental Hospital	Closed	?	1903	1972	1,114	Mount Claremont, Western Australia
Fremantle Lunatic Asylum	Closed	?	1865	1909	?	Fremantle, Western Australia
Graylands Hospital	Operational		1909	-	178	Mount Claremont, Western Australia
Heathcote Mental Hospital	Closed	?	1929	1994	113	Applecross, Western Australia
Perth House	Closed	?	1909	1911	?	Perth, Western Australia
Roma Hospital	Closed	?	1924	1925	?	Cottesloe, Western Australia
Whitby Falls Mental Hospital[17]	Closed	?	1897	1972	34	Mundijong, Western Australia

See also

• List of Australian prisons
• List of hospitals in Australia

References

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