The Mercy Centre, in Wooloowin, is operated by the Sisters of Mercy. It was previously known as the Holy Cross Retreat. In 1977 a new building was erected for the physically and mentally disabled. Care for unmarried mothers continued. This new complex was renamed Mercy Centre.
Cootharinga Society of North Queensland was previously called the North Queensland Society for Crippled Children. The name change occured in 1991.
Cootharinga North Queensland was previously known as the Cootharinga Society of North Queensland. In 2002 the organisation gained membership with Ability First Australia.
The North Queensland Society for Crippled Children was founded in 1951 by a group of citizens to provide care, education and training of children who contracted poliomyelitis during the poliomyelitis epidemic. In 1991, the North Queensland Society for Crippled Children changed its name to Cootharinga Society of North Queensland.
The Ipswich Mental Hospital was previously known as the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane. In 1940 an extra wing was added to the building that accommodated mentally handicapped children. It became known as Dagmar House. [Taken from ‘Ipswich Mental Hospital (1938-1964)’: UQ Ipswich Campus Progression of an Institution] Dr Basil Stafford was Superintendent at Ipswich…
The Ipswich Hospital for the Insane, situated at Ipswich, was previously known as the Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum. In 1910 it became known as the Ipswich Mental Hospital. [Taken from ‘Ipswich Hospital for the Insane (1910-1938)’: UQ Ipswich Campus Progression of an Institution] The institution expanded rapidly between 1910 and 1920. A…
The Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum was opened in 1878 to take patients from the overcrowded Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum at Wacol. The name changed to the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane in 1910. Opened in 1878, the Ipswich Asylum, commonly known as “The Gallop”, accommodated chronic cases from the overcrowded Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum….
The Toowoomba Mental Hospital, in North Toowoomba, was opened in 1953. It was a government-run residential facility for the mentally ill and was previously known as Willowburn Mental Asylum. On 27 August 1968 the name changed to Baillie Henderson Hospital.
The Brisbane Special Hospital, situated at Wacol, Queensland, was a State run facility. The Brisbane Special Hospital was previously known as the Brisbane Mental Hospital. It is known that children who were wards of the state were placed at the Brisbane Special Hospital during the 1960s.
The Park Centre for Mental Health, situated at Wacol, Queensland, is one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in Australia. The Park Centre for Mental Health was previously known as the Wolston Park Hospital. The hospital provides a range of mental health services, including extended inpatient care, mental health research, education and a high security psychiatric…
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