The Home Secretary’s Office in Queensland was the new name given to the Colonial Secretary’s office on 6 August 1896. The Home Secretary administered all matters related to health, welfare, local governments and courts, police and prisons, aborigines, recreation, and other internal administrative functions. In 1935 it was renamed the Health and Home Affairs Department
The Colonial Secretary’s office in Queensland administered all matters not the responsibility of the Colonial Treasurer or the Attorney-General. The administrative functions of the Colonial Secretary included: Reform Schools, Insanity – asylums, Reception houses for the insane, Hospitals and charitable institutions, Public health, Medical establishments, including quarantine, vaccination, and lunatic asylums. On 6 August 1896,…
The Health and Home Affairs Department in Brisbane, was created in 1935. It replaced the Home Secretary’s Office. The department had administrative control over a number of internal services in Queensland including: Adoption, Children’s Services, Epileptic Home, Hospitals, Mental Institutions, State Children and Public Health. In 1963 the Home Affairs Department was abolished and a…
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…
The Brisbane Mental Hospital, situated at Wacol, Queensland, was a State run facility. The hospital, originally named the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum, was first established in 1865 on a 120 acre horse stud farm owned by Dr Stephen Simpson. The Brisbane Mental Hospital was previously known as the Goodna Hospital for the Insane. It is known…
The Goodna Hospital for the Insane, situated at Wacol, Queensland, was a State run facility. The Goodna Hospital for the Insane was previously known as the Goodna Asylum for the Insane. Evidence shows that children who were wards of the state were placed in Queensland mental institutions however more research is needed to find out…
The Goodna Asylum for the Insane, situated at Wacol, Queensland, was a State run facility. The Goodna Asylum for the Insane was previously known as the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum. Evidence shows that children who were wards of the state were placed in Queensland mental institutions however more research is needed to find out about children…
The Wolston Park Hospital, situated at Wacol, Queensland, was a State-run facility. Wolston Park Hospital was previously known as the Brisbane Special Hospital, and sometimes was referred to as Goodna. It is known that children who were wards of the state were placed at Wolston Park during the 1960s-1980s, despite the existence of Wilson Youth…
The Lunacy Act of 1869 provided for the establishment of ‘reception houses’, to which magistrates could commit ‘disturbed’ patients for one month instead of admitting them to the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum. Reception houses were subsequently opened in Brisbane, Townsville, Rockhampton and Maryborough. This Act was repealed with the introduction of the Insanity Act of 1884….
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