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Queensland - Organisation
Willowburn Mental Asylum (1867 - 1953)
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Benevolent Institution at Toowoomba, ca. 1902, c. 1902, courtesy of Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Details
- From
- 1867
- To
- 1953
- Categories
- Disability Institution, Government-run and Home
- Alternative Names
- Benevolent Institution, Toowoomba (Also known as)
The Willowburn Mental Asylum was situated at the corner of Hogg and Tor Streets, North Toowoomba. The institution was run by the State of Queensland. It opened in 1867 and was renamed Toowoomba Mental Hospital in 1953.
Evidence shows that children were inmates of Queensland mental institutions however more research is needed to find out about children placed at Willowburn Mental Asylum.
Publications
Online Resources
- 'The Brighter Side of our Mental Hospitals', Queenslander, 18 November 1916, p. 27, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23610910. Details
- 'Home for Mental Defectives', Courier Mail, 16 May 1934, p. 10, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36711051. Details
- Diana Mudgee: woman, mother, land owner, survivor, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2013, http://aiatsis.gov.au/collections/collections-online/digitised-collections/diana-mudgee. Details
- Restraint to recovery - asylum to acceptance: from Willowburn Lunatic Asylum to Baillie Henderson Hospital, 1890-2010, May 2012, http://www.slideshare.net/mikisdad/restraint-to-recovery-asylum-to-acceptance. Details
- Queensland Health, The road to recovery - a history of mental health services in Queensland 1859-2009, Queensland Government, 2013, https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/444583/qld-mh-history.pdf. Details
- Thomson, Rev Eileen, Baillie Henderson Hospital: A Century of Care 1890 - 1990, Baillie Henderson Mental Hospital Museum, 1990, http://bailliemuseum.wikidot.com/the-centenary. Details
Photos
- Title
- Benevolent Institution at Toowoomba, ca. 1902
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1902
- Source
- Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Details
- Title
- Women's Admission Ward
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1905 - c. 1920
Details
- Title
- General view of hospital - 1915
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1915
Details
- Title
- Shower Stalls [Baillie Henderson]
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1950 - c. 1970
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Queensland Health, The road to recovery - a history of mental health services in Queensland 1859-2009, Queensland Government, 2013, https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/444583/qld-mh-history.pdf;
Thomson, Rev Eileen, Baillie Henderson Hospital: A Century of Care 1890 - 1990, Baillie Henderson Mental Hospital Museum, 1990, http://bailliemuseum.wikidot.com/the-centenary.
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 11 April 2013, Last modified: 14 April 2014