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Queensland - Organisation

Brisbane Mental Hospital (c. 1940 - 1963)

  • Wolston Park Hospital Complex - Bostock

    Wolston Park Hospital Complex - Bostock, 2001, by Heritage Branch Staff, courtesy of Queensland Heritage Register, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection.
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From
c. 1940
To
1963
Categories
Disability Institution and Government-run

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 that children who were wards of the state were placed at the Brisbane Mental Hospital in the 1960s.

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Location

c. 1940 - c. 1963
Location - The Brisbane Mental Hospital was situated at Wacol. Location: Wacol

Timeline

 1865 - c. 1880 Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum
       c. 1880 - 1898 Goodna Asylum for the Insane
             1898 - c. 1940 Goodna Hospital for the Insane
                   c. 1940 - 1963 Brisbane Mental Hospital
                         1963 - 1969 Brisbane Special Hospital
                               1969 - 2001 Wolston Park Hospital
                                     2001 - The Park Centre for Mental Health

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Wolston Park Hospital Complex - Bostock
Title
Wolston Park Hospital Complex - Bostock
Type
Image
Date
2001
Creator
Heritage Branch Staff
Source
Queensland Heritage Register, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection

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Noble 2
Title
Noble 2
Type
Image
Date
2004
Creator
Heritage Branch Staff
Source
Queensland Heritage Register, Department of Environment and Heritage Protection

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Sources used to compile this entry: Finnane, Mark, Wolston Park Hospital 1865-2001: A Retrospect, Queensland Review, vol. 15 (2), University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 2008, 39-58 pp, http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/handle/10072/22957/54722_1.pdf?sequence=1; 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.

Prepared by: Lee Butterworth