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Queensland - Organisation

Brisbane Special Hospital (1963 - 1969)

  • 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
1963
To
1969
Categories
Disability Institution and Government-run

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.

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Location

1963 - 1969
Location - Brisbane Special 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