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Queensland - Organisation

Ipswich Hospital for the Insane (1910 - 1938)

  • View of the Asylum from Warwick Road c1930

    View of the Asylum from Warwick Road c1930, c. 1930
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From
1910
To
1938
Categories
Disability Institution, Government-run, Home and Hospital

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.

Details

[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 lack of facilities for "sub-normal" children resulted in the building of a ward to accommodate thirty children, situated at the northern end of the site. Completed in 1933, the building was soon filled to capacity and by 1940 another wing had been added. It became known as Dagmare House. This was the first purpose built facility for children with an intellectually disability

In 1938 the institution was renamed the Ipswich Mental Hospital.

Location

1910 - 1938
Location - The Ipswich Hospital for the Insane was situated at Salisbury Road, Ipswich. Location: Ipswich

Timeline

 1878 - 1910 Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum
       1910 - 1938 Ipswich Hospital for the Insane
             1938 - 1964 Ipswich Mental Hospital
                   1964 - 1968 Ipswich Special Hospital
                         1968 - 1998 Challinor Centre

Publications

Books

  • McRobert, Elizabeth, Challinor Centre : the end of the line : a history of the institution also known as Sandy Gallop, Department of Families, Youth & Community Care, Brisbane, 1997, 198 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • 'From asylum to college campus: memory and remembrance in transinstitutionalisation', in Moon, Graham, Kearns, Robin and Joseph, Alun (eds), Afterlives of the Psychiatric Asylum: recycling of concepts, sites and memories, Ashgate Publishing, 2015. Details

Online Resources

Photos

Construction of New Buildings 1913
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Construction of New Buildings 1913
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Date
1913

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Administration Building 1915
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Administration Building 1915
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Image
Date
1915

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View of the Asylum from Warwick Road c1930
Title
View of the Asylum from Warwick Road c1930
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Image
Date
c. 1930

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Dagmar House 1935
Title
Dagmar House 1935
Type
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Date
1935

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Radial Plan 1936
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Radial Plan 1936
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Image
Date
1936

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Building 2, 2008
Title
Building 2, 2008
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Image
Date
2008

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: McRobert, Elizabeth, Challinor Centre : the end of the line : a history of the institution also known as Sandy Gallop, Department of Families, Youth & Community Care, Brisbane, 1997, 198 pp; UQ Ipswich Campus Progression of an Institution, Ipswich Library Online Exhibition, http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/149288/20141112-1528/www.library.uq.edu.au/ipswich/uqihistory/index.html.

Prepared by: Lee Butterworth