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Ipswich Special Hospital (1964 - 1968)

From
1964
To
1968
Categories
Disability Institution, Government-run, Home and Hospital

The Ipswich Special Hospital was previously known as the Ipswich Mental Hospital. In 1968 the name changed to the Challinor Centre.

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Location

1964 - 1968
Location - The Ipswich Special Hospital 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

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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

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

Created: 25 August 2013, Last modified: 12 June 2014

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