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Mental Diseases Hospital, New Norfolk (1915 - 1937)

  • The original Barracks at the Insane Asylum

    The original Barracks at the Insane Asylum, 2009, courtesy of Wikipedia.
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From
1915
To
1937
Categories
Disability Institution, Government-run, Home and Hospital

The Mental Diseases Hospital, New Norfolk replaced the Hospital for the Insane in 1915. It remained on the same grounds. The Mental Diseases Hospital housed children. In 1937, it became Lachlan Park Hospital.

Details

Between 1915 and 1920, the Mental Diseases Hospital Department ran the Mental Diseases Hospital. In 1920, the Public Health Department took it over.

One of the many aims of the Mental Deficiency Act of 1920 was that it would provide for the segregation of children with intellectual disabilities from the other patients at the Mental Diseases Hospital.

In 1931, the new Boys' Cottage was ready and the boys moved in from La Maison which was in Humphrey Street.

Location

1915 - 1937
Location - The Mental Diseases Hospital was on Humprey Street, New Norfolk. Location: New Norfolk

Publications

Books

  • Gowlland, RW, Troubled asylum: the history of the Invalid Barracks, New Norfolk Colonial Hospital, New Norfolk Madhouse, New Norfolk Her Majesty's Lunatic Asylum, New Norfolk Mental Diseases Hospital, New Norfolk Lachlan Park, New Norfolk Royal Derwent Hospital, Self publication, New Norfolk, 1996. Details

Reports

  • 'The mental deficiency bill, 1920:' report of Select Committee with minutes of proceedings and evidence, House of Assembly, 1920. Details

Online Resources

Photos

The original Barracks at the Insane Asylum
Title
The original Barracks at the Insane Asylum
Type
Image
Date
2009
Source
Wikipedia

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Care of mental deficients: the bill before parliament: scientific treatment and supervision', The Mercury (Hobart), 23 September 1920, p. 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page896610; 'Willow Court Asylum Precinct, Humphrey St, New Norfolk, TAS, Australia', in Register of the National Estate (Non-statutory archive), Department of the Environment, Australian Government, http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=102728.

Prepared by: Caroline Evans