List of psychiatric hospitals in Australia explained

This is a list of operational and former Australian psychiatric hospitals.

Australian Capital Territory

There are no institutions known to have existed.

New South Wales

Mental asylums in New South Wales
Facility	Status	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum^[1]	Demolished	?	1811	1826	?	Castle Hill
Callan Park Hospital for the Insane^[2] ^[3]	Closed	Warden: G Cleaver	1885	2008^[4]	250	Lilyfield
	Operational	?	1849		250	Parramatta
	Closed	?	1841	1914	?	Darlinghurst
Gladesville Mental Hospital (Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum)	Closed	?	1838	1993	?	Gladesville
Kenmore Asylum^[5]	Closed	?	1895	2003	700	Goulburn
	Operational	?	?		?	Morisset
Macquarie Hospital^[6]	Operational	?	1959^[7]		195	North Ryde
	Closed	?	1911	2010	?	Peat Island
	Closed	?	1868	1961	?	Darlinghurst
	Closed	?	?	?	?	Port Macquarie
	Closed	?	1814	2016	?	Rydalmere
	Closed	?	1925	?	?	Orange
	Operational		2011		?	Orange
Stockton Mental Hospital^[8]	Closed	?	1917	1989	?	Stockton

Northern Territory

There are no asylums known to have existed.

Queensland

Mental asylums in Queensland
Facility	Status	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
	Operational	1865		192	Wolston Park
	Operational	1890		>400	Toowoomba
	Scheduled for Closure	1878	2024	>600	Ipswich
Mosman Hall	Converted to Luxury Housing	1952	2001	?	Charters Towers
Total capacity					?

South Australia

• Glenside Hospital
• James Nash House

Tasmania

• Cascades Female Factory
• Royal Derwent Hospital (Willow Court) – This hospital was the oldest operating hospital for the mentally ill in Australia, operating from 1830–2000
• Royal Hobart Hospital Unit K
• Northside Clinic
• Millbrook Rise
• Spencer Clinic

Victoria

Mental asylums in Victoria
Facility	Status	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
	Open	1978	?	203	Richmond, Melbourne
	Demolished	1848	1925	1000+	Fairfield, Melbourne
Ararat Asylum (Aradale Mental Hospital)	Closed	1865	1993	2000	Ararat
Collingwood Stockade (Carlton Lunatic Asylum)	Demolished	1866	1872	?	Carlton North, Melbourne
Beechworth Asylum (Mayday Hills)	Closed	1867	1995	1200^[9]	Beechworth
Kew Asylum (Willsmere Mental Hospital)	Closed	1871^[10]	1988	884 (in 1903)^[11]	Kew, Melbourne
Ballarat Asylum (Lakeside Mental Hospital)	Demolished	1877	1997	?	Ballarat
Sunbury Asylum (Caloola)	Closed	1879	1985	?	Sunbury
	Closed	1887	2007	?	Kew, Melbourne
Royal Park	Closed	1909	1999	?	Parkville, Melbourne
	Closed	1912	1999	?	Bundoora, Melbourne
Hobson's Park (Traralgon Psychiatric Hospital)^[12]	Demolished	1963	1995	193^[13]	Traralgon
	New housing built on site	1953	2001^[14]	747^[15]	Bundoora, Melbourne
	Demolished	1957^[16]	1996	200+	Warrnambool
	Operational	2000	–	116^[17]	Fairfield, Melbourne
Plenty Hospital	Closed				Bundoora
Gresswell Hospital	Closed

Pleasant View Receiving House in Preston (short lived). Heatherton Hospital in south east Melbourne.

Western Australia

Mental asylums in Western Australia
Facility	Status	Managed	Opened	Closed	Capacity	Location
	Closed	?	1903	1972	1,114	Mount Claremont
Fremantle Lunatic Asylum	Closed	?	1865	1909	?	Fremantle
	Operational		1909	–	178	Mount Claremont
	Closed	?	1929	1994	113
Perth House	Closed	?	1909	1911	?	Perth
Roma Hospital	Closed	?	1924	1925	?	Cottesloe
Whitby Falls Mental Hospital^[18]	Closed	?	1897	1972	34	Mundijong

See also

• List of Australian prisons
• List of hospitals in Australia

Notes and References

1. The Castle Hill lunatic asylum (1811–1826) and the origins of eclectic pragmatism in Australian psychiatry.;https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7041878
2. Friends of Callan Park; The Future of Callan Park: A suggested Vision and Way Forward; 14 August 2003; Web site: Archived copy . 2006-10-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061004232643/http://www.callanpark.com/documents/final_vision.pdf . 4 October 2006 .
3. NSW Health, The Rozelle Hospital, Facility Information, Accessed 04/11/06
4. NSW Nurses' Association, Farewell Rozelle Hospital
5. Web site: Kenmore Hospital Complex. Office of Environment & Heritage. Government of New South Wales. 24 January 2017.
6. Northern Sydney Central Coast Health, "Macquarie Hospital" Accessed 10/11/10
7. State Records Archives Investigator, "Agency Detail" Accessed 10/11/10
8. Web site: Stockton Mental Hospital (1917 - 1989). Find & Connect. Australian Government. 16 April 2023.
9. La Trobe University Beechworth Site details Accessed 5/9/08
10. PROV, Agency VA 2840 http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewAgency&entityId=2840#, Accessed 27 August 2008
11. Web site: Kew, Victoria (archived) . Australian Places . Monash University . 25 July 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20060824202409/http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/kew.html . 24 August 2006 .
12. Web site: Traralgon (Hobson Park Hospital 1963-1971; Mental/Psychiatric Hospital 1971-1995). Research Data Australia. en. 2020-03-26.
13. Web site: Hobson Park 'ahead of its time'. Burrows. Bonny. 2016-10-27. Latrobe Valley Express. en. 2020-03-26.
14. Sandy Jeffs The Politics of Asylum Paper for the VICSERV Conference 2006
15. Darebin Libraries, Larundel Mental Asylum, History, Accessed 27 August 2008
16. http://www.swarh.com.au/Uploadlibrary/383294875SWH_AR_04.pdf SouthWest Health Care Annual Report 2004
17. Forensicare. Thomas Embling Hospital retrieved 5/5/12
18. Web site: Whitby Falls Hospital. State Records Office of Western Australia. 23 January 2013.