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A chronological listing of Asylums, Mental Hospitals and Psychiatric facilities in Australia

By no mean is this list exhaustive. I've come across short lived facilities and some that were named a little differently. I'll keep on with the research and see what I find. Feel free to contact me to add more. 
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J Ward, Ararat, VIC - image taken by Nic Hume Photography 2015
Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum 

Cumberland Hospital 

Cascades Female Factory 

Royal Derwent Hospital 

Gladesville Mental Hospital 

Darlinghurst Gaol 

Yarra Bend Asylum 

Liverpool Asylum 

St Vincents: CARITAS 

Port Arthur Asylum 

Ararat Asylum 

Bay View House 

Fremantle Lunatic Asylum 

Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum 

Collingwood Stockade 

Beechworth Asylum 

Glenside Hospital 

Kew Asylum 

Newcastle Psychiatric Centre 

Ballarat Asylum 

Cascades Asylum 

Temporary Hosptial for the Insane - Cooma 

Sunbury Asylum 

Callan Park Hospital for the Insane 

Kew Cottages 

Rydalmere Psychiartic Centre 

Baillie Henderson 

Kenmore Mental Hospital 

Whitby Falls Mental Hospital 

Claremont Mental Hospital 

Newcastle Psychiatric Hospital Reception House 

Heatherton Hosptial 

Morisset Hospital 

Perth House 

Royal Park 

Peat Island Hospital 

Mont Park Asylum 

Broughton Hall Psychiatric Clinic 

Roma Hospital 

Heathcote Mental Hospital 

Hillcrest Hospital 

Pleasant View Receiving House 

Larundel Psychiatric Hospital 

Brierly Mental Hospital 

Macquarie Hospital 

Graylands Hospital 

Thomas Embling Hospital 

Belmont Private Hospital 

New Farm Clinic 

Palm Beach Currumbin Clinic 

Port Macquarie Mental Asylum 

St Vincents Hospital
1811 - 1826

1818 - 

1828 - 1856

1830 - 2000

1838 - 1993

1841 - 1914

1848 - 1925

1851 - 1933

1863 - 2010

1864 - 1868

1865 - 1993

1865 - 1946

1865 - 1909

1865 -

1866 - 1872

1867 - 1995

1870 - 1971

1871 - 1988

1871 -

1877 - 1997

1877 - 1890

1877 - 1884

1879 - 1985

1885 - 2008

1887 - 2007

1888 - 1891

1890 - 

1894 - 

1897 - 1972

1903 - 1972

1903 - 1971

1909  - 1998

1909 - 

1909 - 1911

1909 - 1999

1911- 2011

1912 - 1999

1915 - 1976

1924 - 1925

1929 - 1994

1929 - 1994

1953 - 1973

1956 - 2001

1957 - 

1959 -

1972 -

2000 -

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Castle Hill, NSW 

Parramatta, NSW 

Hobart, TAS 

New Norfolk, TAS 

Gladesville, NSW 

Darlinghurst, NSW 

Fairfield, VIC 

Liverpool, NSW 

Darlinghurst, NSW 

Port Arthur, TAS 

Ararat, VIC 

Tempe, NSW 

Fremantle, WA  



Carlton North, VIC 

Beechworth, VIC 

Glenside, SA 

Kew, VIC  

Newcastle, NSW

Ballarat, VIC 

Hobart, TAS 

Cooma, NSW 

Sunbury, VIC 


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Lilyfield, NSW 

Kew, VIC 

Rydalmere, NSW 

Toowoomba, QLD 

Goulburn, NSW 

Mundijong, WA 

Mount Claremont, WA         

Newcastle, NSW

Melbourne, VIC 

Morisset, NSW 

Perth, WA 

Parkville, VIC 

Peat Island, NSW 

Bundoora, VIC 

Lilyfield, NSW 

Cottesloe, WA 

Applecross, WA   



Preston, VIC 

Bundoora, VIC 

Warrnambool, VIC 

North Ryde, NSW 

Mount Claremont, WA 

Fairfield, VIC 

Brisbane, QLD 

Palm Beach, QLD 

Port Macquarie, NSW 

Robina, QLD  

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