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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan=8 | Mental asylums in New South Wales

|-

! Facility

! Status

! Managed

! Opened

! Closed

! Capacity

! Location

|-

|| Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum|| Demolished || ? || 1811 || 1826 || ? || Castle Hill

|-

|| Callan Park Hospital for the Insane || Closed || Warden: G Cleaver || 1885 || 2008 || 250 || Lilyfield

|-

|| Cumberland Hospital || Operational || ? || 1849 || || 250 || Parramatta

|-

|| Darlinghurst Gaol || Closed || ? || 1841 || 1914 || ? || Darlinghurst

|-

|| Gladesville Mental Hospital (Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum) || Closed || ? || 1838 || 1993 || ? || Gladesville

|-

|| Kenmore Asylum || Closed || ? || 1895 || 2003 || 700 || Goulburn

|-

|| Morisset Hospital || Operational || ? || ? || || ? || Morisset

|-

|| Macquarie Hospital || Operational || ? || 1959 || || 195 || North Ryde

|-

|| Peat Island Hospital || Closed || ? || 1911 || 2010 || ? || Peat Island

|-

|| Darlinghurst Lunatic Reception House || Closed || ? || 1868 || 1961 || ? || Darlinghurst

|-

|| Port Macquarie Mental Asylum || Closed || ? || ? || ? || ? || Port Macquarie

|-

|| Rydalmere Psychiatric Hospital || Closed || ? || 1814 || 2016 || ? || Rydalmere

|-

|| Bloomfield Mental Hospital || Closed || ? || 1925 || ? || ? || Orange

|-

|| Orange Mental Health Service || Operational || || 2011 || || ? || Orange

|-

| Stockton Mental Hospital || Closed || ? || 1917 || 1989 || ? || Stockton

|}

Northern Territory

There are no asylums known to have existed.

Queensland

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="7" | Mental asylums in Queensland

|-

! Facility

! Status

! Opened

! Closed

! Capacity

! Location

|-

|| The Park Centre for Mental Health || Operational || 1865 || || 192 || Wolston Park

|

|-

|| Baillie Henderson Hospital || Operational || 1890 || || >400 || Toowoomba

|

|-

|| Ipswich Mental Hospital || Scheduled for Closure || 1878 || 2024 || >600 || Ipswich

|-

|Mosman Hall

|Converted to Luxury Housing

|1952

|2001

|?

|Charters Towers

|-

| colspan="3" |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

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan=7 | Mental asylums in Victoria

|-

! Facility

! Status

! Opened

! Closed

! Capacity

! Location

|-

|| The Melbourne Clinic || Open|| 1978 || ?|| 203 || Richmond, Melbourne

|-

|| Yarra Bend Asylum || 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 || Beechworth

|-

|| Kew Asylum (Willsmere Mental Hospital) || Closed || 1871|| 1988 || 884 (in 1903)

|| Kew, Melbourne

|-

|| Ballarat Asylum (Lakeside Mental Hospital) || Demolished || 1877 || 1997 || ? || Ballarat

|-

|| Sunbury Asylum (Caloola)|| Closed || 1879 || 1985 || ? || Sunbury

|-

|| Kew Cottages || Closed || 1887 || 2007 || ? || Kew, Melbourne

|-

|| Royal Park|| Closed || 1909 || 1999 || ? || Parkville, Melbourne

|-

|| Mont Park Asylum || Closed || 1912 || 1999 || ? || Bundoora, Melbourne

|-

|| Hobson's Park (Traralgon Psychiatric Hospital)|| Demolished || 1963 || 1995 || 193||Traralgon

|-

|| Larundel Psychiatric Hospital || New housing built on site || 1953 || 2001 || 747|| Bundoora, Melbourne

|-

|| Brierly Mental Hospital || Demolished || 1957 || 1996 || 200+ || Warrnambool

|-

|| Thomas Embling Hospital || Operational || 2000 || – || 116 || 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

{| class="wikitable"

! colspan=8 | Mental asylums in Western Australia

|-

! Facility

! Status

! Managed

! Opened

! Closed

! Capacity

! Location

|-

|| Claremont Mental Hospital || Closed || ? || 1903 || 1972 || 1,114 || Mount Claremont

|-

|| Fremantle Lunatic Asylum|| Closed || ? || 1865 || 1909 || ? || Fremantle

|-

|| Graylands Hospital || Operational || || 1909 || – || 178 || Mount Claremont

|-

|| Heathcote Mental Hospital || Closed || ? || 1929 || 1994 || 113 || Applecross

|-

|| Perth House || Closed || ? || 1909 || 1911 || ? || Perth

|-

|| Roma Hospital || Closed || ? || 1924 || 1925 || ? || Cottesloe

|-

|| Whitby Falls Mental Hospital || Closed || ? || 1897 || 1972 || 34 || Mundijong

|-

|}

See also

  • List of Australian prisons
  • List of hospitals in Australia

References