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The Park Centre for Mental Health

The Park Centre for Mental Health Treatment, Research & Education
Queensland Health
Wolston Park Hospital Complex administration building (2001).jpg
Administration building, 2001
Geography
Location Wacol, Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 27°35′57″S 152°54′37″E / 27.5993°S 152.9103°E / -27.5993; 152.9103
Organisation
Care system Medicare
Hospital type Secure psychiatric facility
Services
Emergency department no emergency services
Beds 192
History
Founded 1865
Closed -
Links
Website Official Website
The Park Centre for Mental Health
The Park Centre for Mental Health is located in Queensland
The Park Centre for Mental Health
Location of The Park Centre for Mental Health in Queensland
Location 60 Grindle Road, Wacol, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 27°35′30″S 152°54′28″E / 27.5918°S 152.9077°E / -27.5918; 152.9077Coordinates: 27°35′30″S 152°54′28″E / 27.5918°S 152.9077°E / -27.5918; 152.9077
Built 1866 - 1923
Architect Kersey Cannan
Architectural style(s) Arts & Crafts, Classicism
Official name: Wolston Park Hospital Complex, Goodna Hospital for the Insane, Goodna Mental Hospital, Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum
Type state heritage (archaeological, built, landscape)
Designated 21 October 1992
Reference no. 600340
Significant period 1860s-1960s (fabric)
1860s-ongoing (historical, social)

The Park Centre for Mental Health is a heritage-listed psychiatric hospital at 60 Grindle Road, Wacol, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in Australia. The hospital provides a range of mental health services, including extended inpatient care, mental health research, education and a high security psychiatric unit. It was designed by Kersey Cannan and built from 1866 to 1923. It is also known as Goodna Hospital for the Insane, Goodna Mental Hospital, Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum, and Wolston Park Hospital Complex. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.

The Wolston Park Hospital Complex, opened in 1865, occupies a 450 hectare site on the banks of the Brisbane River at Wacol and encompasses a number of mental health facilities and ancillary services operated by the Queensland government since inception of the asylum.

The hospital employs around 450 people, including 220 nurses and 20 doctors. There are also another 80 allied health staff, and 50 administration personnel. In addition there are 70 support staff, including maintenance, groundskeeping, security and laundry staff.

Prior to 1859, mentally ill people in the colony of Queensland had been sent to Sydney. Following the Separation of Queensland, they were lodged instead at the Brisbane Gaol. In 1861 the government instructed Colonial Architect Charles Tiffin to report on a suitable site and draw up plans for a 400-bed asylum. Tiffin recommended an area of land on the banks of the Brisbane River halfway between Brisbane and Ipswich, which was rejected by the Queensland Government in favour of another site close by, upstream at the junction of the Brisbane River and Woogaroo Creek.


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