Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum
| The Park Centre for Mental Health Treatment, Research & Education | |
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| Queensland Health | |
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Administration building, 2001
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| Geography | |
| Location | Wacol, Queensland, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°35′57″S 152°54′37″E / 27.5993°S 152.9103°E |
| 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 | |
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 Location of The Park Centre for Mental Health in Queensland
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| Location | 60 Grindle Road, Wacol, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 27°35′30″S 152°54′28″E / 27.5918°S 152.9077°ECoordinates: 27°35′30″S 152°54′28″E / 27.5918°S 152.9077°E |
| 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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