mental health

Goodna Asylum patients. Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Goodna Asylum patients and staff. Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Goodna Asylum fences. The grounds became gardens, as Medical Superintendent Ellerton opened up the institution to visits from patients’ friends and relatives; wooden fences were replaced by le

Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Goodna Asylum on the banks of the Brisbane River. The earliest buildings were located close to the river.

Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Goodna Asylum layout

Goodna, QLD

Australia

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19 November 2010

Location

Goodna, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

19 November 2010

Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Goodna Asylum layout, aerial photograph. Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Plan of Asylum Estate Woogaroo (Goodna)

Goodna, QLD

Australia

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19 November 2010

Location

Goodna, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

19 November 2010

Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Plan of Asylum Estate Woogaroo showing suggested additions on the Cottage System. Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum (Goodna) opened in 1865

Goodna, QLD

Australia

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19 November 2010

Location

Goodna, QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

19 November 2010

Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum (Goodna) opened in 1865. Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

Asylums in the landscape

For more than one hundred years Queensland’s main mental health facility was based on the banks of the Brisbane River near Goodna.