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
19 November 2010
19 November 2010

Location

Goodna, QLD
Australia

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
19 November 2010
19 November 2010

Location

Goodna, QLD
Australia

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
19 November 2010
19 November 2010

Location

Goodna, QLD
Australia

Collection of Mark Finnane & Joanna Besley

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

Moreton Bay and Brisbane River, 1825

Australia
1 January 1825
19 November 2010
19 November 2010

Location

Australia

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Moreton Bay and Brisbane River, inset map 1825 to Chart of part of New South Wales and plans of the harbours, London 1827. Moreton Bay and Brisbane River map taken from Stirling’s and Lockyer surveys. Annotations show course of the Brisbane River and include tide mark, coal bed, quality of the land and soil, kangaroos, and where ‘natives’ were met. Sir Herbert Taylor’s Range and D’Aguilar’s Range noted as well as the Glass Houses to the north. 'Respectfully dedicated to John Oxley Esq, Surveyor General'. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Flo's pumpkin scones tea-towel

Flo's pumpkin scones tea-towel. Collection of Glenn Cooke

Location

Australia
17 November 2010
Australia

When thinking of the great battlefields of World War II it is Stalingrad’s rooftops, London’s skyline and the jungles of Burma that come to mind, not the sleepy 'big country town' of Brisbane.

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