Beechworth Asylum, also known in later years as the Beechworth Hospital for the Insane and Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, is a decommissioned hospital located in Beechworth, a town of Victoria, Australia. Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum was the second such Hospital to be built in Victoria, being one of the three largest. Mayday Hills Hospital closed in 1995, following 128 years of operation.
Beechworth Asylum. Photo by John T Collins circa 1950
Remains of the original ha-ha wall, from the 'outside' of the original asylum boundary.
Photo at the beginning of the remains of the ha-ha at Beechworth Asylum, from the inside of the wall, showing the sloping trench.
Photograph from the top of the trench at the Beechworth Asylum, showing how the ha-ha wall appears much lower here than it really is.
Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s. At the 2021 census, Beechworth had a population of 3,290.
Panorama of Beechworth town centre
Spring Creek diggings, c1855. Photo by Walter B Woodbury
Church, Beechworth, c1855. Photo by Walter Woodbury
Woolshed Creek c1855. Photo by W.B. Woodbury
