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Sunbury Asylum
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Sunbury Lunatic Asylum was a 19th-century mental health facility known as a lunatic asylum, located in Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, first opened in October 1879.
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Yarra Bend Asylum
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Yarra Bend Asylum was the first permanent institution established in Victoria that was devoted to the treatment of the mentally ill. It opened in 1848 as a ward of the Asylum at Tarban Creek in New So
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…Asylum (VA 2844) and the Ballarat Asylum was handed over to the Department of Industrial and Reformatory Schools. Patients were also transferred from Yarra Bend Asylum (VA 2839). Its proclamation as an asylum was published in the Government Gazette on 31 October 1879. Since its establishment, the title of the institution…
The Yarra Bend Asylum, Melbourne, 1870-1875
The Yarra Bend Asylum, Melbourne, 1870-1875
Engraving of Kew Asylum circa 1880. Buildings of Yarra Bend Asylum are depicted in the foreground
Engraving of Kew Asylum circa 1880. Buildings of Yarra Bend Asylum are depicted in the foreground
A pillar from the gates of Yarra Bend Asylum. It is the last remaining structure of the asylum and is situated on the west side of Yarra Bend Road, ju
A pillar from the gates of Yarra Bend Asylum. It is the last remaining structure of the asylum and is situated on the west side of Yarra Bend Road, just north of the Eastern Freeway cutting.