Whau Lunatic Asylum was a psychiatric hospital on the Oakley Farm Estate in Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand. Built in 1865 on the Great North Road, it was one of the largest asylums in the Colony.
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The Auckland Lunatic Asylum in the 1870s
The hospital building in 1977, then known as Oakley Hospital
Point Chevalier is a residential suburb and peninsula in the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand. It is located five kilometres to the west of the city centre on the southern shore of the Waitematā Harbour. The suburb was originally a working-class area, with some state houses in the area, but over the past several decades the suburb has seen growth into becoming a middle-class suburb, with several redevelopment projects either completed or underway. Like most of the suburbs surrounding, Point Chevalier is known for its Californian style bungalows.
A house in Point Chevalier
Aerial view of Point Chevalier, looking north. Meola Reef visible top right, construction of Waterview Connection at bottom left
Point Chevalier town centre, with the former 'Ambassador' cinema.