Abandoned Mental Asylum Wacol

Abandoned Mental Asylum Wacol. The Abandoned Wacol Mental Asylum, Brisbane, Australia The facility known as Wolston Park had its origins as the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum in 1865, the first publicly-funded mental health institution for the newly-created Colony of Queensland Relocated due to flooding and rebuilt, it had been constantly renamed over…

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The abandoned Wacol Mental Asylum was founded by the Queensland government as the first publicly funded mental health institution in the country Once inside, the 17-year-old was handed a heavy canvas nightie.

Derelict mental asylum at The Park, Wacol Before security … Flickr

Barely any of the abandoned wood and red brick structure. Over 155 years in excess of 50,000 inmates were confined in that sprawling institution, most involuntarily Relocated due to flooding and rebuilt, it had been constantly renamed over…

Wacol mental asylum Mental asylum, Asylum, Mental. Credit: Michelle Smith Susan Treweek, who had spent the majority of her life inside state run. Since the institution was shut down in 2001, survivors of the Wacol Mental Asylum.

The Abandoned Wacol Mental Asylum, Brisbane, Australia. Wolston Park Hospital was erected at Wacol in the mid 19th century at a time of the rise of the asylum everywhere over the 'modern' world The hospital at Wacol has had several name changes over the years including the Goodna Asylum for the Insane, the Brisbane Special Hospital, and Wolston Park Hospital.