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Institution Parramatta Hospital for the Insane (1869 - 1914)

From
1869
11 Hainsworth St, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
To
1914

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Numbers and types of Patients:

1876:
545 (free) male
22 (convict) male
284 (crminal) male
194 (free) female
7 (convict) female
5 (criminal) female

Timeline

 1849 - 1868 Parramatta Lunatic Asylum
       1869 - 1914 Parramatta Hospital for the Insane
             1915 - Parramatta Mental Hospital
                    Parramatta Psychiatric Centre
                         1983 - Cumberland Hospital

Government Publications

Reports

  • Select Committee on Lunatic Asylum, Paramatta; Report, together with the proceedings…, minutes of evidence, and appendix, NSW Parliamentary Papers 1876/77, vol. 4, 1876/77, 791-887 pp. Details
  • Inspector of the Insane Annual Report, 1876-77., Journal of the Legislative Council of NSW, Vol. xxvii-Part 1, p. 897, 1876-77. Details
  • Board appointed to inquire into the quality of the food supplied to the Lunatic Asylum and Gaol at Parramatta, and to the nautical school ship "Vernon"; Report, together with the minutes of proceedings and minutes of evidence, NSW Parliamentary Papers 1878/79, vol. 7, 1878/79, 673-728 pp. Details
  • Board of Inquiry [into charges preferred by Mr D. P. O'Reilly in the Legislative Assembly reflecting on the conduct of Mrs Janet Gilmore, Matron of the Cottage Homes at Paramatta]; Report, NSW Parliamentary Papers 1895, vol. 4, 1895, 527-576 pp. Details