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Institution Kew Lunatic Asylum (1872 - 1905)

From
1872
Princes St and Yarra Boulevard, Kew, Victoria, Australia
To
1905
Population
General Psychiatric patients

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Timeline

 1872 - 1905 Kew Lunatic Asylum
       1905 - 1934 Kew Hospital for the Insane
             1934 - 1959 Kew Mental Hospital
                   1959 - 1988 Kew Psychiatric Hospital
                          - 1988 Willsmere Hospital

Related Royal Commissions and Boards of Inquiry

Government Publications

Books

  • Report of the board appointed to examine into the character of the works of the new hospital for the insane at Kew, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1865. Details
  • Victoria. Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, Report of the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums on the hospitals for the insane, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1873-1905. Details
  • Wardell, W. W., Hospital for the Insane, Kew: remarks of the Inspector-General of Public Works on the report of the Board appointed to enquire into the character of the works at the new Hospital for the Insane at Kew, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1865. Details

Reports

  • Select Committee on the Lunatic Asylum, Kew; Report, together with the proceedings… minutes of evidence and appendices, Victorian Parliamentary Papers 1867 1st Session, D 26, vol. 2, 1867. Details
  • Statistical Register of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1874, Victorian Parliamentary Papers 1875/76, 1875/76. Details
  • Board Appointed to enquire into matters relating to the Kew Lunatic Asylum. Repor, togther with minutes of evidence and appendices, Victorian Parliamentary Papers 1876, vol. 3, 1876. Details
  • Statistical Register of the Colony of Victoria for the Year 1877, Victorian Parliamentary Papers, 1878, vol. 3, 1878. Details
  • Royal Commission on Asylums for the Insane and the Inebriate Reports [with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices], Victorian Parliamentary Papers 1884, vol. 4, 1884. Details
  • Royal Commission on Asylums for the Insane and the Inebriate Reports [with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices], Victorian Parliamentary Papers 1885, vol. 2, 1885. Details
  • Royal Commission on Asylums for the Insane and the Inebriate Reports [with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices], Victorian Parliamentary Papers 1886, vol. 2, 1886. Details
  • Royal Commission on Asylums for the Insane and the Inebriate Reports [with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices], Victorian Parliamentary Papers 1887, vol. 5, 1887. Details

Digital resources

Title
Kew. Mental Hospital
Type
Image
Source
Picture Australia. Item held by State Library of Victoria

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