There Was Once an Asylum
This site not only provides an overview of mental health history and its implications for Goodna but also explores the complex relationship between memory and history
There are stories we may never know, but this site uncovers the history, revealing the layers of understanding that form the foundation of the present.
It is done in a way that honours the patients, clients, and the people.
Male Bathroom Block
Built-in 1902
The male bathroom block is a small rectangular building standing west of Jenner House, beside Hogg Lane.
Built as a communal men’s bathroom, the building was converted to a pathology lab in 1927 and is believed to be vacant signage at the complex has stated it is used as "Archives".
A later extension has been made to its eastern side, which is not of state-level cultural heritage significance.
Features of the Male Bathroom Block of state-level cultural heritage significance also include:
• Form, scale, and materials including rectangular form with ventilated Dutch gable roof; face brick walls with brick lintels and rendered base and dressings; corrugated metal roof sheets; metal water goods; timber floors; plaster internal walls; sheet-and-battens ceiling
• Joinery: multi-paned windows and fanlights, boarded doors; hoods with battened cheeks over doors; moulded window architraves.
