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Searching Starting Point
If anyone is trying to find out if their family members were admitted to the Asylum
On the State Archives, DR143 716 pdf, there are 5 downloads available, which list 'The Insanity Register' from 02/03/1891 to 29/10/1918, 'Click on View Digital Copy'. It will serve as a starting point to locate family members.
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New Book Released ​
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Duncan Richardson's new history book, ‘Dangerous to Know’, has just been published and is available online and should soon be in selected bookshops. It includes an acknowledgement to 'There Was Once an Asylum' for information on some recent events related to the Asylum and the known graves of some people who died there.
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Review into Wolston Park Hospital
A review of health services provided at Wolston Park Hospital between the 1st of January 1950 and the 31st of December 2000 is currently taking place.
Leading the review is Professor Robert Bland AM.
Professor Bland is a mental health expert, having worked in mental health and academic settings since 1972, where he gained extensive experience in hospital and community settings, administration, teaching and research.
As the leader for the review, Professor Bland will leverage his long-standing interest in the welfare of family caregivers supporting long-term mental illness and his dedicated research history in mental health recovery to listen to the patients, residents and family caregivers of those who were in care at Wolston Park Hospital.
This independent review will facilitate patients and family members, or carers to describe their experiences during the period concerning their treatment and experience whilst an inpatient of Wolston Park Hospital.
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Crisis contacts

In an emergency, call 000 or visit your local hospital's emergency department.

1300 MH CALL - 1300 642 255

1300 MH CALL is a confidential mental health telephone triage service that provides the initial point of contact for Queenslanders seeking public mental health services.

24/7 crisis services

Lifeline 13 11 14

Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467

Beyond Blue 1300 22 46 36

MensLine Australia 1300 78 99 78

Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800

1800 Respect 1800 737 732

13 YARN - 13 92 76 - for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

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