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 underpin the present.
It is done in a way that honours the patients, clients, and the people.
The Packing Shed and Patients' Shelter
Built-in c1951
The packing shed and patient's shelter stand to the southwest of the cafeteria. It is a freestanding, brick, slab-on-ground building with a cross-shaped floor plan. Originally built to serve the surrounding vegetable fields, it is highly intact and, in 2020, is used as storage for golf course maintenance. Minimal changes include the removal of two walls from the vegetable storeroom, the replacement of its roof cladding from corrugated asbestos sheets with corrugated metal sheets, and the addition of a freestanding metal-framed shelter on the southern side. Only the interiors of the vegetable storeroom and packing area were inspected.
