Ellerton House Opened in the 1960s An eye-catching building, it is named in honour of former inspector and medical superintendent Dr Henry Ellerton. Opened in the 1960s, Ellerton House was used to care for patients with psychogeriatric and dementia conditions. It was decommissioned by the time of the broader Wolston Park Hospital closure in 2000 and later demolished. More to come soon

Chapel of Hope Chapel - The Resurrection, Chapel - St Dympna, Chapel - Christ the King Built-in 1961 The three chapels were erected in 1961 and were similar in design and construction. The Resurrection Chapel (WP 14 A) was erected for Protestant denominations; St Dympha (WP 14 B) for the Roman Catholic, and the Christ of King (WP 14 C) as the Anglican chapel. From an early period, clergy visited the institution to conduct religious services. These visits were encouraged and welcomed, but the government provided no special facilities. Services were held in whatever space was available, and when the recreation hall was built, visiting clergymen regularly used it for services. In English asylums, chapels were considered a standard part of the infrastructure. No attempt was made, however, to build a chapel or chapels at the Goodna asylum. With the constant problem of overcrowding, constructing additional ward accommodation was always a priority. A special building for religious services was a luxury. Moreover, in colonial Queensland, with no established church and a climate of denominationalism. Given the rivalry and sensitivity, building only one chapel would not have been possible. Clergy continued to visit the institution and conduct religious services until the appointment of three full-time chaplains in 1959 to the Brisbane Mental Hospital. To support the clergy in conducting services and counselling patients, three chapels were erected in 1961. The Anglican Chapel was named the Chapel of Christ the King, the Catholic Church was named St Dymphna in honour of the Catholic Patron Saint of the mentally ill, and the third chapel, conducted by the Council of Churches, was the Chapel of Hope (later renamed the Chapel of Resurrection). 66 The chapels were similar in design, being simple box-like structures with low-pitched roofs and floor-to-ceiling windows on the two principal sides. The chapels were arranged in a semi-circle pattern. The Resurrection Chapel was severely damaged by fire in early 1995. Located at the eastern end of Cricket Lane is the Chapel of Hope. Built as a Christian chapel for patients, it is the sole survivor of three similar chapels of different Christian denominations, erected side by side (the Chapel of Hope was the westernmost). In 2020, it was converted into an office building, and its exterior cladding was replaced. The building has been semi-integrated with a new building built on its western side. The interior was not inspected. A statue of Saint Dymphna (the Catholic patron saint of people with mental illness) stands approximately 35 metres east of the chapel, the corresponding chapel having been demolished. Chapel being built in 1961 Click to view Chapel being built in 1961 Click to view Chapel in 1962 Click to view Chapel in 1962 Click to view Chapels in 1995 Click to view Chapels in 1995 Click to view Chapel Commoration Cairn 2023 Click to view Statue of St Dymphna 2023 Click to view The Statue of Saint Dymphna amongst the stars Click to view Leadlight window depicting St Dymphna (installed in Laundry c2007) removed from the hospital’s demolished catholic chapel. Click to view 1962 Scale Model Click to view Chapels prior to demolishment Click to view Chapels prior to demolishment Click to view Chapels prior to demolishment Click to view Chapels prior to demolishment Click to view Chapel in 2023 now EFTRU & CSO office Click to view Chapel in 2023 now EFTRU & CSO office Click to view Chapel in 2023 now EFTRU & CSO office Click to view Chapel in 2023 now EFTRU & CSO office Click to view

Cemetery Sites “Many burials occurred at the institution from the 1890s to 1944. Between 1895 and 1912, more than 1500 patients died there and were presumably buried in Cemetery No. 2 and possibly some in No. 3. In addition, the remains of staff members and their families were interred in the cemetery. Between 1914 and 1940, approximately 4670 patients died – an average of 155 per year. With perhaps few exceptions, all would have been buried in the hospital cemetery. A new plaque (post-2007) states that ‘approximately 200 bodies’ were transferred to Goodna Cemetery. The highest number on the grave markers is 2,300.” From Blake, ‘Wolston Park - Police Academy Cultural Heritage Survey. Archaeological excavations at and around the three previous cemetery locations could clarify the existence, character, and scope of interments. Combined with the identification and examination of related artifacts and features, this research can provide insights into how the hospital treated deceased patients and its burial customs, the spatial organisation and layout of graves, and the scale and techniques of reburials. "The asylum of the nineteenth century, and the mental hospital after it, were not intended to function as hospices for the dying or depots for the senile and abandoned aged. But in an era when there were few other options for residential care for the physically as well as mentally ill, the mental hospital was the final resting place for many... " Finnane, Mark (2008) Wolston Park Hospital, 1865-2001: Early articles relating to the complex's cemeteries May 1869 Click to view September 1926 Click to view July 1939 Click to view Cemetery Reserve Click to view Cemetery Reserve Click to view Cemetery Reserve Click to view Cemetery Site 1 (1865 - 1894) Historical records indicate that the Early Asylum Site included a cemetery near the confluence of the Brisbane River and Woogaroo Creek, at the southern end of the site, with the river serving as an access point. Site plans from around 1869 and 1878 reveal the establishment of a cemetery at the far western end, close to where Woogaroo Creek meets the Brisbane River. The severe floods of February 1893 caused significant damage to the male quarters and submerged the primary staff residences along with the original cemetery. The original asylum cemetery site may contain interments, stone and metal grave markers, and various artefacts and features related to the asylum's burial practices. During research, Mr James Clifford, who is mentioned on the Caring page, also certified burials at site 1 Location Survey Plan Click to view 1944 Image overhead corner was left untouched as framing was being conducted Click to view Untouched in 1961 Click to view Location today is part of the golf course near Woogaroo Creek Click to view Cemetery Site 1 currently apart of the Golf Course Click to view 1869 newspaper artricle Click to view 1913 newsaper article Click to view 1901 QLD Government Estimates Meeting Click to view Visit the Debbie Manson Research page Click to view Visit the Debbie Manson Research page Click to view Cemetery Site 2 (1895 - 1912) The second cemetery linked to the hospital lies on the western flank of the Male Patients Area and has archaeological potential. Historically, it lay to the north of the main hospital structures and west of the cricket field. The cemetery operated from 1895 to 1912, after which it was closed to facilitate the construction of two-story male wards, and burials were believed to have been transferred to a third cemetery by 1913. The site was later used for housing (1910s- c. 1958) and for kitchens and workshops (1970s), which have since been relocated or demolished. Possible archaeological remnants in this vicinity may include burials, reinterments, stone and metal grave markers, and various artefacts and features related to burial customs. According to the heritage report, between 1895 and 1912, more than 1500 patients died there and were presumably buried in cemetery no 2 and possibly some in no. 3 1944 overhead with location circled Click to view Heritage register report location Click to view Current location today Click to view location of site 2 early 2000s Click to view Click to view November 1899 article Click to view October 1910 article Click to view June 1911 article Click to view Cemetery Site 3 (c1913-1945) The hospital's third cemetery lies immediately northeast of the Wacol Repatriation Pavilion Complex and has archaeological potential. This area served as the hospital's cemetery from around 1913 to 1945, after which the burials were transferred to Goodna Cemetery. Cleared initially, the site now features regrowth bushland, flanked northwest by Wolston Park Road and a car park, and southeast by Orford Drive, both roads elevated above the cemetery's ground level. Possible archaeological remnants in this vicinity may include burials, reinterments, stone and metal grave markers, and various artefacts associated with burial customs. A few years ago, a bushfire went through the former site, and old headstones were still found amongst the burnt-out scrub September 1926 Click to view Queensland Times newspaper article Click to view 1946 newspaper article Click to view 1946 exhumation Click to view November 1946 Click to view 1947 article Click to view 1961 Click to view Site today Click to view Site today Click to view Site today Click to view Site today Click to view Site today Click to view Site today Click to view 2025 Click to view The Bottom Drawer Book Articles By Lisa Joy Lost remains of Wolston Park Mental Asylum patients buried in trenches. An aerial photo and a sharp memory: location of missing Wolston Park Mental Hospital patients identified Site of asylum’s hidden and forgotten cemetery acknowledged on Qld Heritage Register Mental asylum mass exhumations and missing remains: the tale of Wolston Park’s lost and forgotten patients.

Patients we have learnt about publicly thru various public sources "The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living" Marcus Tulliuis Cicaro The first known patient death at the asylum Eliza Gorman Age: 31 Birth Year: 1833 Death Date: 13th January 1865, Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum Arrival Date: 20 Nov 1864 Queensland, Australia, on the Fiery Star Eliza Gorman was a young Irish woman who had been committed as a lunatic from the South Brisbane immigration depot in February 1864. Fellow passengers on her ship said she had been placed under restraint on the ship that brought her to Australia for her ‘exceedingly violent behaviour’. The warden at the depot gave similar evidence, and they committed Eliza. She was among the group brought down to the new asylum, but she died the following day. The cause of death was said to be ‘gradual decay’, but she was described as having been in a state of ‘profound melancholy when admitted’. Susan Shrimpton 1880–1954 BIRTH 4 AUG 1880 • Nanamy Station, Forbes, NSW DEATH 8 DEC 1954 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland Johanna Rice 1861–1894 BIRTH 1861 • Ballinvally, Carlow, Ireland DEATH 21 MAY 1894 • Wacol, Brisbane Region, Queensland Burial of Johanna BARTLETT, with her Brother John Rice, and her daughter, [May] Mary Josephine Bartlett, all buried together, at Ipswich General Cemetery - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. Death of Mary Josephine BARTLETT (24 June 1894, died as an babay infant) Ephraim Robert Claude Brooke 1881–1943 BIRTH 25 JULY 1881 • Normanby, Taranaki, New Zealand DEATH 16 MAY 1943 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia. Admission to Goodna Mental Asylum 13 December 1925 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia. Qld State Archive Item ID1384872 Declared Mentally Incapacitated 13 December 1925 • Qld State Archive Queensland State Archives Item ID1384872, Insanity file Death 16 May 1943 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia. Cause of death listed as cardiac failure and myocardial degeneration. Buried on 18 May 1943 in Lutwyche Cemetery Margretta Elizabeth Wagner 1865–1954 BIRTH 11/9/1865 • London, Middlesex, England DEATH 12/8/1954 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna Ellen Sophie Kruck 1843–1943 BIRTH 11 FEB 1843 • South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia DEATH 31 JAN 1943 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Remembering Randall Carrington involuntary patient in Wolston Park Mental Hospital in 1970s. Randall Carrington Randall Scott Carrington was first admitted as an involuntary patient into Lowson House Mental Ward, Brisbane Hospital, on 16/06/1978, aged 17. After five weeks, he was admitted as an involuntary patient under the 1974 Mental Health Act for a year and transferred to Wolston Park Mental Hospital. Initially, staff placed him in McDonnell House. After a few weeks, he was transferred to Pearce House, a brutal, locked ward for convicted violent offenders. John Milfull 1876–1948 Birth: JUL 1876 • Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England Death: 22 MAY 1948 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Herbert Dyer 1883–1947 Birth 1883 • Marrickville NSW Death 15 OCT 1947 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Goodna, QLD Charles Wesley Round 1867–1920 Birth: 25 AUG 1867 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Death: 17 JAN 1920 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia John Devine 1879–1955 Birth : 7 MAR 1879 • Baskinagh, Athboy, County Meath, Ireland Death 7 APR 1955 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Elizabeth Matilda Parish 1852–1934 Birth 1852 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death 02 JAN 1934 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Goodna, Qld Harriott Pikett 1843–1922 Birth: 8 OCT 1843 • Camberwell, Norfolk, England Death: 3 AUG 1922 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Sarah Ann Mace 1868–1941 Birth 1 NOV 1868 • Bonshaw Station, Tenterfield, N S W Death 29 JUNE 1941 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Qld. Aust James Scorgie 1862–1923 Birth 20 MAR 1862 • Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland Death 12 APR 1923 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Brisbane, Qld, Australia Alfred Francis "Curly" Chandler 1883–1964 Birth: 2 DEC 1883 • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death: 12 DEC 1964 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Queensland, Australia William Henry Henderson 1889–1953 Birth 25 JAN 1889 • Mackay, , Queensland, Australia Death 15 OCT 1953 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Queensland, Australia Emily Isabella Cannell 1856–1947 Birth MAR 1856 • Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death 26 JULY 1947 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Edward Joseph Weston 1855–1926 Birth AB 1855 • Suffolk, England Death 22 FEBRUARY 1926 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Qld, Australia Edward Joseph Weston 1855–1926 Birth AB 1855 • Suffolk, England Death 22 FEBRUARY 1926 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Qld, Australia Mary Jane Rush 1851–1930 Birth 1851 • St George, Queensland, Australia Death 3 SEP 1930 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Matilda Greinke 1880–1961 Birth 23 DEC 1880 • Kaschnitz, Pommern, Prussia Death 19 MAY 1961 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Catherine (Kate)Kathleen Boyce 1856–1929 Birth 1856 • Beechworth, Victoria, Australia Death 21 MARCH 1929 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Alfred Jonathan Runham 1851–1938 Birth 6 APR 1851 • Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England Death 26 DEC 1938 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Queensland, Australia Thomas Auton 1885–1936 Birth 1885 • New Plymouth, New Zealand Death 5 MAY 1936 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Frederiche Wilhelmine Auguste Zellmere 1851–1919 Birth 1851 • Neu Larzig, Dramburg, Pomerania, Germany Death 25 DEC 1919 • mental, hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Percy Young 1876–1950 Birth 01 JUN 1876 • Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Death 31 MAR 1950 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna John (Jack) Burrows 1896–1956 Birth ABT. 1896 • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death 21 JUN 1956 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia James Madden 1855–1936 Birth 11 MAY 1855 • Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia Death 10 OCTOBER 1936 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland Joseph McLean 1858–1943 Birth 1858 • Lostwithiel. St Winnow, Cornwall, England Death 16 OCT 1943 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Janet Kerr Barclay 1874–1928 Birth SEP 29, 1874, • Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, Death MAY 16, 1928, • Goodna Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Eva Mary Douglas 1872–1948 Birth ABT. JUN 1872 • Pancras, London, England, Death 7 OCT 1948 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Irvine Crain 1834–1919 Birth 08 SEP 1834 • Corkill, Kilskeery Parish, County Tyrone, Ulster Nth Ireland Death 5 DEC 1919 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Eileen Fysh 1834–1958 Birth 05 SEPT 1899 • Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death 3 MAY 1958 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Martha Helena Gunzler DEATH 18/12/1953 Martha was admitted to Goodna Asylum in September for 'having a weak intellect and being troublesome at times' in September 1915. She was transferred to Toowoomba Mental Hospital in 1918, where she remained until her death. Anna Marie Karoline Meier 1887–1928 Birth: 25 JAN 1887 • Mt Beppo, Queensland, Australia Death: 9 MAY 1928 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Lillian Sherman Markwell 1874–1936 Birth: 16 SEP 1874 • Slacks Creek, Logan River, Queensland, Australia. Death 01 NOV 1936 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Queensland, Australia Eva Emily Percival 1904–1922 Birth: 6 MAY 1904 • Ayr, Burdekin Shire, Queensland, Australia Death 16 OCTOBER 1922 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Andrew Clanachan 1858–1934 Birth 11 DEC 1858 • Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland Death 26 JUL 1934 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Brisbane, Qld, Aus Mary Hannah D'Arcy 1881–1958 Birth: 12 JAN 1881 • Auckland St, Bega, New South Wales, Australia Death 6 MAY 1958 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland Mary Jane Tucker 1869–1952 Birth: 17 MAR 1869 • North Pine, Queensland, Australia Death 07 JUL 1952 • Goodna Mental Hospital Goodna, Queensland, Australia Eliza Arberry 1862–1945 Birth: 9 AUG 1862 • 5 Lower College St, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Death: 6 AUG 1945 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia James Bryan 1862–1935 Birth 1862 • Clogher, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland Death 29 OCT 1935 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Qld, Australia Hugh Alexander Ellis 1888–1962 Birth: 08 MAY 1888 • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death: 14 SEP 1962 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Queensland, Australia Denis Gregan Dillon 1866–1931 Birth SEPT 1866 • Kinard, Limerick, Ireland Death 7 JUL 1931 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Queensland Elsie Myra Lewis 1910–1967 Birth 27 APRIL 1910 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death OCT 20, 1967, • Goodna Mental Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Edward Joseph Weston 1855–1926 Birth AB 1855 • Suffolk, England Death 22 FEBRUARY 1926 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Qld, Australia William John Forsyth 1895–1935 Birth 30 JAN 1895 • Fassifern Valley, Queensland, Australia Death 17 JAN 1935 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia Frances Helen Wooroolah O'Donahoo 1910–1946 Birth 31 JAN 1910 • Blackall, Queensland. Australia Death 9 DEC 1946 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia George Stenhouse 1872–1949 Birth 9 DEC 1872 • Channelkirk, Berwickshire, Scotland Death 4 FEB 1949 • Goodna Mental Hospital, Goodna, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Oda William Atkins 1887–1963 Birth 1 NOV 1887 • Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia Death 17 JUN 1963 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Harold Sheppard 1891–1935 Birth 13 DEC 1891 • Quay Street, Bulimba, Queensland, Australia Death 20 MAY 1935 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia George James Benham 1830–1902 Birth 19TH SEPTEMBER 1830 • Baptised Parish of Hinton Ampner, Hampshire on 19 Sep 1830 Death 4 AUG 1902 • Died stroke, Goodna Mental Hospital John Moffat Young 1861–1941 Birth 12 MAY 1861 • Milton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Death 31 MAY 1941 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland, Australia John Henry Grisinger 1889–1955 Birth 20 JUL 1889 • Bogambil near Lismore, New South Wales, Australia Death 9 MAY 1955 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, New South Wales, Australia Charlotte Fox 1849–1938 Birth 15 SEP 1849 • Nag's Head Hill, Clifton St George, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Death 26 SEP 1938 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Victor Ernest Henry White 1896–1948 Birth 22 JULY 1896 • Boundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death 15 AUGUST 1948 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia John Frederick "Joseph Hugh" Bebb Barry 1870–1956 Birth 19 JUL 1870 • Mortlake, Surrey, London, England Death 29 AUG 1956 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Blanche Hilda HANSEN 1905–1942 Birth 16 JUN 1905 • Limestone Creek, Yeppoon, Queensland Death 27 AUG 1942 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Queensland Mary Jane Crain (Fletcher) 1864–1943 Birth 14 JAN 1864 • Araluen, New South Wales, Australia Death 12 JUL 1943 • Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, Brisbane, Queensland James Garrad 1887–1925 Birth 6 MAR 1887 • Hope Island, Logan, Queensland, Australia Death 26 SEP 1925 • Mental Hospital, Goodna, Qld Cecilia Kelly 1876–1939 Birth 7 OCT 1876 • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Death 4 NOV 1939 • Mental Hospital, Goodna. Aged 63 Years. Dulcie May Lake (nee Swindell) Dulcie May Lake (nee Swindell) Click to view Letter Click to view Letter to the Governor of Queensland from the Home Secretary's Office, Brisbane, providing information on the cases of members of the Australian Imperial Forces who have been admitted to Goodna Asylum. Dated 9th January 1917 Click to view Click to view Click to view Here we see the 1904 inquiry into the death of patient Thomas Ireland. Who drowned in a body of water at the former quarry located out the back of the Asylum. He was buried at the cemetery site no 2 Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Admission notice and medical reports for Carl Anderson or Andersen from Denmark, who was discovered wandering in Beaudesert. Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Courtesy of the Queensland State Archives here we see a patient file from the year 1900 of john Softley Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Patient David Nolan Born: 1841, Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland Died: 6 July 1898, Woogaroo Asylum – Mania & Exhaustion Magisterial Inquiry held at Woogaroo Asylum, 7 July 1898, by W Yaldwyn PM Buried 8 July 1898, Asylum Cemetery 2 Great Grandpa David Nolan was born in County Tipperary in 1841 to Edmond Nolan and Catherine Morrissey, one of four known children. David was baptised in the Roman Catholic faith in the Parish of Cashel on 16 May 1841. In 1877, David boarded the brand-new immigration ship, Saraca, bound for Maryborough, one of 275 Assisted Passengers. The Saraca departed Greenock, Scotland, on 18 Aug 1877 and arrived in Maryborough on 14 December 1877. On 22-Nov-1882, David married Bridget Hogan, an Irish immigrant who had arrived just 5 months prior, in St Mary's Church, Maryborough, according to the rites of the Church of Rome. David worked for the Queensland Government Railways, according to the Staff records—the earliest known record dates to 1889, as a Labourer. The 1892 Staff record shows he was a lengthsmen. David & Bridget had six children before Bridget died on 14 Sep 1892, just 9 months after the birth of their 6th child. Great Grandpa Nolan then married another young Irish Immigrant, Eliza Tinkler, on 9 July 1893, again at St Mary’s Church, Maryborough. David and Eliza had three children: Alice Margaret, born 19 Jun 1894 and died 1 Jul 1894; and Lizzie, my grandmother, born 17 Sep 1895 and died 3 Apr 1980. Their 3rd Child, William John, was born on 20-Jun-1898 whilst his father was in Woogaroo Asylum and died on 13 Mar 1899. David was committed to Woogaroo Asylum on 23 June 1898 and died, just 2 weeks later, on 6 Jul 1898 of Mania and exhaustion. Woogaroo Asylum contacted Eliza to request a contribution toward the maintenance of our David whilst in their care. The letter she wrote in return says, “Sir, referring to your letter of 26th October, my husband David Nolan has no property of any kind. He has no relations in Queensland. He left eight children, including an eight-month-old infant. The oldest boy is only fifteen. I cannot earn sufficient income to purchase food for my children. I am relying on the Government for housing because my husband was a lengthsman on the railway line. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Obedient Servant, Mrs D Nolan. An article in the Maryborough Chronicle on Friday, 24 March 1899, advertises “A social and dance will be held in the Hibernian Hall on Easter Monday night, under the auspices of the HACB Society and in aid of the widow and orphans of Late D. NOLAN”. I cannot begin to imagine what it was like for Eliza and the children at the turn of the 19th and the start of the 20th Century. Times were tough for a lone woman. So different to our lifestyle now! Life improved for Eliza, who married Andrew Jessen, a widower with 14 children (yes, I said our Eliza was excellent) in 1900 and lived a happy life bearing him three children. I have not found any record of a grave marker for David Nolan in the relocated Goodna Cemetery Click to view Click to view Click to view Patient John Cook Till John Cook Till was a Pearl Trader, Gunrunner to French New Caledonia, and supplier of indentured labour from Vanuatu and elsewhere. He lived on Middle Percy Island 1860/80s. He went to Brisbane for medical treatment for Flu-like symptoms. Then spent the last 25 years of his life, from 1887 to 1912, at Goodna Asylum. He was a Master Seaman. He was also a person of interest to the French and British Governments. Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Patient Robert Mandy Edols Robert Edols was admitted to the asylum in May 1894, aged 29 and died there on 21st May 1940, aged 75. Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Eliza Jaccard late of Rockhampton, aged 11 years, of epilepsy Birth 1878 • Switzerland Death 25 May 1889 • Goodna, Queensland, Australia Brisbane Mental Hospital, Wednesday 10 March 1886 An inquiry was also commenced on Friday Last by sub-committees appointed by the committees of the Rockhampton Benevolent Society and the Port Curtis and Leichhardt Districts Hospital for ascertaining if there was any truth in the charge made verbally by Dr Macdonald against the matron of the Children's Hospital. It seems the doctor told that lady, a Mrs Mills, that she had ill-treated a child named Eliza Jaccard, and that he would no longer permit it. She wrote to the society's committee, by which she was appointed, demanding an investigation. Dr Macdonald was examined and cross-examined at great length, The substance of his evidence was this:-"At 4 o'clock one morning I was lying in my bed in my residence, which is fifty yards distant from the Children's Hospital, and heard smacks; a child, Eliza Jaccard, screamed, and I heard Mrs Mills call her a dirty brute, and a dirty beast; I saw the child, too, on two occasions, tied up to the lattice with a cloth; she was partly suspended in this way, the band being around her waist." Mr Henry Jones, who was vice president of the Port Curtis Hospital when the alleged brutality took place, was also examined, and he declared that when he saw the girl on the day following the castigation, there were no marks save a few pimples on her. He also stated that she was an idiot and that, when he endeavoured to pat her head, she shrank back and howled. The inquiry was not concluded on Friday, and when the ladies and gentlemen met on Monday to continue it, they were presented with a letter signed by Dr Macdonald and several employees at the General Hospital, stating that the matron had been intoxicated the previous day and that the doctor had to discharge her. The visitors' book was produced, and it contained a memorandum signed by the police magistrate and the mining registrar, corroborating these assertions. A motion was then passed in favour of discontinuing the hearing of evidence as to the charge of cruelty, it being the opinion of all the members of the committee that there was no need for further prosecuting the investigation, as the matron, who had demanded it, was absent. The position of the Children's Hospital was then discussed, and it was decided to recommend that the named institutional committees take steps to place it on an independent basis under the management of an independent committee. Other matters of detail were arranged, and the proceedings terminated. Wikitree Biography (Information sourced from Family Tree research, compiled by Erica Knox, nee Goltz) All that I know of my mother’s maternal grandmother was that she died in Switzerland, survived by her husband and three little daughters. Her husband (Mum’s grandfather, Albert Jules Jaccard) was born in 1849 and emigrated from Switzerland as a widower with the three little girls. The eldest was Marguerite (known as Maggie), then Matilda Emma (known as Tilly - Mum’s mother) and their little sister, Eliza. Matilda’s marriage certificate gives her birthplace as St Croix, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Sadly, Eliza died as a child. Mum had always believed that she died as a result of eating poisonous berries. I located her name, written as “Glisa”, as well as those of Albert, Matilda and Marguerite, as passengers on a ship from England, the “Merkara”, owned by the British East India Company, which left Plymouth, England, in March 1883 and arrived at Cooktown about 11 th May 1883, then sailed on to Townsville. I seem to remember hearing (probably from my cousin Ivan) that a son, Paul, had previously died in Switzerland. I was anxious to unravel the mystery surrounding Eliza’s fate and originally thought that her name was either “Glian” or “Glisa” as that was how it was recorded on the Merkara’s passenger list. I had been unable to find any record of the death of either Glisa Jaccard or Glian Jaccard in Queensland, but there is a record in the Queensland Police Gazette 1889 of an Eliza Jaccard who died of epilepsy at Woogaroo Asylum in Goodna, in 1889 (parents unnamed). At this stage, I thought Eliza’s name was “Glian” or “Glisa”, and although the name “Eliza” was different, I had a gut feeling about it. Perhaps there might have been a case of mistaken handwriting on the Merkara’s passenger list, and “Glisa” and “Glian” were recorded instead of “Eliza”? A record in the Queensland Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages shows that Eliza Jaccard (parents unnamed) died in 1889, was born in Switzerland, and was aged 11 years. “Glian” Jaccard, listed as a passenger on the Merkara, was said to have been born “about 1879”, aged ten or 11 in 1889. The Australia Death Index lists Eliza’s date of death as 25 th May 1989. The article at right appeared in the Brisbane Courier Mail on 10 th March 1886. If the Eliza Jaccard referred to was my great-aunt, her short life was indeed tragic. She was only a child when her mother died, and she was subjected to unspeakable treatment at the hands of the matron of the Children’s Hospital, and then died in a mental asylum in 1889 at the age of eleven. I later found a report in The Morning Bulletin dated 2 nd March 1886 regarding the ill-treatment of Eliza Jaccard whilst a patient at the Children’s Hospital in Rockhampton. It included the following passage: “She is the daughter of a blacksmith who works at the Central Queensland Meat Export Company's Works, and the disease from which she suffered was caused by eating berries of some kind; she is subject to fits”. There was no longer any doubt that the ill-fated Eliza was the daughter of Albert Jules Jaccard Grandma Hill had told her children that her sister died from eating poison berries. Many years later, Ivan Williams (Rita’s son) did a lot of work on the family history, well before we had the benefits of computers and the internet. He was unable to find any mention of Eliza arriving in Australia with the rest of the family and wondered if she had died on the voyage and been buried at sea. Mum then wondered if Grandma had mentioned the poison berries to frighten her children about eating such things. Now we know that Eliza did indeed eat the berries. It must have been so difficult for Albert Jaccard, a single parent who had to work to support his children, and would have had no one to help him and give Eliza the care that she needed. She was eventually transferred from the Children’s Hospital in Rockhampton to the Woogooroo Asylum, so far away from her family, where she died alone in such tragic circumstances. The inquest into Eliza’s death recorded that she was transferred to the Asylum from Rockhampton in December 1886, aged eight. After we had discovered what happened to Eliza, Katie made some phone calls and found out that Eliza was buried at the Woogooroo Asylum, but from 1945 to 1950, 200 bodies were exhumed and transferred to Goodna General Cemetery, where a memorial wall has been erected. We were told that it was possible to have a plaque made and erected on the wall, so Katie and I had one done. In June 2018, Kevin, Katie and I had a holiday at the Scenic Rim and on our way home, we called at the Goodna Cemetery to see the plaque and pay our respects. It was a very sombre place, but we were pleased that we had recorded Eliza’s name. There were very few plaques on the wall. Memorial Plaque at Goodna Cemetery Click here Inquiry Paperwork Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click to view Click here Miscellaneous Files Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Remembering the South Sea Islanders at Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum

Residence 10 Built sometime between the 1890s-1910s, relocated c1958, c2000 The Residence is a small timber-framed and -clad house standing south of Anderson House. Originally built as a residence, it has been relocated twice within the complex (in 1958 it was removed from west of McDonnell House to north of the Medical Superintendent’s Residence, and from there in c2000 to its current location, which was previously the nurse's quarters location). Fabric relating to and after its 1958 move, including its location and setting, fence and yard, verandah enclosures above handrail height and front balustrade, kitchen and bathroom fit-outs, and stumps, is not of state-level cultural heritage significance. In 2020, it is vacant and highly intact. 24 August 1951 Click to view During the day Click to view At night Click to view Between the trees Click to view Night Rear Click to view Across from the pumphouse Click to view Black & white Click to view Colour of the rear Click to view With old women's Click to view

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The Packing Shed and Patients' Shelter Built-in c1951 The packing shed and patients' 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 removing two walls from the vegetable storeroom, replacing the roof cladding from corrugated asbestos sheets with corrugated metal sheets, and adding a freestanding metal-framed shelter on the southern side. We inspected only the interiors of the vegetable storeroom and packing area . 1950 Plan Click to view 1950 Plan Click to view Inside view Click to view Front view Click to view Front entrance Click to view Shelter Click to view Front view Click to view

Visitors’ Garden and Pavilion Built-in 1920 The Visitors’ Garden is located across from the Administration building and is highly visible from the Ellerton Drive approach. Originally a fenced yet attractive meeting space for patients and visitors, it now serves as the foreground setting for the area's main buildings. The Visitors’ Pavilion (1920) is highly intact and stands centrally in the garden at the end of Wolston Park Road. The garden terrain gently slopes to the south, and its original extent (a semicircular shape defined by the curving Ellerton Drive/Cricket Lane on its northern side) has been obscured by the progressive development of the eastern half since c. 1955; however, some mature trees and open spaces are retained among the buildings. Early plans indicate the area was intended for offices and horse stables. Visitor's Garden Click to view Visitor's Garden Click to view Visitor's Garden Click to view Visitor's Garden Click to view Visitor's Garden Click to view Visitor's Garden Click to view Visitor’s Pavilion Click to view Visitor’s Pavilion Click to view Visitor’s Pavilion Click to view Visitor’s Pavilion Click to view Visitor’s Pavilion Click to view Visitor’s Pavilion Click to view

Female Patients' Recreation Area While male patients had spacious outdoor recreational amenities since at least 1895, most notably the cricket oval, female patients had no similar facilities. In keeping with gender stereotypes, the recreational opportunities provided for females were restricted to indoor 'domestic' type activities such as needlework. In 1946, Medical Superintendent Boyce proposed building a special female recreation area. The rationale for such a facility was that it would provide 'a more congenial environment to assist patients towards recovery'. More pragmatically, an area where female patients could spend part of the day. Despite the completion of a new female block with accommodation for 60 residents, overcrowding was still a major problem. The need to fill almost every available space with beds, such as verandahs and corridors, resulted in an even more acute shortage of space for daytime activities. Only a limited number of patients could undertake needlework or work in the sewing rooms or laundry. The remainder were confined to sitting about in an extremely cramped environment. The Director of Mental Hygiene, Basil Stafford, endorsed the idea and, in March 1948, reported that the 'scarcity of a recreation area for a large number of female patients is a considerable handicap in the administration of this hospital'. An area of approximately 2.5 hectares on the western edge of the reserve, adjacent to the Brisbane River, was selected. Part of the area occupied the site of the original male wards, and, ironically, a portion comprised a low-lying area originally designated in the 1860s to be laid out as pleasure grounds. Construction of facilities and landscaping commenced in 1951. The principal building was the cafeteria, with facilities to serve 500 patients. This building allowed patients to spend much of the day in the area without returning to the ward for midday meals. The building also served as an occupational therapy space. Other buildings included a sewing room, storage sheds and viewing shelters. A tennis court and bowling green were constructed, and the lower area was levelled to form a large playing field. M Rose, the Acting Superintendent of Institutional Gardens, devised a landscaping scheme. Existing trees (including several dating back to the 1860s) and shrubs were incorporated into a scheme that included native species such as silver wattles, Brisbane Golden Wattle, and Bauhinia, as well as exotics like Jacaranda and Poinciana regia. A row of palms was planted adjacent to the six-foot-high wire fence along the lower playing field. Staff and inmate labour developed the grounds. The Female Patients Recreation Area comprises buildings (a Cafeteria, Bowling Green, Change Room and Stores Shed) laid out along a curved ridge that forms a natural amphitheatre around former playing fields on the lower terrace at the edge of the Brisbane River. A further building (Packing Shed and Patients Shelter) stands southwest of the others. It overlooks the south-sloping ground, historically used for vegetable cultivation. Developed on the site of the former Simpson Residence (1843-44) and the subsequent Early Asylum Site (former Woogaroo Insane Asylum, established 1865, demolished 1890-93 floods), the area now forms part of the Wolston Park Golf Club course (1970s), which contributes to the spacious open grounds and landscape setting of the hospital complex. The work on the buildings and grounds was completed by 1954 and was immediately put to daily use. In his Annual Report for 1955, Medical Superintendent Boyce reported the success of the female recreation area and, in particular, the cafeteria. By 1957, more than 200 patients were regularly using the facilities. They enjoyed 'the picnic atmosphere' of the grounds, where they were served a midday meal and participated in a variety of sports and handcrafts in the occupational therapy centre. The area behind the Riverside ballroom was farmed until at least the 1950s. 24 June 1961 Click to view Croquet being played by a nurse in the late 1950s. Click to view Bowling Green in the 1950s Click to view Bowling Green & Croquet areas in the 1955 Click to view 1987 aerial overhead Click to view Looking across Woogaroo Creek from Brisbane Terrace towards the now Golf Club and former asylum site were once this land was farming. Click to view Former bowling green Click to view Former sports field Click to view A former patient's chair remains at the former recreation area today Click to view The Visual Connection Click to view

Male Bathroom Block Built-in 1902 This building was constructed in 1902 as a male bathroom. It comprised two dressing rooms, 9 x 6 m, and a bathroom, 6 x 4.5 m. The walls were lined with opalite tiling, 2 m feet. The building was converted into a pathology laboratory in 1927 and is believed to be vacant. Signage at the complex states its name as 'Marri House' as of 2025. Side Night Click to view Front Night Click to view Inside look of what it looked like in its time Click to view