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Wolston Park Golf Club The Wolston Park Golf Club was originally the Hospital Sports Club, combining golf, cricket, bowls and tennis. The Wolston Park Golf Club was formed in 1961 by Dr Clive Boyce, then Medical Superintendent, and the late W. K. Hynd, a Head Male Nurse. The first 9 holes were designed by W. K. Hynd and the late Norm Campbell, Male Nurse; the Treasurer was Bob Howard. When first formed, the nine-hole golf course was used only by hospital staff and patients. The club was affiliated with the B.D.G.A. in 1970 and opened to non-hospital staff. The 120 members, made up of staff and patients, used the facilities of the Gailes Golf Clubhouse, although there was no other application with that club. Wolston Park Golf Course was also built by patients and staff of the said Hospital, again being a therapeutic activity. It was then called the Golf Sports Club for the recreation of staff, patients and relatives. In August 1971, an annual inter-hospital competition between three hospitals, namely Wolston Park, Challinor Centre, Ipswich and Bailie Henderson, Toowoomba, competed for the Dr Noble Cup and the Dr Ellerton Shield by the staff and patients (patients who played the game of golf were automatically made Honorary Members, whilst a patient of Wolston Park Hospital). The Dr Noble Cup was presented to the best single event; the Dr Ellerton Shield was for the best six players from a Hospital. The Dr Noble Cup was won by Lauric Howard, then of Challinor Centre, with 35 points. The winning team for Wolston Park Hospital for the Shield was Doug Henshall, Kevin Halls, Dr Raoul Daniels, Dr John Waller, Terry Hughes and Jack Paddock, with 122 points. Also in 1971, the Club was registered with the Brisbane District Golf Association and the membership opened to non-staff members. The present officials of the Club are: Dr Orme Orford (President), John Jenkins (Captain), Ray Whyte (Treasurer), and Doug Henshall (Secretary). The first Club Champions and Mixed Foursome Champions were: Laurie Howard (handicap - 3) for members and Mrs Patsy Daniels (wife of Dr Daniels, a medical staff member) (handicap - 2), for the associates. A few discharged patients returned each day to work on the course and received a nominal wage, which speaks for itself as a proven therapeutic area over the years. The Clubhouse was situated behind the Canteen, built with funds accumulated by the Club. The old clubhouse had a colourful history, firstly being a canteen at the Redbank Army Camp during World War 2, then shifted to Wolston Park Hospital and used as a hairdressing salon. The Ellerton Cup was won by the late Dr Clive Boyce (past Medical Superintendent of Wolston Park Hospital, then called Brisbane Mental Hospital) in 1950, which was handed back to the club by his son Pat Boyce in October 1982 for all to view. Start of the Wolston Park Golf Club Click to view Club Monthly Medal Pin Click to view 26 January, 1969 Click to view Golf Club when located in the hospital complex Click to view Golf Club when located in the hospital complex Click to view Past Presidents Click to view Trying it out for the first time. Click to view 1979 Cabinet Documents Click to view 1978 Cabinet Documents Click to view 1978 Cabinet Documents Click to view 1979 Cabinet Documents Click to view 1979 Cabinet Documents Click to view 1988 Cabinet Document Click to view The Original Golf Club Plan Click to view 1986 Plaque Click to view 2001 Plaque when moved to the Riverside Ballroom complex Click to view Dr Ellerton Shield Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view

Site Profile Operational Names: Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum 1865 - 1880 Goodna Asylum for the Insane 1880 - 1898 Goodna Hospital for the Insane 1898 - 1940 Brisbane Mental Hospital 1940 - 1963 Brisbane Special Hospital 1963 - 1969 Wolston Park Hospital 1969 - 2001 The Park - Centre for Mental Health Treatment, Research and Education - The Park- Centre for Mental Health 2001 - current Operating Under Government Departments: Colonial Secretary's Office 10/01/1865 to 06/08/1896 Home Secretary's Office 06/08/1896 to 05/12/1935 Health and Home Affairs Department 05/12/1935 to 26/09/1963 Department of Health 26/09/1963 to 03/04/2012 West Moreton Hospital and Health Service 01/07/2012 - Current Heritage Classification: State Heritage Register status: Entered Date entered: 21 October 1992 Archaeological: Archaeological potential Artefact scatter Burial ground: Cemetery - Private Education, Research, Scientific Facility: School - Special Farming - Agriculture/Dairying/Grazing/Horticulture: Accommodation - Barracks, huts Farm - Dairy Farm Piggery Health and Care Services: Benevolent Institution - inebriate home. Benevolent institution home - physically/intellectually disabled Office/Office Building/Administration Centre Benevolent institution/home Hospital - psychiatric/mental institute/asylum Hospital - repatriation/veteran’s Mortuary/morgue Recreation and Entertainment: Golf course Swimming pool/Baths - in-ground Cricket ground Religion/worship: Chapel Residential: Villa Retail, Wholesale, Services: Laundry Utilities - Gas and Electricity supply: Electricity Power Station - coal/gas/oil Utilities - drainage, sewerage, waste disposal: Rubbish dump Utilities - water supply: Dam/reservoir Pumping station Themes: Peopling places: Family and marking the phases of life Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Pastoral activities Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Agricultural activities Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Managing water Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Valuing and appreciating the environmental landscapes Working: Unpaid labour Building settlements, towns, cities and dwellings: Developing urban services and amenities Maintaining order: Policing and maintaining law and order Creating social and cultural institutions: Worshipping and religious institutions Creating social and cultural institutions: Sport and recreation Educating Queenslanders: Providing primary schooling Providing health and welfare services: Providing health services Providing health and welfare services: Caring for women and children Providing health and welfare services: Caring for the aged and infirm Architects: Queensland Department of Public Works Tiffin, Charles Designer: Cannan, Kersey Construction periods: Former Simpson Residence Site (1843-44), 1843 - 1865, Early Asylum Site (1865) 1860, Former Sandstone Quarry and Track (1860s) 1866 - 1951, Female Wards 1 & 2 (1866 additions and modifications added in 1868, 1870, 1875, 1905, 1906, 1923, 1937, and 1951) 1866 - 1978, Wolston Park Hospital Complex (1866 - 1978) 1870 - 1950, Early Road Network (1870s - 1950s) 1885 - 1924, Bostock House (1885, extended 1901, c1924) 1890 - 1958, Residence (1890s - 1910s, relocated c1958, c2000) 1890 - 1972, Recreation Hall (1890, extended c1914, remodelled c1972) 1895 - 1910, Male Recreation Grounds (by 1895) and Cricket Pavilion (1910) 1895 -1912, Former Cemetery Site (1895 - 1912) 1898 - 1917, Fleming House (1898, extended c1917) 1898, Medical Superintendent’s Residence and Garden (1898) 1902 - 1949, Morgue (1902, extended 1949) 1902 - 1955, Female Bathroom Block (1902) 1902, Male Bathroom Block (1902) 1912 - 1920, Visitors Garden (c1912) and Visitors Pavilion (1920) 1912, Assistant Medical Superintendent’s Residence and Garden (1912) 1913 - 1945, Former Cemetery Site (c1913 - 1945) 1914, Reservoir and Pump Houses (1914) 1915, Lewis House, McDonnell House, and Noble House (all 1915) 1916 - 1919, Piggery Remnants (1916 - 19) 1916, Early Farm Ward Kitchen and Dairy (1916) 1917, Powerhouse (1917) 1917, Anderson House (1917) 1917, Administration Building (1917) 1917, Hospital (1917) 1918, Laundry (1918) 1918, Farm Overseer’s House (1918, relocated within complex area c2009 - 13) 1920 - 1925, Gailes Golf Club Course (1925) 1934, Osler House (1928), Pearce House (1934) 1936, Gladstone House, Jenner House, and Kelsey House (all 1936) 1944, Shelter Shed for Female Patients (by 1944) 1944, Garage (by 1944) 1944, Dawson House (1944) 1948, Repatriation Kitchen Block (1948) 1948, Repatriation Wards A, B, and C (all 1948) 1950 - 1956, Dam (1950) and Pump House (by 1956) 1951 - 1955, Female Recreation Grounds (1951-5) 1951, Cafeteria (c1951) 1951, Change Room and Stores Shed (c1951) 1951, Packing Shed and Patients Shelter (c1951) 1954 - 1955, Repatriation Recreation Grounds (c1954 - 5) 1954, Farm Ward Building and Grounds (1954-6, Basil Stafford Centre) 1961, Repatriation Occupational Therapy and Recreation Hall (c1961) 1961, Chapel (1961) 1964, Later Farm Ward for Male Patients (c1964, later called Weeroona) 1967- 1973, School Building for Child Patients with Intellectual Disabilities (1967), Swimming Pool (c1973) 1978, Villas (c1978) Historical period: 1840s - 1860s Mid 19th century 1870s - 1890s Late 19th century 1900 - 1914 Early 20th century 1914 - 1919 World War I 1919 - 1930s Interwar period 1939 - 1945 World War II 1940s - 1960s post-WWII 1970s - 1990s Late 20th century Style: Arts & Crafts Classicism Persons In Charge: Kersey Cannan - 1860 - 1869 Henry Challinor - 1869 - 1872 John Jaap - 1872 - 1877 Patrick Smith - 1877 - 1881 Richard Scholes - 1881 - 1894, 1896 - 1898 James Hogg - 1898 - 1908 Henry Byam Ellerton -1909 - 1937 Basil Stafford - 1937 - 1950 J.E.F. McDonald - 1943 - 1944 Clive Boyce - 1950 - 1965 Orme Orford - 1965 - 1976 Harry (Don) Eastwell - 1976 - 1978 Victor Matchett - 1976 (Acting) , 1978 (Acting) , 1981 -1982 James Wood - 1982 -83 (Acting) , 1983 - 1990 Policy/legislation: Mental Hygiene Act 1938 (Qld) Residency and treatment were influenced by the Mental Hygiene Act 1938 (Qld), which aimed to medicalise mental illness and required active treatment for people with a mental illness. Despite this, the Mental Hygiene Act 1938 (Qld) maintained the custodial and institutional model of nineteenth-century asylums, with broad powers for involuntary detention and no legislated patient rights to be informed of or participate in their treatment plans, or to advocate for their own review or discharge. The Mental Health Act 1962 (Qld) The Mental Health Act 1962 (Qld) saw the commencement of government directions to shift psychiatric services into general hospitals, aiming to focus treatment outcomes on rehabilitation and limit the need for admissions in an isolated asylum setting. Mental Health Act 1974 (Qld) The Mental Health Act 1974 (Qld) shifted language describing people with a mental illness from ‘inmate’ to ‘patient’. A subsequent amendment in 1983 saw the establishment of the Mental Health Tribunal to assess fitness for trial or detainment under involuntary orders. Although the Mental Health Act 1974 (Qld) aimed to modernise terminology and practice, it did not yet provide a statutory definition of mental illness (that was introduced later in the Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) following the closure of Wolston Park Hospital), or fully provision institutions and treating teams to value patient consent in decision making about their own treatment and/or confinement. Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) The purpose of this Act is to provide for the involuntary assessment and treatment, and the protection, of persons (whether adults or minors) who have mental illnesses, while at the same time safeguarding their rights and freedoms and balancing their rights and freedoms with the rights and freedoms of other persons Treatments and Medications: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a medical treatment that rapidly relieves symptoms of severe psychiatric disorders. ECT involves the delivery of a small, pulsed electrical current to the brain sufficient to induce a seizure for therapeutic purposes. ECT is performed whilst the person undergoing treatment is under general anaesthesia. Insulin Coma Therapy Insulin coma therapy, or insulin shock therapy, is a historical (circa 1930s-1950s) psychiatric treatment used to treat severe mental illness by delivering large doses of insulin to patients to induce a coma. The practice was phased out of mental health treatment plans following the introduction of antipsychotic medications beginning in the 1950s. PRN PRN, or pro ne nata (Latin for ‘in the circumstances’), medications are medications that are administered to manage symptoms as determined by an individual’s assessment of a situation, as opposed to a prescribed schedule. This does not typically mean that a medication is administered to exceed a prescribed daily amount, but rather that it is to be administered only if needed. The administration of PRN medications is required to be monitored, recorded and reviewed by the treating team to ensure that it remains appropriate. Psychotropic medications Multiple psychotropic medications are referenced by either generic or trade names throughout this report. They include the following, with generic medication name first, with the trade names in brackets and capitals: • haloperidol, • chlorpromazine (Largactil or Thorazine), • paraldehyde, • promazine. Psychotropic medications such as these medications have been used in the treatment of mental illnesses. Promazine and paraldehyde have not been used routinely since the 1970s. Since the advent of newer antipsychotic medications in the late 1990s, the use of chlorpromazine and haloperidol has become less common. They are now used only rarely and in particular situations, including when medications with a lower side-effect burden are not effective. Restraint Restraint refers to practices used as an intervention considered justifiable to protect the safety of patients and/or staff. It may refer to: • physical restraints (e.g. limitations of movement such as holding a patient by the body), • mechanical restraints (e.g. limitations of mobility such as restraining a patient to a bed or chair), • chemical restraints (e.g. the use of PRN psychotropic medications. Note that the use of medications within historical and current mental health services is considered as treatment within an acute scenario as opposed to a mechanism of restraint, or • environmental restraints (e.g. locked wards, isolation rooms or restrictions of movement between areas). Seclusion Seclusion refers to the practice of isolating a patient in a room or area that they cannot leave. It is intended to be used in extreme circumstances only as a measure to prevent serious harm to the patient or others. Click to view Click to view Click to view Opening Up & Closing Down: Notes on the End of an Asylum Wolston Park Hospital, 1865 - 2001: A Retrospect Courtesy of the Queensland State Archives, here we see the paperwork advising of the change from Brisbane Special Hospital to Wolston Park Hospital in 1968. Transfer of Responsibility - Security Patients Hospital, Wacol, from the Prisons Department to the Health Department in 1985 Site Buildings * denotes the oldest remaining building since the asylum's opening Female Division • Female Ward 1 & 2 (Preserved) * • Original Female Ward 1 & 2 (Demolished) • Female Refractory Cells (Demolished) • Female Ward 3 & 5, Female Ward 3, Cameron House (Demolished), named after the former Commonwealth Minister for Health, The Honourable Donald Alistair Cameron OBE • Female Ward 4 Dawson House (Preserved) • Female Ward 6 Bostock House (Preserved)* • Female Ward 7 Anderson House (Preserved) • Female Ward 8(Demolished) • Female Ward 9 (Unknown) • Female Ward 10 (Unknown) • Female Ward 11, Lewis House (Preserved) • Matron Quarters (Demolished) • Nurses Quarters (Demolished) • Female Toilets, Sewing Rooms (Preserved) Male Division • Male Ward 2 (Unknown) • Male Ward 2 Visitors Pavilion (Demolished) • Male Ward 2 Recreation Shelter (Demolished) • Male Ward 2 Visitation Shelter (Demolished) • New Male Ward 2 (Unknown) • Male Ward 3 (Unknown) • Male Ward 4 (Demolished) • Male Ward 5 Fleming House (Preserved)* • Male Ward 6, 7, 8 Gladstone, Jenner, Kelsey House (Preserved) • Male Ward 11 McDonnell House (Preserved) •Male Ward 12 & 13 Noble House (Preserved) • Male Ward 9 & 10 Lewis House (Preserved) • New Male Ward 14, Osler House (Preserved) • New Male Ward 15 Pearce House (Preserved) • Male Ward E (Unknown) Other Wards, Buildings • Farm Ward, Basil Stafford (Preserved) • Farm Block, Basil Stafford (Preserved) • Morgue (Preserved) • Powerhouse (Preserved) • Administration (Preserved) • Recreation Hall (Preserved)* • Laundry (Preserved) • Workshop (Preserved) • Water Reservoirs and Pumping Stations (Preserved) • John Oxley Centre (Demolished) • John Oxley Memorial Hospital (Demolished) • Cemetery Sites 1,2,3 • Riverside Ballroom, Wolston Park Golf Club (Preserved) •Croquet Green (Shelter Preserved) • Soccer Field (Demolished) • Cricket Field, Eddie Gilbert Memorial Field (Preserved) • Staff Residence 10 (Preserved) • Assistant Medical Superintendents' Residence (Preserved) • Medical Superintendents' Residence (Preserved)* • Chapels (Only 1 of 3 Preserved) Chapel - The Resurrection, Chapel - St Dympna, Chapel - Christ the King Residence A, B, E, F, H, J, K Doctors Flat Barrett Block A, B, E, F, G PABX -Speech Therapists Barrett Adolescent School Barrett Adolescent Accommodation Bowling Green & Club House (Demolished) Artisans (Demolished) John Oxley Memorial Hosptial when abandoned Click to view John Oxley Memorial Hosptial following demolished Click to view Cameron House Female Ward 3 & 5 Click to view Cameron House Female Ward 3 & 5 Click to view Female Division before and current Click to view Male Ward no 6 taken in 1911 Click to view Male Wards 4,6,7,8 in 1936 Click to view Ellerton House 1970 Click to view Ellerton House 2001 Click to view 1990s aerial image Click to view 29 January 1974 Click to view 29 January 1974 Click to view 29 January 1974 Click to view 29 January 1974 Click to view Prior to upgrades in 2000s Click to view

Magdalen Asylum Magdalen Asylum, in Wooloowin, was operated by the Order of the Sisters of Mercy. It opened in 1889 as a home for unmarried mothers, disabled girls and infants. It ceased operating as a home for very young children in 1959. From 1974, it no longer cared for children but provided continuing care for physically and intellectually disabled persons and single mothers. In 1978, its function changed to a centre for persons with intellectual and physical disabilities and was renamed Mercy Centre. Mother Mary Vincent was instrumental in the establishment when she came to Queensland from Ireland in 1861. The foundation stone was laid on Sunday, 22nd April 1888, by Archbishop Dr Dunne. The Holy Cross Retreat was then opened on 13th October 1889 by Governor Sir Henry Norman. The asylum was a haven for destitute women (usually 'fallen' or with children out of wedlock) and, in common with most similar institutions, employed the women in laundry work in the running of the institution. Holy Cross Retreat was licensed in 1895 under the Orphanages Act 1879, then under the State Children Act 1911. It was licensed again under the Children's Services Act 1965. In 1977, the dormitory building and kitchen wing were demolished, but the steam laundry was maintained as a sheltered workshop for intellectually handicapped women and men. Today, all that remains from the days gone by is the laundry building and the church on site. Former Names Magdalen Asylum, Wooloowin Holy Cross Magdalen Asylum, Wooloowin Holy Cross Retreat and Infants Home 1895 map Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view

Dunwich Asylum The Dunwich Benevolent Asylum was a Benevolent Asylum for the aged, infirm and destitute operated by the Queensland Government in Australia. It was located at Dunwich on North Stradbroke Island in Moreton Bay and operated from 1865 to 1946. The Dunwich Benevolent Asylum was established under the Benevolent Asylum Wards Act of 1861 to provide accommodation and care for poor people who were unable to care for themselves due to illness or infirmity. It opened on 13 May 1865 with the transfer of initial patients from the Benevolent Ward of the Brisbane General Hospital . More than 21,000 people were admitted to the asylum during its operation, with approximately 1,000 to 1,600 at any one time. Those who died in the asylum were generally buried in the Dunwich Cemetery unless families made other arrangements. In the 80 years spanning 1867-1947, 8,426 former inmates of the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum were buried in the Dunwich Cemetery. It operated until 30 September 1946, after which the patients were transferred to the newly opened Eventide Home at Sandgate , a northern suburb of Brisbane . Most of the buildings were subsequently destroyed. However, some buildings remain, including the heritage-listed St Mark's Anglican Church and Dunwich Public Hall . The 'Aboriginal Gang' that worked at the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum were the first Aboriginal people in Australia to receive equal wages. In 1944, after a 25-year campaign, Aboriginal workers secured equal wages, almost 20 years before anywhere else in Australia. The Asylum closed shortly after, with the Aboriginal Gang only getting equal wages for one and a half years. The asylum occupied most of the current Dunwich township. There were many buildings with wards for men, women and Asiatics. It had a kitchen, bakery, laundry, and other service buildings, including a power station built in 1926. It had a public hall, recreational facilities and a visitor centre for social activities. A farm with associated outbuildings provided meat and dairy products. A 1913 map shows it occupying the coastal area from Dunwich Cemetery down to the present-day jetty and inland to approximately the present-day Mitchell Crescent and Barton Street. Swamps are shown beyond the boundaries. 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 Click to view Click to view Click to view Concert in the Victoria Hall for, 1909 Click to view The last surviving inmate accommodation of the former Dunwich Benevolent Asylum, known as Ward 13, has been entered into the Queensland Heritage Register. Click to view

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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Well The Well is located approximately 140m east of the Administration Building and is highly intact at the location of the Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit section. Constructed of brick and sandstone, the underground dome well has a narrow circular opening at ground level and is approximately 6m in diameter at depth. The well is concealed by a concrete slab and a metal access panel, neither of which is of state-level cultural heritage significance. Features of the Well of cultural heritage significance also include: Form, scale, and materials: circular-shaped underground dome form; narrow circular dressed sandstone opening at ground level; interior brick walls with evidence of whitewash finish Terracotta pipes feeding into/out of the well interior