Boyce Family Collection Random selection of photos converted from slides taken by former Medical Superintendent Dr Clive Boyce. 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

Male Patients Area The former male patients' area comprises nine former ward blocks and the recreation oval. These buildings constitute the most coherent group on the site. This coherence derives from their formal arrangement around the recreation oval and the complementary architectural styles and forms. These principles of moral treatment are most clearly demonstrated in this area. These buildings divide into four subgroups: Lewis, Noble, and McDonnell; Pearce and Osler; Jenner, Kelsey, and Gladstone; Fleming. The Lewis, Noble and McDonnell Group were a two-storeyed block erected in the 1910s. They comprised large open dormitory wards with ancillary facilities. These buildings have subsequently been altered internally, and only Partial evidence remains of the original planning. Fewer changes have been made to Noble House, and it's the most intact. Alterations have also been made to the exterior. Nevertheless, the buildings' 'institutional' character is still readily apparent and reinforced by the repetition of similar massing and form. Pearce and Osler Houses are two almost identical wards at the eastern end of the area. They were built between 1928 and 1934 to accommodate more violent and troublesome patients. The ongoing need to upgrade security provisions has led to the introduction of elements that are visually intrusive but remain functionally necessary. With a different use, these elements may be removed. Gladstone, Jenner and Kelsey Houses were completed in the mid-1930s and were distinguished by their 'crab' plan form from a central section providing two straight rear wings and two front angled wings. Although these buildings were the last to be planned according to the outdated principles of moral treatment in Queensland, they nevertheless demonstrate a degree of innovation and creativity in planning. Fleming House is a two-storey brick building completed in 1898. Substantial alterations were undertaken during the 1920s. After constructing each ward, the grounds were landscaped and gardens were established. The cricket pavilion was built in 1910 as part of the redevelopment of the cricket oval in the early 1910s on the initiative of HB Ellerton. It comprised dressing rooms surrounded by a verandah. The pavilion was relocated to its present site in 1936 following the construction of the new male wards. Ellerton requested the relocation of the pavilions because he felt they blocked patients' view of the recreation oval, which would be a constant annoyance and might retard their recovery. The recreation ground was originally laid out in 1895. It was built following the decision to relocate the male section after the floods of 1890 and 1893. Cricket was the principal sport, and outside teams visited the asylum. When Ellerton arrived as superintendent in 1909, the recreation area was redeveloped, principally built by patient labour. It comprised a new cricket and football ground (200x100m) and three tennis courts. At the time, Dr Ellerton declared that when complete, "this ground would form one of the prettiest, if not the best in Queensland. In 1914, the entire recreation ground was enclosed with a nine-foot-high, K-wire fence. The fence was intended to give patients an unobstructed view of the oval from the wards. It also allowed patients to wander and exercise in a large open area. Thus, it became what Ellerton referred to as 'a sort of nursing ground'. The recreation ground became one of the principal means of promoting the asylum as a 'decent' institution where patients enjoyed a degree of freedom and pleasant surroundings. Patients built the bowling green in 1951 as part of a wider program to expand recreational facilities in the hospital during the 1950s. The bowling green clubhouse was erected in 1968. Chronology 1895: cricket ground laid out 1910: grounds re-levelled and extended to include football grounds and a tennis court 1910: cricket pavilion erected in the southwest corner 1914: The entire cricket ground was enclosed with K-wire fencing 1936: cricket pavilion relocated to the southeast corner of the ground 1951: Bowling Green constructed 1968: Bowling Green Clubhouse constructed 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

Joshua Jeays A carpenter from Leicester rose to prominence as a successful developer, alderman, and mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He constructed buildings and supplied stone from his Woogaroo quarry. One of the initial structures, Female Wards 1 and 2, was built using local sandstone from his quarry, which also provided materials for Old Government House (1862) and Parliament House (1865). The Riverbank and Nyunda Park Area, nestled between the main hospital complex and the old Farm Complex, extends northeast around the reservoir towards the Basil Stafford Centre. This bushland area, west of Explorer’s Walk, showcases remnants of the former sandstone quarry operations and transport routes. The quarry has two primary sites (north and south) and several smaller ones, identifiable by vertical worked faces and horizontal benched areas, connected by a track that transports stone to a northern jetty on the river, about 600 meters away. Another track branches southeast towards the main hospital complex. In 1980, Nyunda Park became an outdoor recreational space, featuring bushland, Joshua Jeays’ old sandstone quarry, a dam, and pathways. The John Oxley Centre, a forensic psychiatric facility, was erected on the site's western edge beside the Brisbane River in 1990. Joshua Jeays passed away at 69 on March 11, 1881, and was interred at Toowong Cemetery. His legacy endures through the buildings he left behind. Interesting facts about Joshua Jeays: He fervently supported Queensland's separation from New South Wales. He served on the inaugural Brisbane Municipal Council. He was the fourth Mayor of Brisbane. Joshua Jeays Click to view Location of Quarry Click to view Foundations of Old Women's 1 & 2 Click to view Foundations of Old Women's 1 & 2 Click to view Bostock House foundation Click to view First known photo of Old Women's with second story added using Woogaroo Sandstone Click to view Bardon House was built in 1863 by well-known Brisbane builder and early mayor of Brisbane, Joshua Jeays. Jeays had developed a quarry at Woogaroo (now called Goodna), and this house was built from stone sourced there. Bardon House is a two-storey Victorian Gothic structure with a steeply pitched roof, gables and dormer windows. Bardon House is still part of St Joseph's School. Click to view Brisbane City Council Plaque Click to view Joshua & Sarah Jeays resting place at Toowong Click to view 1860s track today to the former quarry Click to view Sandstone Ridge Click to view 1860s track today to the former quarry Click to view 1860s track today to the former quarry Click to view 1860s track today to the former quarry Click to view 1860s track today to the former quarry Click to view 1860s track today to the former quarry Click to view

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

Ipswich Asylum The Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum was opened in 1878 to take patients from the overcrowded Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum at Wacol. The name changed to the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane in 1910. Sandy Gallop Asylum, as it was first known, was established in 1878 as a branch asylum of the Goodna Asylum. It occupied a 140-acre site on the southern outskirts of Ipswich. The main building was a single-storey timber-and-masonry structure with three dormitories and two day rooms. The asylum received mainly chronic cases from Goodna. By the 1880s, it was accommodating more than 100 patients. The constant growth in admissions of patients to asylums in Queensland prompted the creation of Sandy Gallop as a separate institution. From 1910, it was known as the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane. James Hogg, the Inspector of Hospitals for the Insane (1898–1908), and his replacement, Henry Byam Ellerton (1909–1937), undertook a major building program between 1908 and 1917. Buildings erected included two male wards, three female wards, a hospital, an administration building, a laundry, a recreation hall, a kitchen, a boiler house, and a medical superintendent's residence. By 1920, the asylum was accommodating almost 450 patients. Changes in legislation in 1938 and shifts in approaches to treating mental patients led to the institution's name being changed to the Ipswich Mental Hospital. The number of patients continued to grow throughout the 1940s and 1950s, and overcrowding and staff shortages became major problems. Another phase of building activity occurred in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but did little to alleviate overcrowding. By the 1960s, the institution accommodated more than 600 patients. After the reorganisation of mental health services in 1968, the institution became a training centre for people with intellectual disabilities. It was renamed the Challinor Centre and remodelled. In 1973, the original 1878 building was demolished and replaced by a substantially larger single-storey brick complex. Other new buildings included a canteen (1978), workshops (1979) and a staff development centre (1981). The hospital also provided recreational facilities for residents, and in 1978, a sporting oval was constructed on part of the former farm site. It was renamed the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane in 1910. These building works and improvements were intended to forge a new identity for Challinor and to distinguish it from its previous role as a lunatic asylum and mental hospital. This process also involved demolishing buildings from earlier eras where possible. By the late 1970s, almost all evidence of farming activities, including sheds and yards, had been removed . In 1973, Allison House (the former No. 1 female ward) was demolished, and a section of the nurses' quarters was demolished in 1981. The former medical superintendent's residence was demolished in 1984 following partial fire damage. Since the 1970s, a programme of normalisation and deinstitutionalisation has steadily reduced the number of people in the centre. Clients have been encouraged and assisted to move into community-based accommodation, and plans are underway to close the centre entirely. The Challinor Centre closed in 1998. The site then became the University of Queensland's Ipswich campus. In 2015, the campus was transferred to the University of Southern Queensland, although the University of Queensland will continue to run some courses on the site. Former names: Asylum For the Insane, Ipswich Asylum For the Insane, Sandy Gallop Asylum For the Insane, Sandy Galop Hospital For the Insane, Ipswich Insane Asylum, Sandy Gallop Insane Asylum, Sandy Galop Ipswich Branch Asylum Ipswich Hospital for the Insane Ipswich Mental Hospital Lunatic Asylum, Ipswich Sandy Gallop Asylum for the Insane Sandy Gallop Insane Asylum Sandy Galop Asylum for the Insane Sandy Galop Insane Asylum 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

Gladstone House, Jenner House, & Kelsey House All were built in 1936 Gladstone House (Ward 6), Jenner House (Ward 7), and Kelsey House (Ward 8) are three highly intact single-storey brick buildings with an unusual "crab" design, replacing earlier timber wards that were considered fire hazards and difficult to keep clean. EA Godfrey prepared the drawings. Construction commenced in August 1934 and was completed the following year; Sir Leslie Wilson officially opened it on 20 February. As part of the ceremony, the Director General of Health and Medical Services, Raphael Cilento, paid tribute to Superintendent Dr Ellerton, declaring these wards were "his prime". All three wards had large central dining rooms, single rooms, and a large dormitory. Kelsey differed slightly from the other two wards in its dormitory layout. In 2020, they are vacant and had most of the later fabric removed. Gladstone House is named after the famous parliamentarian William Ewart Gladstone. Jenner House is named after the famous physician Edward Jenner, who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, and discovered the value of inoculation with cowpox as a preventative measure against smallpox. Kelsey House is named after well-loved matron Elsie Kelsey, who worked at the hospital from 1925 and became assistant matron in 1941. She retired in 1967 Gladstone House Chronology 1936: Building construction was completed 1966: alterations for bathrooms 1973: fire sprinkler system installed 1980: renovations to bathrooms, roof lantern enclosed with new ceilings Jenner House Chronology 1936: Building construction was completed 1973: fire sprinkler system installed 1980: renovations to bathrooms Jenner House Chronology 1936: Building construction was completed 1981: remodelling and upgrading of bathrooms 1984: upgrading of bathrooms 1934 Plan Click to view opening of the three houses its believed that this is Gladstone House in the picture Click to view Sir Leslie Wilson opening the wards Click to view 1936 interior Click to view Kelsey House Click to view Jenner House Click to view Gladston House Click to view Gladstone side Click to view Jenner front Click to view Former gates that gave access the three houses Click to view Former gates that gave access the three houses Click to view Former gate buzzer that gave access the three houses Click to view Gladstone house street sign Click to view Gladstone house street sign Click to view Click to view All three house are exactly the same Click to view All three house are exactly the same Click to view All three house are exactly the same Click to view All three house are exactly the same Click to view All three house are exactly the same Click to view Gladstone house Click to view Jenner House Click to view Jenner House Click to view Jenner House Click to view Kelsey House Click to view

Bostock House Built in 1885, extended in 1901, c. 1924 Bostock House ( former f emale p atient ward 6) is named in honour of a Brisbane doctor, Professor John Bostock, who was Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Queensland and used to take a great interest in Wolston Park. Today, it stands to the north of Anderson House, set back from and facing Ellerton Drive. It is one of only five buildings on the site surviving from the 19th century. It was erected as part of a major building program on the site during the 1800s. The building was similar to other female wards and accommodated 52 female patients. In 1901, a scullery was added to the northern end and a lavatory at the southern end. Metal fire escape stairs were added in 1910, as were glass observation doors in 19l3 and servery hatches in 1914. Extra bathing accommodation was provided in 1924 by extending the scullery and converting the old lavatory into a pantry. In 1927-8, a 14-foot-wide sleeping balcony was added to the western side of the building to provide extra sleeping accommodation. The interior was also extensively altered by opening the day room and dormitories into the adjacent passages to increase the area. This required removing a load-bearing partition running the length of the building and inserting a large rolled steel joist and two cast iron columns. The ground floor was replaced. In 1950, part of the western verandah was enclosed to form a laundrette. Bostock House underwent extensive repairs in 1958. The building retains its open, semi-formal garden setting. In 2026, the building accommodates Rotary and is highly intact. Fire stairs added (c. 1969) to the rear verandah and over the front verandah (since removed) are not of state-level cultural heritage significance. Bostock House was one of five similar wards constructed between 1878 and the mid-1890s, and is the only one that survives from that period. Chronology: Research Note: The 1924 and 1927 additions should also be conserved. 1884: building construction completed 1901: scullery and toilets were added to the western and eastern ends 1910: fire escape to the northern elevation 1924: additional bathing accommodation 1927: sleeping verandah to northern elevation, internal alterations 1958: original windows replaced by steel frame windows Earliest known photo of Bostock House in 1907 Click to view 1938 photo of Bostock House with the Recreation Hall to the right. Click to view Bostock House 1935 Click to view Bostock House 2024 Click to view Bostock rear Click to view Bostock bathrooms Click to view Bostock rear Click to view Architecture beauty Click to view Night side Click to view Night rear Click to view Old window Click to view Old window Click to view Front night Click to view Front side Click to view Brick and sandstone Click to view Entrance Click to view Door Click to view Inside top Click to view inside bottom Click to view Verandah Click to view Front entrance Click to view Window looking towards old women's Click to view original street sign Click to view Garden Click to view Night side Click to view

Wolston Park Hospital Complex: Other buildings Photographic record of buildings at Wolston Park Hospital that were demolished in June 2009. 27282 Heritage Survey Photographic Records Lyle Radford; Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Wolston Park Hospital Complex: Other buildings (slq.qld.gov.au) Link to album Wolston Park Hospital Complex: Farm Complex Photographic record of buildings at Wolston Park Hospital that were demolished in June 2009. 27282 Heritage Survey Photographic Records. Thom (Thomas Wesley), 1953- Blake; Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Wolston Park Hospital Complex: Farm complex (slq.qld.gov.au) Link to album Wolston Park Hospital Complex: Female Recreation Block Photographic record of buildings at Wolston Park Hospital that were demolished in June 2009. 27282 Heritage Survey Photographic Records. Thom (Thomas Wesley), 1953- Blake; Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Wolston Park Hospital Complex: Female recreation block (slq.qld.gov.au) Link to album Wolston Park Hospital Complex: Workshops Photographic record of buildings at Wolston Park Hospital that were demolished in June 2009. Thomas (Thomas Wesley), 1953- Blake; Brisbane John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland 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 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 1970 Black & White Collection 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 Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view

Lewis, McDonnell, Noble Houses Built-in 1915 Lewis House (Male 9/10), McDonnell House (Male 11), and Noble House (Male 12/13) are three similar buildings. These buildings were part of a major expansion of the male section in the 1910s. In 1911, the Department of Works, closely advised by Ellerton, prepared plans for two identical blocks. Construction commenced on both buildings in 1912, but they were not completed until 1915. The block was oriented with the main elevation facing the cricket ground. The exterior was exposed red brick to the first-floor level, with roughcast render and a light-coloured ochre finish above. Each floor was planned similarly, with two large dormitories opening to verandahs, a central dining room with a bay window, and a scullery and bathroom at the rear. Each floor accommodated 60 patients. The dormitory wards were designed, according to Ellerton, to be 'light, airy, cheerful'. The area in front of the building was laid out with flower beds, lawn and gravel paths. Unlike the older wards, the gardens were surrounded not by high fences but by low timber railings to reduce the sense of confinement. In 2020, they are vacant and had most of the later fabric removed, along with most internal fittings and finishes. This building was heritage-listed in 1992. The Queensland Police Service currently owns the building, and it is not in use. Naming Lewis House is named after Sir Aubrey Julian Lewis, an Australian. He was the first Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, at the famous Maudsley Institute of London. McDonnell House is named after Dr McDonnell, an official visitor to the hospital and a dignified, impressive member of the medical profession. Noble House is named after Dr Henry Winston Noble, who was the Minister for Health and also worked in psychiatry. Lewis House Chronology 1915: Building construction was completed 1944: alterations for a cafeteria 1945: renovations to showers 1963: substantial remodelling 1973: remodelling of wards 1973: a two-storeyed attached laundry building constructed McDonnell House Chronology 1915: Building construction was completed 1944: alterations for a cafeteria 1965: new staff room 1971: major renovations including alterations to stairwells, a new toilet block, steel windows introduced, large wards subdivided, and a new concrete tiled roof. Noble House Chronology 1915: Building construction was completed 1945: alterations to showers 1968: major renovations, including alterations, including a new tile roof and windows, demolition of attached toilet block, demolition of bay windows, new fire escape, subdivision of large wards, single rooms converted to bathrooms 1970: new laundry 1992: conversion of the upper level for staff training 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view McDonnell House 1914 plan Click to view Lewis House, Ward 14 for violent patients' Architectural plans 1928 Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view 1911 2 new male wards planned Click to view