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  • Edith Peters Collection | Goodna Asylum

    Peters Family Collection Random selection of photos converted from slides taken by staff members Edith & Joan Peters 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

  • Virtual Map | Goodna Asylum

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  • Residence | Goodna 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

  • Misc Files | Goodna Asylum

    Miscellaneous Files 1877 Royal Commission letter click to view Admission Register Wolston Park Hospital Case Book E (Male and Female Admissions) from 08-May-1875 – 09-May-1920. Ward Book 1922/23 Part 1 of 3 Ward Book 1922/23 Part 2 of 3 Ward Book 1922/23 Part 3 of 3 State Archives general notes from the year 1879 Royal Commission on the Management of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum and the Lunatic Reception Houses of the Colony - Report (Q Pp 1877 v1: 1073-1253) [1877] QldRoyalC 2 (15 May 1877) Research Guide to mental asylum records at Queensland State Archives Wolston Park Hospital, 1865–2001: A Retrospect Register of letters received 1878/79 Charitable institutions of the Queensland government to 1919 Commission of Appointment - Commissioner re Enquiry Lunatic Asylum, Woogaroo ‘Façade of success’ Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum 1865-1969 The early history of psychiatric nursing in Queensland Royal Commission of Inquiry into Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum and the Lunatic Reception Houses of QLD Casebook "A" of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum: patient demographics and diagnoses Queensland Parliamentary Debates [Hansard] Legislative Council TUESDAY, 17 AUG 1869 Woogaroo Asylum An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Law relating to the Insane. ASSENTED TO 2ND SEPTEMBER 1884 The road to recovery - a history of mental health services in Queensland 1859-2009 Going Up the Line to Goodna Wolston Park cricket Pavilion Conservation Plan Wolston Park Hospital University of Queensland Neuropsychiatric Unit Opening Day October 16 - 1972 1972 UQ Neuropsychiatric Guide Paper on the Park 1 Paper on the Park 2 Paper on the Park 3 Barrett Adolescent Centre Options Study 2015 1877 QUEENSLAND WOOGAROO COMMISSION REPORT

  • Shane Barnes Collection | Goodna Asylum

    Shane Barnes Collection Photos taken by Shane Barnes since 2019 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

  • Misc Photos | Goodna Asylum

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Review of Wolston Park Hospital Complete

Final report

The Review's final report was released on 19 December 2025.

Please be aware that the report includes descriptions of alleged physical and sexual violence and human rights abuses as told by the participants who spoke to the Review. We acknowledge that the content may be distressing.

The reporting of this content is not an indictment or conclusion that the events occurred as described or that there is liability to be found in the actions. Instead, it presents accounts from individuals who lived at, were treated at, or had family members or loved ones at Wolston Park Hospital during the review period.

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