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

2001 - current

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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
 

Types:
Archaeological: Archaeological potential
Archaeological: Artefact scatter
Burial ground: Cemetery - Private
Education, Research, Scientific Facility: School - Special
Farming - Agriculture/Dairying/Grazing/Horticulture: Accommodation - barracks, huts
Farming - Agriculture/Dairying/Grazing/Horticulture: Farm - dairy
Farming - agriculture/dairying/grazing/horticulture: Farm
Farming - agriculture/dairying/grazing/horticulture: Piggery
Health and Care Services: Benevolent inst./home - inebriates'
Health and Care Services: Benevolent institution/home - physically/intellectually disabled
Health and Care Services: Office/Office Building/Administration Centre
Health and care services: Benevolent institution/home
Health and care services: Hospital - psychiatric/mental institute/asylum
Health and care services: Hospital - repatriation/veteran’s
Health and care services: Mortuary/morgue
Recreation and Entertainment: Golf course
Recreation and Entertainment: Swimming pool/Baths - in-ground
Recreation and entertainment: 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
Utilities - water supply: 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 environment and 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:
1843 - 1865, Early Asylum Site (1865), including former Simpson Residence Site (1843-44)
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