Inside Gladesville Mental Hospital
Just south of two centuries old the spectre of a dark and terrible history.
Inside gladesville mental hospital. Gladesville mental hospital in sydney s north was the first psychiatric facility to open its doors in sydney in 1838. Our head office is the hub of our corporate services workforce support and advocacy work. This series consists of 33 plans received from gladesville hospital. The latest plan in the series dates from 1964 by which time the hospital was known as gladesville hospital.
The government architect drawn plans of buildings on the gladesville hospital site date from at least 1882 and possibly as early as 1868 when the hospital was known as tarban creek lunatic asylum. The former mental hospital now abandoned is derelict covered in graffiti and regarded as one of the most haunted places in new south wales. Since 1997 all inpatient services at gladesville have been moved to the macquarie hospital in north ryde. The story of gladesville mental hospital is the story of mental health in australia from out of sight out of mind and the belief that mental illness was permanent and untreatable a succession of brave and pioneering staff brought about a revolution in the thinking and in the treatment of mental illness.
Advocacy has always been a strong part of what we do. The hospital officially closed in 1993 with the last in patient services ceased in 1997. Welcome to one door gladesville support hub one door s support hub is located in the old gladesville hospital a site with a long history of change innovation and progress in mental health care. The gladesville mental hospital formerly known as the tarban creek lunatic asylum was a psychiatric hospital established in 1838 in the suburb of gladesville sydney new south wales in australia.