Mental Health Institutions

This collection comprises both transcripts and images of the records from eleven different mental health institutions in Victoria, Australia. These records cover admission years ranging from 1811 to 1919 and discharge dates from 1838 to 1914. Mental health institutions represented within these records are: Ararat Asylum, Ararat; Ballarat Asylum, Wendouree (Later known as Lakeside Psychiatric Hospital); Beechworth Lunatic Asylum, Beechworth (Originally called Mayday Hills Lunatic Asylum); Bendigo Receiving Ward, Bendigo; Collingwood Asylum, Carlton North; Cremorne; Kew Asylum, Kew; Royal Park Receiving House, Parkville; Sunbury Lunatic Asylum, Sunbury; Sunnyside Licensed House, Camberwell; and, Yarra Bend Asylum, Yarra Bend.