# List of psychiatric hospitals in Australia

This is a list of operational and former Australian psychiatric hospitals.

## Australian Capital Territory

There are no institutions known to have existed.

## New South Wales

Mental asylums in New South Wales :
| Facility | Status | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
| Castle Hill Lunatic Asylum | Demolished | ? | 1811 | 1826 | ? | Castle Hill |
| Callan Park Hospital for the Insane | Closed | Warden: G Cleaver | 1885 | 2008 | 250 | Lilyfield |
| Cumberland Hospital | Operational | ? | 1849 | | 250 | Parramatta |
| Darlinghurst Gaol | Closed | ? | 1841 | 1914 | ? | Darlinghurst |
| Gladesville Mental Hospital (Tarban Creek Lunatic Asylum) | Closed | ? | 1838 | 1993 | ? | Gladesville |
| Kenmore Asylum | Closed | ? | 1895 | 2003 | 700 | Goulburn |
| Morisset Hospital | Operational | ? | ? | | ? | Morisset |
| Macquarie Hospital | Operational | ? | 1959 | | 195 | North Ryde |
| Peat Island Hospital | Closed | ? | 1911 | 2010 | ? | Peat Island |
| Darlinghurst Lunatic Reception House | Closed | ? | 1868 | 1961 | ? | Darlinghurst |
| Port Macquarie Mental Asylum | Closed | ? | ? | ? | ? | Port Macquarie |
| Rydalmere Mental Hospital | Closed | ? | 1814 | 2016 | ? | Rydalmere |
| Bloomfield Mental Hospital | Closed | ? | 1925 | ? | ? | Orange |
| Orange Mental Health Service | Operational | | 2011 | | ? | Orange |
| Stockton Mental Hospital | Closed | ? | 1917 | 1989 | ? | Stockton |

## Northern Territory

There are no asylums known to have existed.

## Queensland

Mental asylums in Queensland :
| Facility | Status | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
| The Park Centre for Mental Health | Operational | 1865 | | 192 | Wolston Park |
| Baillie Henderson Hospital | Operational | 1890 | | >400 | Toowoomba |
| Ipswich Mental Hospital | Scheduled for Closure | 1878 | 2024 | >600 | Ipswich |
| Mosman Hall | Converted to Luxury Housing | 1952 | 2001 | ? | Charters Towers |
| Total capacity | Total capacity | Total capacity | | | ? |

## South Australia

* Glenside Hospital
* James Nash House

## Tasmania

* Cascades Female Factory
* Royal Derwent Hospital (Willow Court) – This hospital was the oldest operating hospital for the mentally ill in Australia, operating from 1830–2000
* Royal Hobart Hospital Unit K
* Northside Clinic
* Millbrook Rise
* Spencer Clinic

## Victoria

Mental asylums in Victoria :
| Facility | Status | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
| The Melbourne Clinic | Open | 1978 | ? | 203 | Richmond, Melbourne |
| Yarra Bend Asylum | Demolished | 1848 | 1925 | 1000+ | Fairfield, Melbourne |
| Ararat Asylum (Aradale Mental Hospital) | Closed | 1865 | 1993 | 2000 | Ararat |
| Collingwood Stockade (Carlton Lunatic Asylum) | Demolished | 1866 | 1872 | ? | Carlton North, Melbourne |
| Beechworth Asylum (Mayday Hills) | Closed | 1867 | 1995 | 1200 | Beechworth |
| Kew Asylum (Willsmere Mental Hospital) | Closed | 1871 | 1988 | 884 (in 1903) | Kew, Melbourne |
| Ballarat Asylum (Lakeside Mental Hospital) | Demolished | 1877 | 1997 | ? | Ballarat |
| Sunbury Asylum (Caloola) | Closed | 1879 | 1985 | ? | Sunbury |
| Kew Cottages | Closed | 1887 | 2007 | ? | Kew, Melbourne |
| Royal Park | Closed | 1909 | 1999 | ? | Parkville, Melbourne |
| Mont Park Asylum | Closed | 1912 | 1999 | ? | Bundoora, Melbourne |
| Hobson's Park (Traralgon Psychiatric Hospital) | Demolished | 1963 | 1995 | 193 | Traralgon |
| Larundel Psychiatric Hospital | New housing built on site | 1953 | 2001 | 747 | Bundoora, Melbourne |
| Brierly Mental Hospital | Demolished | 1957 | 1996 | 200+ | Warrnambool |
| Thomas Embling Hospital | Operational | 2000 | – | 116 | Fairfield, Melbourne |
| Plenty Hospital | Closed | | | | Bundoora |
| Gresswell Hospital | Closed | | | | |
Pleasant View Receiving House in Preston (short lived). Heatherton Hospital in south east Melbourne.

## Western Australia

Mental asylums in Western Australia :
| Facility | Status | Managed | Opened | Closed | Capacity | Location |
| Claremont Mental Hospital | Closed | ? | 1903 | 1972 | 1,114 | Mount Claremont |
| Fremantle Lunatic Asylum | Closed | ? | 1865 | 1909 | ? | Fremantle |
| Graylands Hospital | Operational | | 1909 | – | 178 | Mount Claremont |
| Heathcote Mental Hospital | Closed | ? | 1929 | 1994 | 113 | Applecross |
| Perth House | Closed | ? | 1909 | 1911 | ? | Perth |
| Roma Hospital | Closed | ? | 1924 | 1925 | ? | Cottesloe |
| Whitby Falls Mental Hospital | Closed | ? | 1897 | 1972 | 34 | Mundijong |