Wolston Park Hospital Complex

  • 600340
  • 60 Grindle Road, Wacol

General

Wolston Park Hospital Complex, Administration Building (Queensland Government, 2020); Heritage Branch Staff; DES
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Also known as
Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum; Goodna Mental Hospital; Goodna Hospital for the Insane
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
1.4 Peopling places: Family and marking the phases of life
2.3 Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Pastoral activities
2.4 Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Agricultural activities
2.5 Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Managing water
2.9 Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land: Valuing and appreciating the environment and landscapes
4.4 Working: Unpaid labour
6.3 Building settlements, towns, cities and dwellings: Developing urban services and amenities
7.1 Maintaining order: Policing and maintaining law and order
8.1 Creating social and cultural institutions: Worshipping and religious institutions
8.5 Creating social and cultural institutions: Sport and recreation
9.1 Educating Queenslanders: Providing primary schooling
10.1 Providing health and welfare services: Providing health services
10.3 Providing health and welfare services: Caring for women and children
10.4 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 and additions and modifications in c1868, 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) and 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

Location

Address
60 Grindle Road, Wacol
LGA
Brisbane City Council
Coordinates
-27.59135106, 152.90982557

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