Mont Park Asylum

Mont Park Asylum
Former Asylum buildings
Geography
Location	Macleod, Victoria, Australia
Organisation
Care system	Public and private
Hospital type	Psychiatric
Services
Emergency department	Not applicable
History
Founded	1912
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Australia
Other links	List of Australian mental asylums

Mont Park Asylum was a psychiatric hospital located in Melbourne, Australia. It was closed in the late-1990s. Located on a huge area of land around 37°43′20″S 145°03′53″E / 37.7221°S 145.0647°E / -37.7221; 145.0647Coordinates: 37°43′20″S 145°03′53″E / 37.7221°S 145.0647°E / -37.7221; 145.0647, Mont Park was built during the government policies of institutionalisation of the mentally ill and insane in the early 20th century. The complex was served by the freight only Mont Park railway branch line.

The empty land was used for the establishment of La Trobe University in 1967. It is now the site of Springthorpe Housing Development. Part of the old patient hospital was taken over by La Trobe University for the Graduate School of Management/Business.

Mont Park was closely linked with Plenty Valley Repatriation Psychiatric Hospital and Larundel Psychiatric Hospital, which both closed in the late 1990s. These sites are also being redeveloped.

Troubled Minds

The buildings of Mont Park were used for the 2004 documentary Troubled Minds - The Lithium Revolution which portrayed Dr John Cade's discovery of the use of lithium in mental illness.

See also

• List of Australian mental asylums

References

• "Mont Park Psychiatric Hospital Precinct (listing RNE100229)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. http://www.heritage.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahpi/record.pl?RNE100229. Retrieved 2008-08-13. 
• "Mont Park Hospital Block". National Trust of Australia (Victoria). http://www.nattrust.com.au/trust_register/search_the_register/mont_park_hospital_block. Retrieved 2008-10-22.