Sunbury Asylum, Heritage psychiatric hospital site in Sunbury, Victoria, Australia.
The massive complex consists of twenty separate buildings spread across a hillside, featuring Victorian-era architecture and extensive surrounding grounds with high walls.
The mental health facility started operations in October 1879, receiving initial patients transferred from Ballarat Asylum and Yarra Bend Asylum.
The institution reflects nineteenth-century approaches to mental health treatment through its architectural elements, including padded cells and dormitory accommodations.
The Victorian Heritage Register maintains records and documentation about the former asylum, which operated as a psychiatric facility until 1985.
Elizabeth Kennedy, a resident from 1894 to 1896, spent 7200 hours in seclusion wearing prescribed camisoles and webbed trousers.
Location: Victoria
Location: City of Hume
Inception: 1879
GPS coordinates: -37.59630,144.72900
Latest update: May 28, 2025 00:30
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