Hospital type Mental health Lists Hospitals in Australia Date founded 1870 | Emergency department No Phone +61 8 7087 1000 | |
Location Fullarton Road, Glenside, SA, Australia Address 226 Fullarton Rd, Glenside SA 5065, Australia Similar Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide Clinic, Women's and Children, Repatriati General Hospital, Calvary Wakefield Hospital Profiles | ||
Glenside Hospital (formerly Parkside Lunatic Asylum and Parkside Mental Hospital) was a mental institution in Glenside, South Australia from 1870 until c. 1980.
History
The Public Colonial Lunatic Asylum of South Australia was founded at the site in 1846 as the state's first purpose-run asylum to house residents deemed mentally ill. It operated until 1852 and the site was not used for such purposes for eighteen years.
The Parkside Lunatic Asylum opened at the Glenside site in 1870. In 1913 it was renamed Parkside Mental Hospital and then Glenside Hospital in 1967.
References
Glenside Hospital (Adelaide) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA