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Benevolent asylums, also known as destitute asylums or infirmaries for the destitute, were institutions established throughout the colonies of Australia in the 19th century to house destitute men; deserted, vagrant or homeless women and their children; and orphans not able to support themselves.
The QEC was formed in 1859 and opened on 20 February 1860 as the "Ballarat Benevolent Asylum". It became the Queen Elizabeth Geriatric Centre sometime before 1960 and is now called the Queen Elizabeth Centre. In 1997, the QEC merged with the Ballarat Base Hospital and the Grampians Psychiatric Service to form the Ballarat Health Service.
Was a lawyer's clerk who was at the Eureka Stockade. Died of wounds at Ballarat Benevolent Asylum eighteen months later, in May 1856. According to the Melbourne Herald, 12 May 1856 edition, he received a gunshot wound that resulted in compression of the brain and a fatal abscess. [67] [68] Alfred Crowe: 1823 Scotland died of wounds
Proposals to expand the asylum were mooted in 1909. Large scale extension and alteration were put forward by the state government in 1916. [7] In 1934, the Ballarat Asylum was renamed Ballarat Mental Hospital and, in 1969, the name changed again to Lakeside Hospital. [4] Lakeside Hospital was decommissioned in 1996. [8]
Before the volunteers started the project, the cemetery has become became overgrown and was mostly forgotten, apart from a misspelled sign that read “Outagamie County Insane Asylum Cemetary 1891 ...
Eyres House is an historic residential property, located at 810 Ligar Street Soldiers Hill in the Victorian gold rush city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.Later named Balmoral, the house was constructed between 1901 and 1905 for Joseph Bryant, and having passed through as series of private hands, is now under the ownership of the Ballarat Health Services for use as a day centre and ...
A handcuffed inmate whose fatal beating by correctional officers last year sparked outrage died by homicide, according to findings of an autopsy report a lawyer for the man's family shared Wednesday.
Casey Deidrick, an actor best known for playing Chad DiMera on Days of Our Lives, has been arrested after an alleged domestic violence incident.. On Sunday, Feb. 2, the actor was taken into ...