Remembering Randall
My brother Randall was abused and raped in Wolston Park Mental Hospital.
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Painting Randall
I wish to thank Debbie Manson the Brisbane based artist who has bought my brother, Randall Scott Carrington back to life through her art. This painting pictures my brother Randall Scott Carrington with his blond-tinged sunburnt hair, shirtless standing in the driveway sporting Sunglasses, board shorts and black thongs. That was his uniform – even…
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Right to Information of Randall’s Records Denied
My RTI request for my dead brother’s records from Wolston Park Mental Hospital has been denied. 196 pages kept secret. Why were young gay men locked up in Pearce House? Was it lawful? Was it punishment for being gay? Only an Inquiry into the historical abuses of patients in Wolston Park can answer these questions.
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Former nurse alleges a male warden raped 80 yr old woman in Wolston Park Mental Hospital early 1980s
Her tyres were slashed in retaliation. The perpetrators never bought to account. She asks what happened her complaints? What happened to that 5 year old boy? Did he just go up in smoke like so many others? Listen and make up your own mind. Should there be an inquiry into the abuses at Wolston Park…
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Anne Wallace Creator of Passing the River at Woogaroo Reach
Passing the River at Woogaroo Reach, was created by Anne Wallace. It depicts 9 women survivors of Wolston Park, who as children were illegally detained, abused, sexually assaulted in an adult locked mental health ward.
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Remembering Randall Podcast Series, Calls for an Inquiry into Wolston Park Mental Hospital
This podcast series Remembering Randall advocates for an inquiry into the many atrocities that occurred at Wolston Park Mental Hospital. Tigger warnings & comments will be modified if they name individuals in a disparaging way.
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How to Access Health Records from Wolston Park
If you were a victim of sexual assault as a child in Wolston Park Mental Hospital, or any other institution, you can apply for compensation. You can do this through the redress scheme. If you want to apply for access to your health records through a Right to Information Request, click here. If they deny…
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Petition Qld Government to Apologise to the Victims of Wolston Park Mental Hospital Atrocities
Sign Here The review into #Wolston Park Mental Hospital was released on 19 December 2025, the Friday before Christmas. A total of 65 former patients and their relatives provided testimony to Professor Robert Bland, who led the inquiry. I gave testimony about the abuse my brother Randall suffered over 16 months during his incarceration in…
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Review into Wolston Park Mental Hospital
On 8 August 2024, Shannon Fentiman, the then Minister for Health, announced an investigation into Wolston Park Mental Hospital, covering the period from the 1950s until its closure in 2000. The Queensland branch of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists released a statement a few days later supporting the historical investigation. Following…
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Review into Woltson Park Mental Hospital
Professor Robert Bland is leading the review into Wolston Park Mental Hospital, announced by the former Minister for Health, the Hon Shannon Fentiman last year. If you are a former patient or a relative of a former patient between 1950 to 2000 you can participate voluntarily in this review. For more details about how to…
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Investigation into Wolston Park & Accessing Records
Since the announcement of an investigation into Wolston Park Mental Hospital, I’ve been asked how I gained access to my brother’s medical records. Read this blog find out.
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It’s never too late for truth or justice
My appeal to the Qld Information Commissioner to access 196 pages of my brother’s patient records has been successful. I’m grateful to this office & Qld Department of Health for this outcome. After 44 years, its been cathartic, validating, disturbing but healing to finally have some answers to questions that have haunted me all that…
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It’s time for a truth commission: Wolston Park Mental Asylum
Wolston Park Mental Hospital was a place of experimentation of psychotic drugs and electric shock treatment in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Patients like my brother Randall Carrington were given electric shock treatment, drugged, caged, abused and sexually assaulted. It’s time for a truth commission into Wolston Park. The terms of reference for such an…
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Betty Taylor adds her voice to the calls for an Inquiry into Wolston Park Mental Hospital
Betty Taylor is widely known and revered for her tireless advocacy on behalf of survivors of domestic family violence in Qld. In this podcast for Remembering Randall, she tells a different story. In 2017 Betty was commissioned by the then Minister of Health Cameron Dick to undertake an investigation and provide two reports (one confidential…