Remembering Randall
A victim of Wolston Park Mental Hospital
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Fund Raiser to Restore Unmarked Graves
Debbie Manson, a brave survivor of institutional abuse, was aged just 16 when she was wrongfully admitted to an adult locked ward, Olser House, Wolston Park Mental Hospital, Wacol. Her experiences have left her with lifelong trauma and debilitating physical and psychological illness. Despite her own disabilities, Debbie has advocated for justice for all survivors…
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Heartfelt Apology to Survivors of Wolston Park
Yesterday, in Queensland Parliament, Lance McCallum, ALP MP, delivered a heartfelt apology to the victims/survivors of Wolston Park Mental Hospital. I encourage everyone to click and listen for yourself. I’m incredibly grateful for Qld Labor supporting this apology. It’s disappointing that the LNP, and especially the Health Minister, Tim Nicholls, missed an opportunity to rise…
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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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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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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…
