Remembering Randall
My brother Randall was abused and raped in Wolston Park Mental Hospital.
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Randall’s Story
My brother Randall Scott Carrington was first admitted as an involuntary patient into Lowson House Mental Ward, Brisbane Hospital, on 16/06/1978 aged 17. After five weeks he was admitted as an involuntary patient under 1974 Mental Health Act for a year and transferred to Wolston Park Mental Hospital. Initially he was placed in McDondald House.…
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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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Randall the Poet
The Descent of Man Georgie Porgie sweet sugared cocaine Missed the girls Because they never came back again They live in their own wizardry worlds With nothing to hide the feeling inside I suppose that’s why they call them girls But somewhere in their infantry heads There lie’s the thoughts of making beds And of…
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Wolston Park Mental Hospital: A Site of Mass Atrocities
Wolston Park Hospital was erected at Wacol in the mid 19th century at a time of the rise of the asylum everywhere over the ‘modern’ world. Over 155 years in excess of 50,000 inmates were confined in that sprawling institution, most involuntarily. Relocated due to flooding and rebuilt, it had been constantly renamed over…
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Submissions to Inquiry into State Archives
You can make a submission to a State Government Inquiry into the Public Records Act until 30 June 2022. Click Here. https://www.chde.qld.gov.au/about/initiatives/review-of-public-records-act It is time that the public records act is amended to allow former patients and relatives of patients deceased access to their institutional files at Wolston Park Mental Hospital. Hiding these records for…