Category: History Wolston Park
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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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In honour of Francesca and Randall- Suicide Victims From Wolston Park
A podcast by Professor Selena Bartlett Neuroscientist, brain health and fitness leader and advocate, Professor, author, speaker In honour of Francesca and Randall. Join Kerry Carrington and I on the Thriving minds podcast-link in the comments. Our siblings, Francesca and Randall, were both made ward of the state at Wolston Park in 1970’s and 1980’s. This interview…
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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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Randall’s Story
My brother Randall Scott Carrington was detained involuntarily in Wolston Park Hospital 1978 to 1979. He was given 36 rounds of shock treatment, copious experimental psychotic drug treatments and effectively chemically castrated. He suicided at 20. Qld State Archives have refused me permission to access my brother’s case files, as the files of patients like…