A community project exploring the former Mont Park Asylum and its environs, the heritage-listed buildings, horticulturally significant landscape design, social and cultural history, hospital and psychiatric care history, significant historical figures and interviews with people associated with the area in the past.
New items of interest will be added as new discoveries are made.
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History & Area
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La Trobe University built on Mont Park Farmland
In December 1964, the Victorian parliament agreed to create a new University for Victoria, to...
Landscapes & Buildings
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Timeline of Construction
7 hospitals on 185 hectares 1846 – 1847 Plenty Road constructed 1910 Mont Park commenced...
Myths & Stories
Latest‘Fisticuffs’ at the Ernest Jones Recreational Hall.
The Northcote Leader (Friday June 5, 1936) reported as front page news that on the night of May 2nd 1936, the Mont Park Cricket Club held a Dinner and Social evening at the Ernest Jones Recreation Hall in Mont Park. This Hall...
Hospitals & Asylums
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The Alice Broadhurst Collection of Photos in the Yarra Plenty Library
A collection of unique photos is now in the local history collection at Yarra Plenty Regional...
People & Profiles
LatestDr. David Duncan Cade
Dr David Duncan Cade and his wife Ellen – parents of Dr John F.J. Cade. Dr David Duncan Cade (1875 – 1954) was a medical doctor who worked in mental asylums in Australia in the 1920s and 1930s, officially retiring from...
Approaches to Care
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Gresswell and Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) has been a significant disease across human history and it is probable that it...
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Do you have more stories to add?August 30, 2018If you have additional information to add to our existing histories, or if you have new stories or information to add - please get in touch!