The hospital for the insane at Hackney |
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| Title : | The hospital for the insane at Hackney |
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| Date of creation : | ca. 1875 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 200 x 155 | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
The hospital for the insane at Hackney photographed about 1875. Set in six acres of land on the corner of Hackney and Botanic Roads the asylum was built in 1851 to an English Tudor revival style attributed to colonial architect William Bennet Hayes. Most of the buildings of the asylum complex were demolished in 1938, however some of the construction survives within the Adelaide Botanic Gardens including Yarrabee House, some of the walling and a small building once used as a morgue, now utilised by the gardens as a tool shed. |
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| Related names : | Adelaide Lunatic Asylum |
| Coverage year : | 1875 |
| Period : | 1852-1883 |
| Place : | North Terrace (Adelaide: S. Aust.) |
| Region : | Adelaide city |
| Further reading : | Jensen, Elfrida Colonial architecture in South Australia : a definitive chronicle of development 1836-1890 and the social history of the times Adelaide : Rigby, 1980 Heritage of the city of Adelaide : an illustrated guide Adelaide : Corporation of the City of Adelaide, 1990 Burden, Michael Lost Adelaide : a photographic record Melbourne : Oxford University Press, c1983 |
| Internet links : | History of Disability in South Australia 1800-1899 : Disability Information & Resource Centre webpage |
| Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing. From the ground up August 2004- |
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