The main building, the Lunatic Asylum, Avondale, Auckland

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Title

The main building, the Lunatic Asylum, Avondale, Auckland

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Collection

Kura Heritage Collections Online

Description

Front view of the main brick building of the Auckland Lunatic Asylum on Carrington Road, Point Chevalier following the addition of the new wing in 1879. Opened in 1867 as the Auckland Provincial Lunatic Asylum on the Oakley Estate at Point Chevalier; known as the Auckland Lunatic Asylum from 1877, then as the Auckland Mental Hospital from 1905, following that as Oakley Hospital, then as Carrington Psychiatric Hospital.

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Date created

1898-08-06

Creator

New Zealand Graphic

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/116420

Related subjects

Psychiatric hospitals - Auckland / Mentally ill - Care - Auckland / Point Chevalier (Auckland) / Auckland Mental Hospital

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