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. While the new Royal Children’s Hospital is open that was just the first “stage”. There was a “ghost” in North 6 ward. Was that in the main building? Amazing. Like yourself I also wonder about the lack of awareness and support for generations past. Glad to hear you got out, anyway. Tours: Yes Publicly Accessible:Yes Free:No The back alleys and lanes of Williamstown used to be the gathering place for lots of ‘unsavoury’ people. As a child I use to ride my bike through there. Reaching the first floor we passed through a series of dilapidated rooms, before finding ourselves in a long corridor that seemed to connect the length of the building. Love the graffiti eyes. i have heard in the A-ward (single story building) banging sounds from down the hall way that could have only been caused by something inside, the A-ward is where they kept the most violent patients (ive been told this by a lawyer who used to represent clients from there) But the worse one i have encountered was entering one of the large buildings and heard the music box sound. I publish a fresh blog post every Tuesday morning - enter your email address to receive each new post via email. 15 Riverview Hospital In Coquitlam, ... 5 Mont Park Asylum In Melbourne, Australia Kept Their Patients Locked Up In Horrible Conditions. There is still access to most of the buildings, you just need to find a loose piece of metal . It was once a thriving facility however, and at its peak was able to accommodate as many as 750 patients. From here it was possible to gaze out across the other buildings which constituted the site of the former hospital, and the parkland beyond them. black and white, Careful to avoid the dense undergrowth and its mystery inhabitants, we made back towards our initial point of entry; this time to make the same circuit at ground level. This is quite disturbing for me I was admitted in the early 70s and never knew what happend to my records or those who were ther. Here though, it could just as easily have been a possum. My grandma was a pstient there. Hi, I was lucky enough to do my student Nursing experience here in the main building in the last two weeks before I was assisting the staff to transport the patients to the new hospital. My siblings and I continued to live with my father, a paedophile. I’d love to know more. We made our way first towards the main building. The initial foundations for the Larundel Hospital were laid in 1938, but the outbreak of WWII placed all plans on hold. She was given shock therapy. or that you are willing to share ? I have many reflections I could… and will share here. That sounds like a challenge. My brother was admitted to Larundal in the early 70s, he had drug induced schizophrenia (marijuana). This comment has been removed by the author. http://www.mh.org.au/royal_melbourne_hospital/archives/w1/i1001330/, There also seem to be a number of small collections at the Melbourne University, at the Melbourne Medical School, as well as the Dental Museum: It wasn’t an asylum for girls. its about 50 years old I can only imagine. The Bohemian Blog. Hi , my mother was a patient t Larundal for over 20 years and was one of the last patients to leave, she then went to Mont Park and then onto a new mental health unit at StKilda. But thats what i loved about this place, it would scare the crap out of ya, especially considering we were 14. would love to go back but i dont think itd be the same especially after all the construction on it. Wondering if anyone knows who owns the building and if i am able to contact them about photography the building. Decommissioning of the former Royal Dental Hospital came in 2003, when it moved to a new site on Swanston Street, opposite Melbourne University. This building seemed to have served as an administrative centre for Larundel Mental Asylum. I’ve checked up on this, and you’re right – the site served as a girls’ school during WWII, but later, when the original asylum plan was realised, it was mixed sexes. Most of the graffiti around the site did little to benefit the atmosphere – the asylum serving rather as a blank canvas for would-be artists to let off steam. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. The Larundel complex certainly is a noisy place. Later he decided to never have his drugs again and he got to violent for any family member to be part of his life. In my youth I had spent quite a bit of time at Larundel, as my Mum commenced attending Alanon meetings there. Initial foundations for Larundel were laid in 1938, but the outbreak of WWII placed all plans on hold. Thanks for sharing your visit with this place. I think it’s good to remind people about the human stories (and tragedies) attached to the legacy of institutions like this. We had to pass a wilted perimeter fence to reach this long, one-storey structure – although the site was so easily accessible, that by now it was hard to tell whether we were entering or leaving the restricted area. When they were explaining earlier apparently a little girl passsd away playing her music box and apparently ever since people have heard strange music noises. Mothers with pnd or other psych probs. I thought it all gone now, except one building they kept? The first of Melbourne’s abandoned hospital is the former Royal Dental Hospital, located opposite the Haymarket roundabout on … Oct 8, 2014 - The abandoned Larundel Psychiatric Hospital, Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia. Maddykapoulitsa@gmail.com, My father used to cook for the doctors and nurses at Larundel, This is a Virtual Tour of Larundel from 2014. My dad will not talk about it. Sydney and Melbourne are the two largest and oldest cities on the continent, yet we can only look back to the late 1700s for a Western history of the country. We would terrorise around here and the Mont Park Asylum on our BMXs in the 80’s, often with security not far behind. Might still be possible, but I wouldn’t leave it too long. Some did die there. Twice no-one there, very early morning. I even found a Youtube video which seems to have captured the thin strains of distant music within the Larundel Mental Asylum. I would love to see the way it looked before it was abandoned and wrecked. From what I’ve heard the music box was put in there by Melbourne Uni students to frighten ghost hunters, as a bit of a lark. As for the empty building, it remained empty and contaminated with asbestos until December 2008, when the State Government announced they would spend $10.5 million to demolish the building, making way for the Parkville Comprehensive Cancer Centre. I also understand that after time hospitals get to a point where they can’t be cleaned and get viruses running around that you can’t just get rid of, so refurbishment is more costly then just replacing it. I wonder if it was officially approved? One could argue that if the government is funding your hospital stay you should take whatever you are given, but as a whole what the population expects has changed over the past 50 years. why havent they demolished the place yet? i believe the administration building being burnt may have caused these rumours, the building in questing being quite away from the main buildings. My concerns, however, were primarily related to getting caught inside; the possibility of a supernatural presence didn’t even cross my mind. Hi Jake, as mentioned in the comments below, it seems as though La Trobe University are the people to speak to. people. Required fields are marked *. It’s really interesting to hear this, Virginia – thank you for sharing your story. I took a look through one of the larger holes. And are planning to call it the “Carlton Connect” campus: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/carlton-uni-town-connects-with-city-20130616-2ocfu.html, Between you and me and everyone interested in the medical and anatomical aspects, I was just thinking they should do Melbourne a health related favor and construct (or get started on) a health, well being, anatomical and medical museum. In the 15 years since closure, 550 new dwellings have sprung up in the former grounds of the asylum. I googled this mental hospital because my mother said she was here in the early seventies. Tempted as I was to climb down and investigate, there seemed to be no easy way back out. 10 Resting Place I remember a lot about some of the patients and learnt a lot from the staff working there. Here are there, I was able to spot gangs of youths and the occasional dog walker – I didn’t linger here though, in case they in turn had seen me. I worked near by at Janefield Centre Bundoora for the disabled for 10 years. We're loving all the interaction and contributions we've been getting here lately.Keep it up! A month-long monument hunt, and what I learned along the way. this is so interesting virginia is there any chance of hearing more ? The reputation of this hospital traveled far, and the mere mention of the name “Fever Hospital” was enough to send a chill down the spines of many people. However, you and your crew members were skeptical about the rumors and decided to shoot a horror film there. Must have given you quite a scare! If so, feel free to leave a link here – I’d love to read them, and I’m sure others would too. . The Ancient Ram Inn: A Visit to ‘England’s Most Haunted House’, The Soviet Legacy: Inside Cuba’s Unfinished Nuclear Power Station, Myth & Memory in the Balkans: The ‘Spomeniks’ of Former Yugoslavia. Used to be a patient there. Damnit. However if one takes a walk around the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, you will find three hospitals that are only inhabited by security guards. While Williamstown itself has gentrified over the years, the nooks and crannies of the town still carry all the terrifying energy of its past life. My email is duendest@hotmail.com, thanks Tina. Thanks a lot for this comment. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. I was sane when I went in, slightly less so when I got out. Wouldnt be my idea of treatment. It’s sad to think how barbaric some of our medical treatments were, not so long ago. http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/97890. Opened on the Parkville site beside Royal Park in 1963, plans for a new hospital on a site next door to the existing one were announced in 2005. Marcus, interesting article on the abandoned hospitals of Melbourne. Interesting stuff. One door led off to a side chamber, open to the sky, an entrancing mural of two lifelike eyes painted onto its far wall. Supposedly its bite is liable to be “excruciatingly painful and cause local swelling,” while possible symptoms include “nausea, vomiting, sweating and giddiness”. Thank you for sharing this – it’s really interesting to make contact with someone who has experience of the facility as it was during use. I investigated both of these sites, but sadly they are no more; the remains of the Mont Park Asylum have been turned into student housing for La Trobe University, while the Plenty Valley Repatriation Psychiatric Hospital is now an art gallery. Over the next five years the half-finished site served as a hospital for the RAAF and US military, as well as providing a training depot for WAAF operations. © Darmon Richter, 2011-2021, All rights Reserved. That’s why we thought it was odd to be coming in with the wind of the empty field, when other people have only heard it when they’ve been inside the building. Hi Tess. some grotesque Sep 10, 2017 - Barwon River catchment including the Leigh/Yarrowee and Moorabool Rivers The Australian black house spider isn’t considered particularly dangerous… but it’s a giant compared to the majority of spiders back home in England.