Hobson Park Hospital

Summary

Auspice:
- Mental Health Authority [statutory authority] (1962–78)
- Health Commission of Victoria (1978–85)
- Department of Health II (1985–92)
- Department of Health and Community Services (1992–96)
Name:
- Hobson Park Hospital (1963–71)
- Traralgon Mental/Psychiatric Hospital (1971–95)
Other names:
- Traralgon Hospital
- Traralgon Mental/Psychiatric Hospital

Hobson Park Hospital history in brief

Hobson Park Hospital, Traralgon, opened in 1963. It is referred to as an informal hospital in annual reports of the Mental Hygiene Authority and Mental Health Authority until 1971, with the annual reports showing that only informal (voluntary) patients were admitted to Hobson Park.

From 1 September 1971 the land and buildings known as Hobson Park Hospital was formally renamed Traralgon Mental Hospital with the exception of the building known as Ward 1, which became Traralgon Psychiatric Hospital. However, the name, Hobson Park, continued to be used after that time to refer to either, or both.

The hospital was closed by 1995.

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Sources

Victorian Government Gazette, No 82, 1 September 1971, p.2913 [proclamation of Traralgon Mental Hospital and Traralgon Psychiatric Hospital]