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Oh I wish the workers would get their jobs back and reopen willow court

I lived there 1963 for 6 months. My uncle was the registra

Im 62 years old..in 1978 as a ward of the state with no family support i was sent to RDH A WARD FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE . What happened in there haunts me still. Effecting every day of my life

Good to see some footage before it got completely trashed, sad place

Would like to see more clips like this, we should not forget how it was for people

How amazing we have this footage

Thank you for your respects

Very proud and thankful to have worked there as a nurse thru the 80s-so sad to see much of it now.

You mean Royal Derwent Hospital

Royal Derwent Hospital

You mean Royal Derwent Hospital

Willow Court Training Centre housing intellectually disabled in certain wards after Llachlan Park renamed Royal Derwent Hospital

Royal DERWENT

Youyou mean Royal Derwent

Never a willow Court asylum there was a Willow Court Training Centre for Intellectually disabled

Rubbish

X nurse royal Derwent 45 yrs ago feel sad for patients miss you all Bev Jackson xoxo

Ah the haha wall

Poor Darlin 😔

The opening music has just been recorded for sexy time.... 🤣😂🤣😂

Worked in this beautiful township mid 2000's If those walls could talk 🙏❤️🙌

Yeah the boys 😝

Hmm

Is Carla still alive? I would love to talk to her about my work on the Disability Royal Commission.

I am commenting in 2021, when the asylum was first built on the edge of a small village there were acres of farm land as part of the hospital to provide milk, meat, eggs, fruit and vegetables. When the hospital was improved/expanded in the 60’s most of the old hospital farm land was built on. The psychiatric hospital was a town within a town as the village gradually grew around it. The original Willow Court was mostly left intact, and makes up what is becoming a historic precinct. It is still only a small town, population about 7,000 surrounded by farms half an hour from the capital of Tasmania. It’s a true gem

Very old fashioned interview now but a good record of psychiatric care in the past. I’m moving to New Norfolk soon, most of the buildings from the 60’s have been demolished. Some of those left have new lives, there is a child care/education centre, a large Men’s Shed drop in centre and small businesses on the East side site plus streets of new housing popping up. On the older Willow Court site nearby there are antique shops and a restaurant and appartments and plans to further reuse the older historic buildings. Because Willow Court is only a short walk to the main shopping street with large beautiful trees in parts of the old hospital grounds the ghost buildings will continue to live on on in the future.

Oh Carla I hope you have lived your days in peace xx

Dr Jacob Matthews.. Have you ever heard of him?

I escaped

I am way to old to recall the woman who was locked up at14/16..After a lifetime locked up and medicated I think she was free at 70 or 80 Dr Jacob Matthews whom I met 20 years ago has the full story.. My grandfather left lots of tales after working in the hospitals.. It's not as bad as people Think.. It's worse

Thank you for the powerful demonstration. We need more opportunities to actually see VIG in action.

The play was based on a story found in the book, a "troubled asylum". Dates and names were changed.

I would agree with that, it was filmed in 2006. It was used as an educational documentary.

Very informative, but a very dry, uninspired production. IMHO.

Would have been nice to have included some positive aspects of Glenora House instead of focusing on the negatives It gives outside people the one sided impression that it was all negative.

Just wondering what the play was based on, was it fact or fiction?

FYI, Ward 12 is still there

It's a hard reality to experience, Thank you for your comment. Check out our facebook group, Willow Court Tasmania. A Site of Conscience.

Hi TheOrigamiDude12, I live in The Northern Suburbs near Rosetta. I think New Norfolk has a bright future if there can be some unity in the Leadership. I would like to see the site developed to show everyone it's history. Thanks for your comment.

The interesting point in regards to this is the anecdotal evidence in feedback in the newspaper at the time where the cast majority of people supported the segregated area.......show how far we have to go

well done tassiemouse the tears followed

A good couple of years ago Nick, I'm not sure exactly when though.

This article was in the National Newspapers In Australia