Larundel #2

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By: Wayne Harridge

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Photographer	Wayne Harridge {Karma:18292}
Project	N/A	Camera Model	Olympus E-510
Categories	Architecture	Film Format	Digital JPEG
Portfolio	Larundel	Lens	Zuiko Digital 14-42mm
Uploaded	3/10/2009	Film / Memory Type	Digital
		ISO / Film Speed	400
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Location	City - Darebin State - VICTORIA Country - Australia
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Wayne Harridge

{K:18292} 3/13/2009

Yeah, looks a bit WBG, but evidently not. It may have been influenced by WBG though as there are several of his "estates" in the same general area.

Check out the intricate brick work in the gable, wonderful buildings left to the vandals.

Here's a short history:

Larundel Hospital was conceived in 1938 to replace the outdated Kew mental hospital. By 1940 work was well underway when the Second World War intervened. For the next five years various uses were planned for the buildings. It was considered as a U.S. military hospital or for housing the Children’s Welfare Depot. In the end the R.A.A.F. took it over in 1942, using it as a W.A.A.F. training depot. Part of the existing complex was also used as a R.A.A.F. hospital.

In 1946 Larundel was given to the Department of Housing for emergency accommodation. The wards were hastily converted to flats. By 1948 there were 109 families living at Larundel.

By November 1949 the last of the families had moved out and thirty male patients were transferred from Mont Park Hospital. Despite this large parts of the hospital remained unfinished and a low Government priority. However a fire at Beechworth hospital forced a change in thinking and additional funds were located to open wards at Larundel for Beechworth’s patients.

It was not until 1953 that Larundel was officially opened as a mental hospital. It had 387 patients, a quarter of which were women. Two years later eight additional wards opened, allowing for another 360 patients (270 of which were female).

By the early 1970s Larundel had a number of wards operating dealing with a wide variety of psychological illnesses. These included acute psychiatrics, chronic schizophrenics, chronic psychotics and geriatric patients. A clinical laboratory had also been added.
During the late 1990s there was a strong move away from institutional care of psychiatric patients and towards community based care. As a result of this a number of Victoria’s mental hospitals were closed, including Kew and Larundel. Many patients were transferred to Austin Hospital.

Darebin Council has recently approved plans for the development of 550 new homes on the site. The buildings are currently derelict and show signs of vandalism and fire.

Roger Skinner

{K:81846} 3/12/2009

looks almost like a Waletr Burley Griffen place too

Roger Skinner

{K:81846} 3/12/2009

christ ... what a disaster

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