| 1788 |
- First Fleet arrives in N.S.W.
|
| 1811 |
- First Asylum in the suburb of Castle Hill,
Sydney
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| 1825 |
- Grand Jury reports adversely on standard
of care and adequacy of buildings at Castle Hill
- Asylum moved to Liverpool Court House.
|
| 1838 |
- Asylum moved to Tarban Creek
- Joseph Thomas Digby first Superintendent
|
| 1843 |
- First Lunacy Law of Australia. This provided
for double medical certification
|
| 1848 |
- Asylum established at Parramatta in the
Female Factory
|
| 1851 |
- Era of the Australian 'Gold Rush'
|
| 1856 |
- Self-government (first New South Wales
parliament)
|
| 1860 |
- Dr. F.N. Manning becomes medical superintendent
at Tarban Creek
|
| 1866 |
- Prison erected in Parramatta Asylum for
Criminal Lunatics
|
| 1868 |
- Private asylum at Tempe licenced
|
| 1868 |
- Reception House opened at Darlinghurst
|
| 1872 |
- Asylum for retarded opened at Newcastle
|
| 1877 |
- Callan Park Asylum established
|
| 1878 |
- Lunacy Act drawn up
- Department of Lunacy established
- F.N. Manning becomes first Inspector General
of the Insane.
|
| 1881 |
- Smallpox epidemic, Board of Health established
|
| 1898 |
|
| 1908 |
- First voluntary clinic at Darlinghurst
|
| 1914-1918 |
|
| 1922 |
- Voluntary clinic (first psychiatric unit)
at Broughton Hall
- Chair of Psychiatry established at Sydney
University
|
| 1923 |
- Royal Commission on Lunacy Law and Administration
|
| 1931 |
- Psychiatric (outpatients) clinics established
at general hospitals (Royal Prince Alfred, Sydney, St.
Vincents, Lewisham, North Shore, Parramatta, Newcastle,
Auburn, & Orange)
|
| 1930’s |
|
| 1937 |
- Introduction of insulin and cardiazol treatment
of Schizophrenia.
|
| 1939-1945 |
|
| 1945 |
- First E.C.T. machines installed
|
| 1948 |
- Public Service Board inquiry into conditions
at Callan Park
|
| 1949 |
- John Cade discovers lithium therapy
|
| 1950 |
- Insulin coma clinics established
|
| 1952 |
- Amendments to 1898 Act make insulin, E.C.T.,
leucotomy and electro-narcosis subject to approval of
Consultative Committee, a relative and the Director of
Psychiatric Services
|
| 1954 |
- 'Stoller Report' on mental health industry
in Australia
- Chlorpromazine and reserpine first used
in treatment of chronic psychosis
|
| 1955 |
- Commonwealth Act provides assistance to
States on building or renovation.
|
| 1958 |
- Cerebral Surgery & Research Unit at
Callan Park
- Division of Mental Hospitals becomes Division
of Psychiatric Services
- Mental Health Act replaces Lunacy Law
- New psychiatric centre opened at North
Ryde
|
| 1961 |
- Royal Commission of Inquiry into Callan
Park Hospital headed by Mr Justice McClemens (Royal Commissioner)
- Number of voluntary admissions exceed involuntary
admissions for the first time
|
| 1964 |
- Formation of Institute of Psychiatry
- High walls and fences around metropolitan
mental hospitals all removed
|
| 1973 |
- Health Commission formed
- Australian community health programme propose
|
| 1974 |
- Regionalisation - creation of 33 health
regions in NSW
|
| 1976 |
- Letts Committee report on patient care
in psychiatric hospitals
- Callan Park amalgamated with Broughton
Hall to form The Rozelle Hospital
|
| 1977 |
- Psychiatric Nursing Register abolished.
|
| 1978 |
- Psychiatric statistics integrated with
general hospital statistics
|
| 1983 |
- The Richmond Report - The inquiry into
health services for the psychiatrically ill and developmentally
disabled
|
| 1988 |
- The Barclay Committee formed to report
on mental health and developmental disability
|
| 1993 |
- Report on the national inquiry into the
human rights of people with mental illness (The Barclay
Report)
|
| 2004 |
- Standardised psychiatric assessment protocols
implemented throughout NSW
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