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The Estate at Callan Park was purchased in 1873 as a site for a new Asylum, and early in 1876 repairs and alterations to make the building habitable for patients commenced on the old mansion house, while plans were underway for the construction of a new hospital on the site The establishment was managed as a branch of Gladesville Hospital, with 44 male patients transferred from Gladesville to Callan Park in May 1876. (1)
On 11 June 1878 the Governor directed it to be notified that the buildings at Callan Park were to be appointed a Public Lunatic Asylum.(2) The Report for the Inspector General of the Insane lists the proclamation date for Callan Park Hospital for the Insane as 1 August 1878. (3)
Endnotes
1. Inspector of the Insane, Report for 1876, in Votes and Proceedings 1876-77, Vol 4, pp.768-69.
2. NSW Government Gazette , 11 June 1878, p.2309.
3. Inspector General of the Insane, Report for 1879, Votes and Proceedings 1879-80, Vol 2, p.817.
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