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Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum
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kaye o'reilly
2007-05-22 22:35:36 UTC
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Was Yarra Bend LA in Clifton Hill, Victoria?
Or where was Yarra Bend LA
I did look up towns and there is no Yarra Bend, at least not now
Regards, Kaye
Death Place: C Hill L A
Any one know what this C Hill stands for
L A = Lunatic Asylum
Thanks, Kaye
Hi Kaye...maybe Clifton Hill???
Paul Blair
2007-05-22 22:44:32 UTC
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Post by kaye o'reilly
Was Yarra Bend LA in Clifton Hill, Victoria?
Or where was Yarra Bend LA
I did look up towns and there is no Yarra Bend, at least not now
Regards, Kaye
Death Place: C Hill L A
Any one know what this C Hill stands for
L A = Lunatic Asylum
Thanks, Kaye
Hi Kaye...maybe Clifton Hill???
Yarra Bend is alive and well as a Melbourne suburb.

Clifton Hill is just across Merri Creek from YB, so they could be confused.

For many years, the Kew Mental Hospital (just to introduce another
name!) was in Yarra Bend. There is still a cemetery there...and the
Royal Talbot Rehab Centre in YB is the modern day "equivalent".

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe the CH LA was a separate place, which
has long been bulldozed for redevelopment.

Paul
Paul Blair
2007-05-22 22:58:34 UTC
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Post by kaye o'reilly
Was Yarra Bend LA in Clifton Hill, Victoria?
Or where was Yarra Bend LA
I did look up towns and there is no Yarra Bend, at least not now
Regards, Kaye
Death Place: C Hill L A
Any one know what this C Hill stands for
L A = Lunatic Asylum
Thanks, Kaye
Hi Kaye...maybe Clifton Hill???
Yarra Bend is alive and well as a Melbourne suburb.

Clifton Hill is just across Merri Creek from YB, so they could be confused.

For many years, the Kew Mental Hospital (just to introduce another
name!) was in Yarra Bend. There is still a cemetery there...and the
Royal Talbot Rehab Centre in YB is the modern day "equivalent" of the
mental institution.

I'm not 100% sure, but I believe the CH LA was a separate place, which
has long been bulldozed for redevelopment.
Natalie Drest
2007-05-23 14:37:26 UTC
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The Royal Talbot has always been, and I assume still is, a rehabilitation
centre, not a psychiatric or mental institution. Rehabilitation for ones
such as motor bike accident victims learning to walk again etc. A friend, a
nurse, used to work there.
Mary Ann
Melbourne
Post by Paul Blair
Post by kaye o'reilly
Was Yarra Bend LA in Clifton Hill, Victoria?
Or where was Yarra Bend LA
I did look up towns and there is no Yarra Bend, at least not now
Regards, Kaye
Death Place: C Hill L A
Any one know what this C Hill stands for
L A = Lunatic Asylum
Thanks, Kaye
Hi Kaye...maybe Clifton Hill???
Yarra Bend is alive and well as a Melbourne suburb.
Clifton Hill is just across Merri Creek from YB, so they could be confused.
For many years, the Kew Mental Hospital (just to introduce another
name!) was in Yarra Bend. There is still a cemetery there...and the
Royal Talbot Rehab Centre in YB is the modern day "equivalent" of the
mental institution.
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe the CH LA was a separate place, which
has long been bulldozed for redevelopment.
Martin Elliget
2007-05-23 18:53:16 UTC
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Post by Paul Blair
Post by kaye o'reilly
Was Yarra Bend LA in Clifton Hill, Victoria?
Or where was Yarra Bend LA
I did look up towns and there is no Yarra Bend, at least not now
Regards, Kaye
Death Place: C Hill L A
Any one know what this C Hill stands for
L A = Lunatic Asylum
Thanks, Kaye
Hi Kaye...maybe Clifton Hill???
Yarra Bend is alive and well as a Melbourne suburb.
Clifton Hill is just across Merri Creek from YB, so they could be confused.
For many years, the Kew Mental Hospital (just to introduce another
name!) was in Yarra Bend. [snip]
As it's been mentioned, the PROV website has some Kew Asylum and Kew
Cottages records online:

VPRS 7425 P1 Nominal Register of Patients (VA 2840) Kew
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/archivesvictoria/recordimages/07425/07425-P0001-index.html

VPRS 7690 P1 Nominal Register of Patients (VA 2840) Kew
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/archivesvictoria/recordimages/07690/07690-P00001-index.html

They also kindly make these records available as free PDF downloads:
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/publications/documents/07425-P1.asp
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/publications/documents/07690-P1.asp

regards,

Martin Elliget

Anne Heafield
2007-05-23 10:33:24 UTC
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Hello Kaye,

if you 'google' yarra bend lunatic asylum' you may find the answers that you
need.
While Yarra Bend is not actually a suburb, it is well known in the area as
such. Yarra Bend Park/Studley Park is in a bend of the Yarra which divides
Abbotsford from Kew.
I grew up around that area and my great grandfather was a warder and the
asylum at one stage.
hope this helps.

Anne
Post by kaye o'reilly
Was Yarra Bend LA in Clifton Hill, Victoria?
Or where was Yarra Bend LA
I did look up towns and there is no Yarra Bend, at least not now
Regards, Kaye
Death Place: C Hill L A
Any one know what this C Hill stands for
L A = Lunatic Asylum
Thanks, Kaye
Hi Kaye...maybe Clifton Hill???
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