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{{Short description|19th century institutions in the Australian colonies}}
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The '''Destitute Asylums''' (usually known as Benevolent Asylums or [[wikt:infirmary|Infirmaries]] for the destitute) were [[institution]]s established throughout the colonies of [[Australia]] in the 19th century to house destitute men and deserted women and children not able to support themselves. Poor conditions in the sleeping quarters and harsh treatment in some of these institutions created unpleasent experiences for many of those who had to reside in such places.
'''Benevolent asylums''', also known as '''destitute asylums''' or '''infirmaries for the destitute''', were [[institution]]s established throughout the [[colonies of Australia]] in the 19th century to house destitute men; deserted, vagrant or homeless women and their children; and [[orphan]]s not able to support themselves. Poor conditions in the sleeping quarters and harsh treatment in some of these institutions created unpleasant experiences for many of those who had to reside in such places.{{cn|date=October 2022}}


The [[colony of Victoria]] had nine benevolent asylums, of which three were attached to hospitals, in 1857, with an annual cost to the colony (including some building costs) of £124,250.<ref>[https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1862-63No52p1-74.pdf Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the Municipalities and Charitable Institutions of Victoria, Parliament of Victoria, Report No.52, 1862-63]</ref>
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By January 1860 there were 11 Benevolent Asylums in New South Wales alone housing 1,282 inmates and with a total annual expenditure of £25,822.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13035228?searchTerm=%22%22The%20Benevolent%20asylum%20at%22%22&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc|||l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=186 ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 3 January 1860, p.4]</ref>

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By January 1860 there were 11 benevolent asylums in the [[colony of New South Wales]], housing 1,282 inmates and with a total annual expenditure of £25,822.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13035228?searchTerm=%22%22The%20Benevolent%20asylum%20at%22%22&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc|||l-state=New+South+Wales|||l-decade=186 ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 3 January 1860, p.4]</ref>


==Benevolent Asylums and Infirmaries in Australia==
==Benevolent Asylums and Infirmaries in Australia==
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**''Ararat Benevolent Asylum''
**''Ararat Benevolent Asylum''
**''Belfast'' (Port Fairy) ''Hospital and Benevolent Asylum''
**''Belfast'' (Port Fairy) ''Hospital and Benevolent Asylum''
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**''Ballarat Benevolent Asylum''
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**''Casterton Benevolent Asylum''
**''Castlemaine Benevolent Asylum''
**''Creswick Hospital and Benevolent Asylum''
**''Creswick Hospital and Benevolent Asylum''
**''Daylesford Hospital and Benevolent Asylum''
**''Daylesford Hospital and Benevolent Asylum''
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**''Port Fairy Hospital and Benevolent Asylum''
**''Port Fairy Hospital and Benevolent Asylum''
**''Sandhurst'' (Bendigo) ''Female Benevolent Asylum''
**''Sandhurst'' (Bendigo) ''Female Benevolent Asylum''
**''Sandhurst'' (Bendigo) ''Male Benevolect Asylum''
**''Sandhurst'' (Bendigo) ''Male Benevolent Asylum''
**''Melbourne Benevolent Asylum'' now [[Cheltenham, Victoria#Health|Kingston Centre]]<ref>[http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/302.htm Melbourne Benevolent Asylum History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424095455/http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/302.htm |date=2013-04-24 }} Accessed 1/9/08</ref>
**''Melbourne Benevolent Asylum'' now [[Cheltenham, Victoria#Health|Kingston Centre]]<ref>[http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/302.htm Melbourne Benevolent Asylum History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424095455/http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/302.htm |date=2013-04-24 }} Accessed 1/9/08</ref>
**''Victorian Benevolent Hospital/Asylum'', later known as Mount Royal (closed)
**''Victorian Benevolent Hospital/Asylum'', later known as Mount Royal (closed)
**''Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum''<ref>[http://www.fredwalter.com/infirmary/ Index to the Admission books] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509144851/http://www.fredwalter.com/infirmary/ |date=May 9, 2008 }} - Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum. Accessed 1/9/08</ref>
**''Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum''<ref>[http://www.fredwalter.com/infirmary/ Index to the Admission books] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509144851/http://www.fredwalter.com/infirmary/ |date=May 9, 2008 }} - Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum. Accessed 1/9/08</ref>
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**''Ballarat Benevolent Asylum''
**''Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Industrial School''<ref>Picture of [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an21094459-8 Bendigo Asylum] at the NGV website, accessed 1/9/08</ref>
**''Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Industrial School''<ref>Picture of [http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an21094459-8 Bendigo Asylum] at the NGV website, accessed 1/9/08</ref>
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**''Castlemaine Benevolent Asylum''
**''Warrnambool Benevolent Asylum''
**''Warrnambool Benevolent Asylum''
*[[South Australia]]
*[[South Australia]]
**Adelaide Destitute Asylum
**[[Adelaide Destitute Asylum]]
**[[Julia Farr Centre|Home for Incurables]]
*[[Queensland]]
*[[Queensland]]
**''[[Dunwich Benevolent Asylum]]''<ref>Dunwich Benevolent Asylum [http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=861 Agency Details]. Accessed 1/9/08</ref>
**''[[Dunwich Benevolent Asylum]]''<ref>Dunwich Benevolent Asylum [http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Search/AgencyDetails.aspx?AgencyId=861 Agency Details]. Accessed 1/9/08</ref>


The buildings of the Adelaide Destitute Asylum are now home to the SA Migration Museum, which opened on August 26, 2003.<ref>History Trust of South Australia [http://www.history.sa.gov.au/migration/about.htm Migration Museum] Accessed 1/9/2008</ref>
Several of the buildings of the Adelaide Destitute Asylum are now home to the SA Migration Museum, which opened on August 26, 2003.<ref>History Trust of South Australia [http://www.history.sa.gov.au/migration/about.htm Migration Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924164209/http://www.history.sa.gov.au/migration/about.htm |date=24 September 2008 }} Accessed 1/9/2008</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080611060303/http://history.dircsa.org.au/id/7/ Disability Information and Resource Centre, South Australia]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080611060303/http://history.dircsa.org.au/id/7/ Disability Information and Resource Centre, South Australia]
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-http%253A%252F%252Fimages.slsa.sa.gov.au%252Fmpcimg%252F00250%252FB206.htm National Library of Australia - Destitute Asylum picture]
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-http%253A%252F%252Fimages.slsa.sa.gov.au%252Fmpcimg%252F00250%252FB206.htm National Library of Australia - Destitute Asylum picture]
* [http://www.history.sa.gov.au/migration/about.htm Migration Museum] website
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080924164209/http://www.history.sa.gov.au/migration/about.htm Migration Museum] website

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[[Category:Poverty in Australia]]
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Latest revision as of 21:35, 15 October 2022

Benevolent asylums, also known as destitute asylums or infirmaries for the destitute, were institutions established throughout the colonies of Australia in the 19th century to house destitute men; deserted, vagrant or homeless women and their children; and orphans not able to support themselves. Poor conditions in the sleeping quarters and harsh treatment in some of these institutions created unpleasant experiences for many of those who had to reside in such places.[citation needed]

The colony of Victoria had nine benevolent asylums, of which three were attached to hospitals, in 1857, with an annual cost to the colony (including some building costs) of £124,250.[1]

By January 1860 there were 11 benevolent asylums in the colony of New South Wales, housing 1,282 inmates and with a total annual expenditure of £25,822.[2]

Benevolent Asylums and Infirmaries in Australia

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  • New South Wales
    • Benevolent Asylum (Hyde Park, Sydney)
    • Carcoar Hospital and Benevolent Asylum
    • Deniliquin Benevolent Asylum
    • Eden Benevolent Asylum
    • Goulburn Benevolent Asylum
    • Hawkesbury Benevolent Asylum, Windsor
    • Liverpool Benevolent Asylum
    • Newcastle Benevolent Society
    • Newington Benevolent Asylum
    • Parramatta Benevolent Asylum
    • Queanbeyan Hospital and Benevolent Asylum
    • Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children
    • Scone Benevolent Asylum and Hospital
    • Singleton and Patrick's Plains Benevolent Asylum
    • Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary,[3] now Sydney Hospital
  • Victoria
    • Ararat Benevolent Asylum
    • Belfast (Port Fairy) Hospital and Benevolent Asylum
    • Ballarat Benevolent Asylum
    • Casterton Benevolent Asylum
    • Castlemaine Benevolent Asylum
    • Creswick Hospital and Benevolent Asylum
    • Daylesford Hospital and Benevolent Asylum
    • Eaglehawk Benevolent Asylum
    • Hamilton Hospital and Benevolent Asylum
    • Ovens Benevolent Asylum, Beechworth
    • Port Fairy Hospital and Benevolent Asylum
    • Sandhurst (Bendigo) Female Benevolent Asylum
    • Sandhurst (Bendigo) Male Benevolent Asylum
    • Melbourne Benevolent Asylum now Kingston Centre[4]
    • Victorian Benevolent Hospital/Asylum, later known as Mount Royal (closed)
    • Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum[5]
    • Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Industrial School[6]
    • Warrnambool Benevolent Asylum
  • South Australia
  • Queensland

Several of the buildings of the Adelaide Destitute Asylum are now home to the SA Migration Museum, which opened on August 26, 2003.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the Municipalities and Charitable Institutions of Victoria, Parliament of Victoria, Report No.52, 1862-63
  2. ^ Sydney Morning Herald, 3 January 1860, p.4
  3. ^ History of Sydney Benevolent Asylum
  4. ^ Melbourne Benevolent Asylum History Archived 2013-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 1/9/08
  5. ^ Index to the Admission books Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum. Accessed 1/9/08
  6. ^ Picture of Bendigo Asylum at the NGV website, accessed 1/9/08
  7. ^ Dunwich Benevolent Asylum Agency Details. Accessed 1/9/08
  8. ^ History Trust of South Australia Migration Museum Archived 24 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 1/9/2008
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