History Week Callan Park Talks & Tours - 11 September
DR NORTON MANNING WAS APPOINTED MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT GLADESVILLE HOSPITAL. DR RICHARD WHITE WORKED AS A PSYCHIATRIST AT CALLAN PARK 1971-1975 DISCUSSES MANNING’S INFLUENCE ON PSYCHIATRIC CARE AND DEVELOPMENT OF CALLAN PARK.
FIRST 44 PATIENTS TRANSFERRED FROM OVERCROWDED GLADESVILLE HOSPITAL TO CALLAN PARK IN 1876 AND WATCHED AS THE ASYLUM WAS BUILT BEFORE THEM. SARAH LUKE IS WRITING ABOUT CALLAN PARK’S EARLY HISTORY & FIRST PATIENTS.
TOURS OF GARRY OWEN AND KIRKBRIDE FOLLOW.
FIRST 44 PATIENTS TRANSFERRED FROM OVERCROWDED GLADESVILLE HOSPITAL TO CALLAN PARK IN 1876 AND WATCHED AS THE ASYLUM WAS BUILT BEFORE THEM. SARAH LUKE IS WRITING ABOUT CALLAN PARK’S EARLY HISTORY & FIRST PATIENTS.
TOURS OF GARRY OWEN AND KIRKBRIDE FOLLOW.
Location
NSW Writers' Centre
Callan Park (enter Cecily Street gates) , Darling Street, Rozelle NSW