Index to Dunwich Benevolent Asylum 1859-1927

Dunwich Benevolent Asylum records

Created 04/05/2025

Updated 04/05/2025

Dunwich Benevolent Asylum was established 13 May 1865 when inmates were first transferred to the Dunwich Quarantine Station from the Benevolent Ward attached to the Brisbane Hospital under the Benevolent Asylum Wards Act of 1861. The Asylum continued to operate until it was officially closed on 30 Sep 1946. It provided for poor people who because of age, accident, infirmity or otherwise were unable to care for themselves. The Index /dataset lists inmates admissions and discharges, deaths and burials. An inmate may have been admitted, discharged and readmitted several times in their lifetime; not all inmates have a death or burial recorded. Inmates could be discharged to Brisbane Hospital or the Reception House. These records are held at Queensland State Archives.

Source

This data file or API can be downloaded from:

https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/10a4b7e2-dc85-4c5a-98a4-705f61685392/resource/8af229f9-8695-492b-9425-8e9576f644f5/download/indexes-to-dunwich-benevolent-asylum-1859-1948.csv