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Dax was fun & bought us gifts

May 4, 2024

Childhood memories of visits from Dr Eric Cunningham Dax. In 1956 Dr Donnan and his family moved to Beechworth to take up the position of Chief Superintendent Psychiatrist at the Beechworth Mental Hospital. Together with his wife and two daughters, […]

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Hospital attendant Thomas Fuller meets tragic end

April 20, 2024

Thomas Alexander David Fuller 1895 – 1955 Thomas Alexander David Fuller started employment at the Beechworth Mental Hospital in June 1940 as an attendant. Beechworth on the 14th July 1955 was experiencing heavy rain with 228 points of rain being

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The Mayday Hills Mental Asylum Blog Project is written by Jenni Munday, Associate Professor at Charles Sturt University, Dr Alison Watts at Southern Cross University and Eileen Clark at Charles Sturt University
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