Willow Court Project

Willow Court as it’s most commonly known today had many different names during its 170 odd years of service. The name changes seemed to represent the changing of attitudes towards mental illness in Tasmania. In 1827 It was initially referred to as the Invalid Barracks New Norfolk, Colonial Hospital

**The Canberra Times- **Thursday 25 July 1991 HOBART: Professional counsellors have been called in to help frightened hospital workers who say they are being terrorised by a ghost at Tasmania’s major psychiatric hospital. One male nurse told management he had been grabbed by an apparition and thrown into a

The guys at Sealasash have been awesome in uploading videos of the work they have been doing on the windows at Willow Court in particular Bronte and the Barracks, as part of the restoration process of Willow Court. The 4 videos go into a bit of detail on what work

What an incredible and valuable piece of Willow Court history especially those looking for relatives who were admitted to Willow Court. There is approximately 937 images of patient records. LINK BELOW: Patient records, New Norfolk Hospital for the Insane, 1843-1933 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-40386-5419-82?cc=1935075&

I asked a Derwent Valley Councillor for any kind of update on the infamous Willow Court Tunnel as information relation to it has been quite scarce since the Tunnel Video went viral in March 2013. I was informed that* “the Mayor assures us that a South Australian university is sending