The Royal Derwent Hospital"s precursor at New Norfolk was an Invalid Barracks, which was expanded by Lt-Governor Arthur in 1827. A new hospital was built in 1830, the original Willow Court building, which by 1833 housed 113 invalids and 18 lunatics. In 1855 the colonial government took over the hospital and excluded the invalids. From then on increasing numbers of mentally ill patients mingled indiscriminately with the intellectually handicapped and only separated by gender.1
The Royal Derwent Hospital"s precursor at New Norfolk was an Invalid Barracks, which was expanded by Lt-Governor Arthur in 1827. A new hospital was built in 1830, the original Willow Court building, which by 1833 housed 113 invalids and 18 lunatics. In 1855 the colonial government took over the hospital and excluded
