Global InformationWhau Lunatic Asylum information
| Whau Lunatic Asylum | |
|---|---|
 Unitec Institute of Technology | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 36°52′30″S 174°42′23″E / 36.874975°S 174.706332°E |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Psychiatric hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | 1865 |
| Closed | after 1972 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New Zealand |
Whau Lunatic Asylum (or: Lunatic Asylum at the Whau; later: Auckland Lunatic Asylum, Avondale Lunatic Asylum, Avondale Hospital, Auckland Mental Health Hospital, Oakley Hospital; Carrington Psychiatric Hospital; commonly Carrington/Oakley Hospital)[1] was a psychiatric hospital on the Oakley Farm Estate[2] in Point Chevalier, Auckland, New Zealand. Built in 1865 on the Great North Road, it was one of the largest asylums in the Colony.
Most of the site of the former asylum was occupied by the Unitec Institute of Technology, with smaller sections occupied by the Mason Clinic[3] (a forensic psychiatric clinic also serving as a facility for mentally disturbed prisoners) and various private businesses until 2021 when Unitec moved out. It is currently empty awaiting development of land.
- ^ "The Tortured Souls Of Building One". In Unison. Unitec Institute of Technology. 4 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Indexwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Mason Clinic". Healthpoint.