The Resource Peat Island : dreaming and desecration, Adrian Mitchell
Peat Island : dreaming and desecration, Adrian Mitchell
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- Summary
- "For just over 100 years an institution for the mentally ill has stood on little Peat Island, in the lower Hawkesbury. It was decommissioned in 2010; quite empty now, it remains a locked facility just as it had always been. And eerie. The last residents were dispersed into the wider community. In this, they echoed the fate of the Darkinjung people, original custodians of this country - their community was scattered just as intentionally, and effectively, if not quite so brutally. It is not one of the New South Wales government's finest accomplishments. For all the unhappiness associated with it, Peat Island was home for more than 3000 residents, males only for the first half of its modern history. Over time, it became a happier place, even as the facility itself aged, fell into disrepair, and became a bureaucratic nightmare and a political football. This is its sorry story." -- Back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 244 pages
- Note
- "First published 2018"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781743055502
- Label
- Peat Island : dreaming and desecration
- Title
- Peat Island
- Title remainder
- dreaming and desecration
- Statement of responsibility
- Adrian Mitchell
- Subject
-
- Mentally ill -- Services for -- New South Wales -- History
- Peat Island (N.S.W.) -- History
- Peat Island Centre (N.S.W.) -- History
- Australian.
- People with mental disabilities -- Services for -- New South Wales -- History
- Psychiatric hospitals -- New South Wales -- History
- Rabbit Island (N.S.W.) -- History
- Peat Island Centre (Peat Island, N.S.W.) -- History
- Group homes for people with mental disabilities -- New South Wales -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "For just over 100 years an institution for the mentally ill has stood on little Peat Island, in the lower Hawkesbury. It was decommissioned in 2010; quite empty now, it remains a locked facility just as it had always been. And eerie. The last residents were dispersed into the wider community. In this, they echoed the fate of the Darkinjung people, original custodians of this country - their community was scattered just as intentionally, and effectively, if not quite so brutally. It is not one of the New South Wales government's finest accomplishments. For all the unhappiness associated with it, Peat Island was home for more than 3000 residents, males only for the first half of its modern history. Over time, it became a happier place, even as the facility itself aged, fell into disrepair, and became a bureaucratic nightmare and a political football. This is its sorry story." -- Back cover
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- SSL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mitchell, Adrian
- Dewey number
- 362.223
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Peat Island Centre (N.S.W.)
- Peat Island Centre (Peat Island, N.S.W.)
- Mentally ill
- Psychiatric hospitals
- People with mental disabilities
- Group homes for people with mental disabilities
- Peat Island (N.S.W.)
- Rabbit Island (N.S.W.)
- Label
- Peat Island : dreaming and desecration, Adrian Mitchell
- Note
- "First published 2018"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 221-236) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062157141
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9781743055502
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1030766097
- Label
- Peat Island : dreaming and desecration, Adrian Mitchell
- Note
- "First published 2018"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 221-236) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062157141
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 244 pages
- Isbn
- 9781743055502
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1030766097
Subject
- Mentally ill -- Services for -- New South Wales -- History
- Peat Island (N.S.W.) -- History
- Peat Island Centre (N.S.W.) -- History
- Australian.
- People with mental disabilities -- Services for -- New South Wales -- History
- Psychiatric hospitals -- New South Wales -- History
- Rabbit Island (N.S.W.) -- History
- Peat Island Centre (Peat Island, N.S.W.) -- History
- Group homes for people with mental disabilities -- New South Wales -- History
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