Kew Asylum
Kew Lunatic Asylum is a decommissioned heritage-listed psychiatric hospital located between Princess Street and Yarra Boulevard in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Building
- Description: former psychiatric hospital in Kew, Australia
- Also known as: “Kew Lunatic Asylum” and “Willsmere”
- Address: 1 Wiltshire Drive, Kew, VIC 3101
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Thomas Embling Hospital and Fairfield railway station, Melbourne.
Thomas Embling Hospital
Hospital
Thomas Embling Hospital is a medium-security forensic mental health hospital located in Fairfield, a Melbourne suburb in Victoria, Australia. The facility is operated by the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, known as Forensicare, who are responsible for providing adult forensic mental health services in Victoria. Thomas Embling Hospital is situated 1 km northwest of Kew Asylum.
Fairfield railway station, Melbourne
Railway station
Photo: Wongm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fairfield station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Hurstbridge line, which is part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the north-eastern suburb of Fairfield in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Fairfield railway station, Melbourne is situated 2 km north of Kew Asylum.
Fairfield Amphitheatre
Theater building
Photo: Canley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fairfield Amphitheatre is a theater building, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Kew Asylum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westgarth and Inner east.
Westgarth
Neighborhood
Photo: Batterbu, Public domain.
Westgarth is a neighbourhood within the suburb of Northcote, about 4 or 5 kilometres north-east of Melbourne's central business district in Victoria, Australia. Westgarth is situated 2½ km northwest of Kew Asylum.
Inner east
Photo: Nicolás Boullosa, CC BY 2.0.
The inner east of Melbourne consists of a number of suburbs and localities within the Yarra municipality. Compared with glitzy Stonnington on the other side of the river, the inner eastern area is known among Melburnians as a working-class district, filled with pubs and old factories.
Jolimont
Neighborhood
Jolimont is an unbounded neighbourhood of the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Situated to the south east of the city's primary axis, Jolimont features parks, business precincts and a limited amount of residential accommodation. Jolimont is situated 4 km southwest of Kew Asylum.
Kew Asylum
- Categories: hospital and former hospital
- Location: Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.79482° or 37° 47′ 41″ southLongitude
145.02189° or 145° 1′ 19″ eastOpen location code
4RJ7624C+3QOpenStreetMap ID
way 201244479OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q8022495
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Fulah—“Kew Asylum” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Utočište za ludake Kew”
- Chinese: “基尤精神病院”
- Fulah: “Kew asylum”
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