Kōrero: Mental health services

Ashburn Hall, around 1890

Ashburn Hall, around 1890

New Zealand's oldest and only licensed private mental hospital, Ashburn Hall, opened in 1882. Isabel Hodgkins (sister of the well-known artist Frances Hodgkins) painted this scene of the buildings and grounds several years later.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-163-012
Watercolour by Isabel Jane Hodgkins

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Warwick Brunton, 'Mental health services - Community care, 1990s onwards', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/29431/ashburn-hall-around-1890 (accessed 14 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Warwick Brunton, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 5 May 2022