Historical information

29 August 1977 was 100 years since the first patient was admitted to the Ballarat Reformatory. It was later known by a number of names such as the Ballarat Asylum, Ballarat Lunatic Asylum, Ballarat Mental Hospital, and Lakeside.

Physical description

Pink folded sheet of paper with typed details regarding the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Lakeside Hospital.

Inscriptions & markings

Inside the booklet is typed:-

This building erected in 1868 as a Reformatory was the Ballarat Asylum under the superintendence of Albert Baldwin, Head Warder fro 1877 until December 1879 (when it reverted to its original use until 1893)
This plaque was unveiled by the Mental Health authority on 29th August 1977 the one hundreth anniversary of the admission of the first patients.