Historical information

Dr Frederick Stamp graduated from Bristol Medical School (UK) in 1968. He and his family emigrated to Australia in 1977 to Goulburn (NSW), moving to Melbourne in 1980. He became Superintendent at Willsmere in 1991 until its closure in 1988.

Significance

Important photograph of the Kew Mental Hospital in the year of its closure.

Physical description

Framed, colour aerial photograph of the Willsmere Hospital, presented to Dr Fred Stamp (1941-2018), the Medical Superintendent of the Hospital from 1981 until its closure in 1988.