The window from Esperance Ward was saved by a concerned person when they found it partially damaged and removed from the window frame a year ago. This window is a unique piece as it has the chew marks from one of the patients who during the long nights would chew at the window frame. This window starred in the news report, of the then Minister for Community Services, the Hon. Judy Jackson MHA when she visited the site before announcing it’s closure. Repatraition of Residents from Willow Court Tasmania film can be found by clicking on the link and shows the ward in operation and how a group of Willow Court’s previous residents are surviving on the outside.
Paul Mayne (Ex-employee and current CEO of a Disability Service Provider) explains during a tour with a group of students about the window and how it came to be chewed. (Podcast below)
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