K1 Block demolished after recommendation of the Dax Report 1960’s
This is the original Cunningham Dax Report that set the hospital (then Lachlan Park Hospital) in a new direction in 1962. It looked at the direction and some issues that had arisen but concentrated on a new vision for a statewide approach to mental health, alcoholism and mental deficiency (old term used). It was the plan to divide the hospital, re categorise patients and professionalise, recruit and renumerate appropriately the staff. There are planned routine changes and most renovations were to be done with labour supplied by patients. 32 pages. (for study purposes only)
Cunningham Dax is also responsible for the Museum attached to the University of Melbourne and it is described as consists of over 12,000 creative works on paper, paintings, ceramics and textiles, created by people who have experienced mental illness or psychological trauma. The Collection is dedicated to the conservation and ethical exhibition of these works, and the use of art in public mental health education.
Much more than an art gallery, the centre provides a multidimensional experience in the growing field of art in mental health. Increasingly diverse audiences reflect the broader community’s interest in creativity and the mind.
Thank you to Lyell Wilson for supply of this document.