LOCATION FILE
Aradale Lunatic Asylum
FOLLOWArarat, VIC
DIRECTIONS →OVERVIEW
Opened in 1865 as the Ararat Lunatic Asylum and operating for 133 years, Aradale held up to 900 patients across a village-sized complex of some sixty buildings. It closed in 1998 with deinstitutionalisation. An estimated 13,000 people died at the site over its history.
HISTORY
The complex includes its own farm, morgue and cemetery.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Aradale is among the most-reported sites in Victoria and runs regular ghost tours. The scale of institutional death here is documented; the reports are not.
VISITING
Open for guided day and night tours only — the buildings are not safe unaccompanied.
SITE PLAN
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A plan of the building or grounds is what a second team opens on a phone in the dark. Going there? Volunteer to map it, then upload your plan.
EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Curated references and articles coming soon.
INVESTIGATION RECORD
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COMMUNITY EVIDENCE
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GROUP FINDINGS