LOCATION FILE
Willow Court
FOLLOWNew Norfolk, TAS
DIRECTIONS →Access is limited. Check hours, permits or bookings before you go.
OVERVIEW
Begun in 1827 as an invalid barracks for convicts and developed into Tasmania's principal mental hospital, Willow Court operated for over 170 years before closing in 2000. The complex includes the Barracks, the Ladies' Cottage and Alonnah. Parts have been restored and parts remain derelict.
HISTORY
The site's treatment records span the full history of Australian psychiatric practice, including its worst periods.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Willow Court is among the most-reported sites in Tasmania and hosts regular paranormal investigations. Reports are anecdotal; the institutional history is documented.
VISITING
Parts open to visitors and by guided tour; some buildings are unsafe and closed.
SITE PLAN
UPLOAD A PLANNo plan on file yet.
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
0 GROUPS · 0 VISITS
No group has logged an investigation here yet.
HISTORICAL RECORD · 0 CITED ENTRIES
SIGN IN TO CONTRIBUTENo cited entries yet. Deeds, newspaper reports, census lines, photographs, ledgers — anything with a source.
COMMUNITY EVIDENCE
SIGN IN TO VIEWEvidence filed at this location — photos, recordings, documents, notes — is visible to signed-in investigators.
GROUP FINDINGS