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Aradale : the making of a haunted asylum / David Waldron, Sharn Waldron and Nathaniel Buchanan.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781925984910
Author	Waldron, David (author.)
Title	Aradale : the making of a haunted asylum / David Waldron, Sharn Waldron and Nathaniel Buchanan.
Edition	First edition.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Victoria : Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2019.
Description	v, 171 pages : illustrations ; 23cn.
Summary	First built in 1867, the remarkable Gothic structure of the former Ararat Lunatic Asylum, colloquially known as Aradale, has overlooked the regional town of Ararat for over 150 years.Throughout its history it has seen remarkable transformations in the history of Australian psychiatry and western society’s treatment of the mentally ill, and it has participated in some of their darkest scandals. Today in popular press, the labyrinthine complex is commonly acclaimed as ‘Australia’s most haunted building’ and is home to a flourishing dark tourism industry boasting tens of thousands of visitors a year. This book explores the history of the former asylum, and examines what is it that makes a place ‘haunted’ in the popular imagination, and what it is about hauntings that so invariably connects them with problematic histories.
Subjects	Ararat Lunatic Asylum (Ararat, Vic.) -- History
	Aradale (Asylum) -- Ararat (Vic.)History
	Mentally ill -- Care -- Victoria -- History
	Mentally ill -- Care -- History
	Asylums -- Victoria -- History
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons	Waldron, Sharn
Call number	2020.258

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00921859	2020.258	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .