Associate Professor Heather Burke talks about her decent into the tunnel that runs between Willow Court Mental Asylum and the Derwent river in Tasmania.

Heather Burke

Yesterday's community announcement about the up coming event in the Valley, Derwent Valley from TYGA FM

Community Announcment - Fiddler Tour 2017 - 05 - 14~0

Carl called Royal Derwent Hospital home during her teen years. Here she speaks to a group of students about life in the earlu 60's

Carla Paul; Life at Royal Derwent Hospital

Paul Mayne talks us through the wards of Willow Court (west) and what it was like to live in a community that has an Asylum as one of the main employers. Later he became an employee and saw many changes to what was a large institution, changes for Staff and Residents (Patients) alike. He also talks about workplace culture and fitting in to a multi-generational community and workplace. The development of skills and training for the residents was one of those big changes from a medical model of having everything done for you to learning about choice all had its start at Willow Court.

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