Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 39 minutes ago

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The Sunbury Asylum sits atop Jacksons Hill in Melbourne's north-west. But what is this huge complex of buildings and how did it get there?

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MORE INFORMATION

https://researchdata.edu.au/sunbury-asylum-1879-1985-1992/492226

My website: philipmallis.com

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I acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which this video was filmed, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people. I pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and their extensive and continuing connection to land, water and country.

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philam.github.io/videonotes/sunburyasylum