No Asylum: The treatment of the mentally ill in Melbourne.
Melbournians, much like their brethren across the rest of the country, can be a confused, melancholy and tortured lot. The statistics bear it out - one in five Australians suffer some kind of mental illness. Many millions of dollars are spent by
The Tragic Tale of Martha Needle
You’d be hard pressed to find a person in Melbourne who hasn’t heard of Bridge Road, Richmond. Mention it in conversation and inevitably someone’s eyes light up, as you are then regaled for twenty minutes with a tale of how so and so bought
