Willow Court Heritage Festival – This Place Matters

Willow Court 1827–2000

Willow Court Heritage site is a special and unique place. It provides a rare opportunity to embrace a significant aspect of Tasmania’s history, from convict origins through the development of the facility as a psychiatric intuition. The site is significant as it was the first custom built asylum in Australia and it operated as Tasmania's only mental asylum for over 170 years.

- Display open 10am–4pm
- Poetry readings about Willow Court 11:30 & 1:30
- History tours 10am; 12pm; 2pm
- Visitors are invited to tell us their story about why Willow Court matters
- Visitors are invited to bring along any artefacts they may have so that they can be recorded and photographed

Enclosed shoes required for tours.