Beechworth Asylum

The Beechworth Asylum, also known as Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, is a decommissioned hospital located in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. The asylum was surrounded by almost 106 hectares of farmland, making the hospital self-sufficient with its own piggery, orchards, kitchen gardens, fields, stables, and barn. For recreation, the asylum included tennis courts, an oval and cricket pavilion, kiosk, and a theatre. The site is now being subdivided and either leased or sold to tourism and arts-based businesses, with tours running through the facility to preserve and showcase the history and architecture. The gardens, which date back to the 19th century, cover 11 hectares and are open to the public. A venue used for weddings is the Chapel of the Resurrection, which was built in 1868 as the mortuary for the complex and was converted to the chapel in the 1960s