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Panorama of the Aradale Lunatic Asylum in Ararat, Victoria, Australia. Aradale was once a psychiatric hospital housing Victoria's mentally ill for over 140 years.
Aradale opened in 1865 and closed in 1998, at its peak the large complex with around 70 buildings had up to 900 patients yearly.
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Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
