needs, called MSU (Medical Surgical Unit). The MSU were staffed by general nurse's who had little to no mental health training, leading to abuse of the patients receiving medical care. The hospital was closed in the late-1990s. Mont Park was closely linked with Plenty Valley Repatriation Psychiatric Hospital and Larundel Psychiatric Hospital, which both closed in the late 1990s. These sites were also redeveloped. The hospital is mentioned by the author Gerald Murnane in his story Stream System. Subsequent use The complex was served by the freight only Mont Park railway branch line. The vacant land was used for the establishment of La Trobe University in 1967. It is now the site of Springthorpe Housing Development. Part of the old patient hospital is occupied by La Trobe University for administrative offices. The buildings of Mont Park were used for the 2004 documentary Troubled Minds - The Lithium Revolution which portrayed Dr John Cade's discovery of the use of lithium in mental illness. Several buildings at the former site were also used as filming locations for the Garingal Juvenile Justice Centre in Chris Lilley's mockumentaries Angry Boys and Jonah from Tonga. See also List of Australian psychiatric institutions References External links Hospital buildings completed in 1912 Psychiatric hospitals in Australia Defunct hospitals in Victoria (Australia) Hospitals established in 1912 Heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne Buildings and structures in the City of Darebin 1912 establishments in Australia 1990s disestablishments in Australia La Trobe University