Dear Alison, Asylum records in the main are held by State Records, however there is a 110 year restriction on viewing them. You can however apply, proving relationship, to the Health Department to view the one for your ancestor. That written approval is taken to State Records and the archivist flags off other entries so you can view just the one. I think also there is a book there on Newington. Did it become Lidcombe Old Mens Home? If so it is in Joseph Street LIDCOMBE on the Lidcombe side of where the train line crosses the road at the REGENTS PARK turnoff. It is now, I think, part of the Forensic Medicine branch of government and a flash building. In 1968 I worked at Lidcombe and it was a run down set of old buildings. Sincerely,Bill > Can anyone tell me if the Newington asylum (Granville/Parramatta) still > stands, and if so what it now is? If not, what is on the site where it