Now known as the Gladesville Mental Hospital, when you stroll though the grounds of the old Tarban Creek Asylum, you can’t help but feel sad for the lost souls here. Since the very first colony of British and Irish people to Australia, to settle and build new cities of hope and development, anyone considered mentally challenged, disabled or impaired due to any other health condition, were often out aside and gathered together, sent off to asylums for someone else to deal with. Often forgotten, as families did not know how to manage them, care for them or even be able to afford the costs of looking after them, misinformation and…