Founded in 1879 as the Home for Incurables, Highgate Park, which is more commonly known by its previous name - the Julia Farr Centre - is a 2.8 hectare site in Fullarton, South Australia comprising: Today, the only people who live and work on the Highgate Park site are the 67 tenants, workers and management of Gosse International Student Residence.

The large Highgate Park green space is used by community members and visitors alike for a variety of recreational purposes.

[1] Farr, who had previously founded the Home for Orphans, had the support of Dr. William Gosse, who volunteered his services as chairman of a committee to raise funds for the project.

An eight-roomed house on a large block of land on Fisher Street Fullarton was purchased for £1,700 and a further £300 expended on refurbishment of the home.

It was a condition of entry that the patient was not insane, and that the incurable disease was not contagious, although that stipulation was later occasionally waived for those suffering from tuberculosis.

[8] In April 2021 Highgate Park was put up for sale on the open market, with the proviso that any proceeds would be "used to benefit South Australians living with disability".

[10] In July 2021, the Highgate Tower hospital building was temporarily reopened by the SA government as a COVID-19 vaccine centre.

[13] The Highgate Park site, including the Gosse building, is owned by the private Home for Incurables Trust.

The sole trustee and registered proprietor of the Highgate Park site is South Australian Minister for Human Services, Nat Cook.