The Reports Relating to Mental Health date from 1924 to 1952. They include the annual and other reports presented to the Department of Public Health reporting on the activities of the Mental Deficiency Board, Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospital, Lachlan Park Hospital, Division of Mental Hygiene and the State Psychological Clinic. Reports contain administrative details and…
The Elim Maternity Hospital List of Babies Adopted dates from 1971 to 1973. It includes the adoptive parents’ name, address, baby’s name, date of birth, and date of placement. Access Conditions Access to personal information in these records is subject to conditions to protect the privacy of individuals. Care Leavers wishing to access these records…
The Elim Maternity Hospital Register of Babies dates from 1927 to 1970. It includes the date of birth, where born, the date of discharge, a summary of the baby’s health status on discharge, for instance, ‘good’ or ‘fair’. It also includes the outcome, that is, adopted, fostered or sent home with mother, and the future…
Correspondence files, Class 5 (British Migrants) contains records created by the Department of Immigration and the Department of the Interior, dating from 1920 to 1957. It is held by the National Archives of Australia. This series contains correspondence files relating to the migration of British subjects to Australia, including the migration of children through Child…
Correspondence files, annual single number series [Main correspondence files series of the agency] dates from 1901. Access Conditions Open
The Correspondence files, class 1 (general, passports) is a series of records dating from 1892 to 1970 held by the National Archives of Australia. It contains records concerning the activities of the Commonwealth Department of the Interior from 1939 to 1945 and the Commonwealth Department of Immigration from 1946 to 1950. Some of the records…
General Correspondence (Classified Sequence), dated between 1920 and 1992, was created by the Attorney-General’s Department and its successors. Its many records include personal information about inmates at Risdon Prison, and correspondence concerning the Child Protection Assessment Board, Children’s Courts, and child protection service, including files on individual cases. Access Conditions Access to the records in…
The Prisoners Individual Files, dated from 1891 to 1960, come from Campbell Street Gaol. Access Conditions Open Records These files may include prisoner description sheets, photographs, movemements of the prisoner, psychological assessments, warrants, lists of offences and sentences, applications and correspondence relating to remissions of sentence and general correspondence relating to the prisoner. They are…
The Deceased Prisoners’ Individual Files date from 1918 to 1978. They include the inmate’s description sheets, lists of offences, and sentences, as well as applications and correspondence relating to remissions of sentence. There are also newspaper cuttings and notes about the circumstances of the inmate’s death. These inmates did not necessarily die in prison. Some…
The Returns from the Superintendents of Hobart and Launceston Gaols of Persons Committed and Received under Sentence date from 1919 to 1935. Access Conditions Open