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Nursing Home Roll Registers – State Children Department

This series contains two registers which record details of children up to six years of age who were in care in Nursing Homes registered under the Infant Life Protection Act. The registers include information such as child’s name, biographical information (e.g. date of birth), parent/guardian details, payment details, discharge or death information, and reporting or…

Case Books – Female – Ipswich Special Hospital

This series contains details of female patients admitted to the Ipswich Special Hospital and Ipswich Mental Hospital. It includes information such as the patient’s name, date of admission, form of mental disorder and its causes, patient’s age, marital status, social condition, children, occupation, place of birth, religion, duration of attack, previous attack, date of last…

Registers of Patients’ Transfers – Male – Ipswich Special Hospital

This register contains details about male patients transferred to Ipswich Special Hospital, Ipswich Mental Hospital, and Ipswich Hospital for the Insane from other institutions (e.g. other hospitals, prisons, etc). The register includes information such as patient’s name, age, religion, date admitted to the hospital, date of birth, notes on their condition upon transfer, and date…

Admission Registers – Montrose State School

These registers record details of children admitted to the Montrose Special School, which was attached to the Montrose Home for Crippled Children. The registers include information including admission number, date of admission, child’s name, age on admission, date of birth, parent’s names, occupations, and address, religious denomination, grade the child was admitted to, date of…

Corporal Punishment Registers – Montrose State School

These registers record instances of corporal punishment administered by the Head Teacher to children at the Montrose State School, which was attached to the Montrose Home for Crippled Children. The registers include information such as date of punishment, name of the child/children receiving punishment, reason for punishment, and kind and extent of punishment. Access Conditions…

Admission / Discharge Cards – Wilson Youth Hospital / Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre

This series contains admission and discharge index cards for children placed at Wilson Youth Hospital and Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre. They include information such as admission and discharge dates, child’s name, address, date and place of birth, parent/guardian’s names, religion, school grade, work/job, physical description, personal idiosyncrasies, and likelihood of being dangerous/suicidal. Later cards…

Supervision Cards – Wilson Youth Hospital / Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre

This series contains cards recording details of children placed at Wislon Youth Hospital and Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre who were under supervision orders. The cards include information such as child’s name, guardian’s name and addresses, date of birth, period of supervision, type of supervision order, offences the child has been charged with, fines and…

State Ward Cards – Wilson Youth Hospital

This series contains cards recording details of State Wards who were admitted to Wilson Youth Hospital in 1961. The cards include information such as child’s name, gender, date of birth, birthplace, religion, parent/guardian names and addresses, a physical description of the child, their education standard, and brief notes about transfers or remand. The cards are…

Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages – Lockhart River

This register contains details of births, marriages, and deaths that occurred in the Lockhart River Aboriginal community. For births the register records the name of the child, date and place of birth, and the names of parents. For marriages the register records the date and place of the marriage, the names of the bride and…

Case Books – Male – Ipswich Special Hospital

This series contains details of male patients admitted to the Ipswich Special Hospital and Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Asylum. It includes information such as the patient’s name, date of admission, form of mental disorder and its causes, patient’s age, marital status, social condition, children, occupation, place of birth, religion, duration of attack, previous attack,…