The Register of Wards of State contains information about every child who became a ward of state between 1897 and 1989. The Register includes the name, the age or date of birth, the cause of committal, the town or locality of origin, the date of admission, the level of education, the amount of maintenance the…
Reports to the Minister, an archival series, contains reports made by the Child Welfare Advisory Council about child welfare issues and individual institutions. Access Conditions Open Records The following items in this series relate to children’s homes: Item Number: AD253/1/4 Title: Ashley Home for Boys- Deloraine 1970. Date: 1970 Item Number: AD253/1/5 Title: Copies of…
The Files of Persons Examined Under Sections 7, 8, 23, 24, 26, 27 of the Mental Deficiency Act 1920 concern individuals examined by the State Psychological Clinic. They are arranged alphabetically according to surnames. Files that are older than 75 years are on open access and the names of the individuals concerned are listed on…
The Case Files of Persons Examined by the State Psychological Clinic contain a great deal of information about the children and adults examined by the Clinic. Files that are older than 75 years are on open access and the names of the individuals concerned are listed on the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office website. Access…
The Cards of Patients Examined by the State Psychological Clinic are an index to the Case Files of Persons Examined by the State Psychological Clinic, file number AA8, and Patients’ Case Files, file number AA4. They contain details about individuals seen by the Clinic such as their sex, date of birth, the date of the…
The Correspondence Files-About Patients were produced by the Mental Deficiency Board and its successor, the Guardianship Board. The files concern the individuals that the Boards supervised. They are arranged alphabetically according to surnames. Access Conditions Closed D75 years D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the date of…
The Patients’ Case Files were produced by the Mental Deficiency Board. There is a separate one for every individual that came under its supervision making a total of 1468. Since the Mental Deficiency Board worked closely with successive child welfare departments, some of these files will belong to children who were also wards of state….
The Patients’ Case Files were produced by the Mental Deficiency Board and its successor, the Guardianship Board. There is a separate file for every individual that came under the supervision of the Boards. Access Conditions Closed D75 years D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the date of…
The Case Files from the Tasmanian Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb relate to deaf children who were born between 1914 and the 1960s. The files contain ‘Applications for Admission of a child to Residence at the Institute’ and they concern children in residential care at the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution (also known…
The Admission Register contains an index and the main register for Wingfield School. The index provides the names of the teachers in charge with the dates that they began working at Wingfield and the dates that they left. It also gives the total number of children attending Wingfield School each year. Access Conditions Open Records…
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