The Admission Registers relate to the Rockhampton Orphanage, later Rockhampton Receiving Depot. This register of admissions to Rockhampton Orphanage includes the following details for each child: admission number, name of child, place and date of birth, date of admission, reason for admission and on what terms admitted, date and to whom the child was discharged,…
This series contains case files for children admitted to the Rockhampton Receiving Depot and St George’s Orphanage. These files were created to document the history of state children during their stay at the institution. The Case Files include admission and discharge details, information on parents, contracts for the hiring out of children, maintenance details, court…
The Meals Book contains details of and comments on the quality, quantity, and appropriateness of meals offered for breakfast, lunch and dinner each day at the Challinor Centre, Ipswich, for a period of eight months between 1977 and 1978. Access Conditions This book is open access has been digitised by Queensland State Archives. The digitised…
The Complaints Book records details of complaints about the behaviour of residents of the Challinor Centre or sightings of residents in wrong places. Information in the Complaints Book includes date, time, complainant’s name and address, nature of complaint, area where incident or sighting occurred, immediate action taken, name of recorder, follow-up action and name of…
The Register of Restraint records reasons for restraining hospital residents of ward “C P” at the Challinor Centre Hospital. Information given includes location of ward, date, name of patient, nature of behaviour and restraint applied, instructions and signatures of member of nursing staff in charge of ward, the chief nurse and the member of the…
The Register of Discharges, Removals and Deaths contains records of discharges, removals and deaths of patients at Ipswich Special Hospital and subsequently the Challinor Centre. Details for each entry include the date of discharge, removal or death, date of last admission, number in register of patient and christian and surname at length, discharges – recovered,…
The Registers of Patients and Admission Books, kept by the Wolston Park Hospital and later Ipswich Special Hospital then Challinor Centre Ipswich, record details of patient admissions between 1861 and 1994. Details entered in the registers vary over time but may include date of last previous admission (if any), number of register, number for the…
The Commission of Inquiry Transcripts of Proceedings provide transcripts of proceedings of the 1961 Commission of Inquiry into the Farm Home for Boys Westbrook, established to look at the circumstances surrounding the escape of a number of inmates and other matters relating to the conduct of the institution and the welfare of inmates generally. This…
The Commission of Inquiry Papers consist of papers of the Commission of Inquiry into Westbrook, which was established to look at the circumstances surrounding the escape of a number of inmates and other matters relating to the conduct of the institution and the welfare of inmates generally. This series includes reports, depositions, correspondence items, draft…
The Visiting Medical Officer’s Record of Hospital Treatment, Series ID 992, relates to the Westbrook Training Centre, It contains the visiting Medical Officer’s record of hospital treatment of boys at the Westbrook Training Centre. Access Conditions Access to some of these records is restricted to protect personal privacy Records The Queensland State Archives website states:…
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