Please contact the Medico-Legal Officer, Princes of Wales Hospital:
Phone: (02) 9382 3003
Email: SESLHD-LegalServicesUnit@health.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services-clinics/directory/right-to-information
These records are held by Prince of Wales Hospital (1953 - current).
These books (1910-25; Sep. 1928-Mar. 1931; Sep. 1953-Sep. 1970; Sep. 1974-Feb. 1978) are similar to birth registers. They record the mother’s name, date and time of birth, length and weight of the baby. (The following Confinement books are missing: 1925-Sep. 1928; Apr. 1931-Aug. 1953; and Oct. 1970-Aug. 1974). These records are now held by the Prince of Wales Hospital
Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. For access to these records please contact Prince of Wales Hospital.