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Tasmania - Publications Details

Book

Author
Brown, Joan C.
Title
'Poverty is not a crime': the development of social services in Tasmania, 1803-1900
Imprint
Tasmanian Historical Research Association, Hobart, 1972, 192 pp

Related Entries

Concepts

  • Outdoor Relief (c. 1830 - c. 1970)

Events

  • Royal Commission into Queen's Asylum (1867)

Glossary Terms

  • Boarding Out (1844 - c. 1970)
  • Invalid Depot (1827 - c. 1910)
  • Orphanage (1828 - 2006)
  • Rescue Home (1856 - c. 1940)

Legislation

  • Contagious Diseases Act 1879 (1879 - 1935)
  • Contagious Diseases Act 1882 (1882 - 1935)

Organisations

  • Boys' Reformatory (1869 - 1876)
  • Boys' Training School (1884 - 1926)
  • Charitable Grants Department, State of Tasmania (1901 - 1934)
  • Charitable Grants Department, Colony of Tasmania (1873 - 1901)
  • Contagious Diseases Hospital (1879 - 1900)
  • Hobart Benevolent Society (1859 - )
  • Hobart City Mission (1852 - )
  • Home of Mercy (1890 - c. 1953)
  • Hope Cottage (1887 - 1896)
  • Hospital for the Insane, New Norfolk (1859 - 1915)
  • Launceston Gaol (1827 - 1917)
  • Lunatic Asylum, New Norfolk (1827 - 1859)
  • Lying-in Home, Cascades (1888 - 1900)
  • Magdalen Home (1893 - 1974)
  • Neglected Children's Department, Colony of Tasmania (1896 - 1901)
  • Neglected Children's Department, State of Tasmania (1901 - 1918)
  • New Town Charitable Institution (1879 - 1912)
  • Queen's Orphan Asylum (1833 - 1879)
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Last updated: 13 May 2022
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/tas/bib/TP0000095.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011

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