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)