The Chief Secretary’s Department became part of the new Tasmanian public service in 1901. It coordinated the administrative business of government. In 1914, the Chief Secretary’s Department and Premier’s Office replaced the Chief Secretary’s Department. The Under-Secretary was in charge of the Chief Secretary’s Department. In this role, he corresponded with children, occasionally visited them,…
Correspondence files, annual single number series [Main correspondence files series of the agency] dates from 1901. Access Conditions Open
Clarendon Childrens Home Kingston Tasmania Financial Assistance by C’wealth and Tasmanian Governments: Accommodation for Child and Youth Migrants dates from 1949 to 1953. Access Conditions Open
General Correspondence (Classified Sequence), dated between 1920 and 1992, was created by the Attorney-General’s Department and its successors. Its many records include personal information about inmates at Risdon Prison, and correspondence concerning the Child Protection Assessment Board, Children’s Courts, and child protection service, including files on individual cases. Access Conditions Access to the records in…
The Prisoners Individual Files, dated from 1891 to 1960, come from Campbell Street Gaol. Access Conditions Open Records These files may include prisoner description sheets, photographs, movemements of the prisoner, psychological assessments, warrants, lists of offences and sentences, applications and correspondence relating to remissions of sentence and general correspondence relating to the prisoner. They are…
The Deceased Prisoners’ Individual Files date from 1918 to 1978. They include the inmate’s description sheets, lists of offences, and sentences, as well as applications and correspondence relating to remissions of sentence. There are also newspaper cuttings and notes about the circumstances of the inmate’s death. These inmates did not necessarily die in prison. Some…
The Returns from the Superintendents of Hobart and Launceston Gaols of Persons Committed and Received under Sentence date from 1919 to 1935. Access Conditions Open
Record, and Descriptions of People Admitted to the Gaol, Launceston date from 1966 to 1973. The include each inmate’s date of admission, name, sex, marital status, age, occupation, place of birth, religion, level of education, previous convictions, offence, sentence, court, judge, and date of discharge. Access Conditions Open
The Launceston Reception Prison, run by the government, opened in 1976. It is in the Police Department buildings in Cimitiere Street which opened at the same time. The Prison is a remand centre with a capacity for up to 33 men and women. It is likely to have held inmates under the age of 18….
The Launceston Police Watch House, run by the government, replaced the Launceston Gaol in 1917. It was a place where prisoners, sometimes under the age of 18, could be held temporarily. In 1976, the functions of the Police Watch House were transferred to new police buildings. The Police Department ran the Launceston Watch House but…
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