The Ante Natal Record Cards, dated from 1924 to 1953, came from the Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital. The cards include the mother’s name, address, and age as well as ante and post natal medical details. They provide the sex and weight of the baby and information about his or her condition, for instance the card…
The Royal Hobart Hospital replaced the Hobart General Hospital in 1938, remaining on the same site in Liverpool Street. It was a public hospital run by its own Board and then by the Health Department and its successors. Adoptions took place from the maternity unit at the Royal Hobart and, later, its Obstetric Division at…
The Patient Charts – Maternity, dated from 1947 to 1979, came from the Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital. They are charts and daily reports that include the mother’s name, age, address, next of kin, date of admission, medical officer, details of the delivery and sex of the baby. The charts are on microfiche. These records are…
The Patients’ Charts with Details of Births and Subsequent Hospitalisation, dated from 1916 to 1947, come from the Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital. They are a single sheet of paper that includes the mother’s medical and labour details as well as the sex, weight, and time of the baby’s birth. Access Conditions These records are open…
The Hospital Registers of Admissions and Discharges with Details of Charges, dated 1908 to 1947, came from the Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital. The Registers include the mother’s date of admission, case number, name, address, age, remarks such as the sex of the baby and if he or she was stillborn or a breech birth, date…
The Admission Registers, dated from 1908 to 1962, are from the Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital. They include the mother’s case number, name, address, religion, age, date of admission, name and occupation of husband, and basic medical details. Only Volume 1 gives the sex of the baby. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible by…
The Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital (the Queen Alex) opened in Hampden Road, Battery Point in 1908. Initially, a private board ran it but in 1950 the government took over. In 1980, it moved to a new building in Argyle Street, adjacent to the Royal Hobart Hospital. Over its lifetime, many adoptions took place from the…
M135 Hagley Area Farm School contains correspondence between the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department and the School. It includes the names of child migrants. Access Conditions Open Records The correspondence includes: Queries about which boys are still at the School. Individual boys, for instance, about reunification with their parents. Maintenance payments from the Fairbridge…
The Admission Register dates between 1928 and 1975. It contains details of children enrolled at Glen Dhu State School, including girls from Launceston Girls’ Home. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible by the public. For access to these records please contact Tasmanian Archives. Records Details include the name, date of admission, religion, date…
M82 Mr.J.S. Maslin, Hagley Area School, consists of correspondence between the Principal of Hagley Farm School (JD Maslin) and the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department. It concerns an inquiry that Maslin made about the possibility of bringing child migrants to Tasmania. Access Conditions Open These records have been digitised and are available online
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