The Contagious Diseases Amendment Act 1879 also known by its full title ‘An Act to amend “The Contagious Diseases Act 1879″‘(Act no. 43 Vict. No. 5) provided for contagious diseases hospitals to be built. This had been omitted from the previous Contagious Diseases Act (Act no.42 Vict. No.5) passed earlier in 1879. ‘Contagious’ was a…
The Children’s Psychiatric Service Launceston, run by the Mental Health Services Commission, opened in about 1971. It had a multidisciplinary team that used a community and family orientated approach to working with children. The Service, which became the Wellington Street Clinic, appears to have closed or been replaced in the late 1980s or early 1990s….
The Department of Health Services replaced the Public Health Department in 1956. The Department was responsible for public health, including, at first, mental health. In 1989, the Department of Health Services became the Department of Health. Initially the Department of Health Services ran mental services, including Lachlan Park and Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospitals. In 1968,…
The Division of Psychiatric Services, a part of the Health Services Department, formerly the Public Health Department, replaced the Division of Mental Health in 1963. It was responsible for the Guardianship Board and Lachlan Park and Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospitals as well as other mental health services. In 1968, the Mental Health Services Commission replaced…
The Division of Mental Health, a part of the Health Services Department, formerly the Public Health Department, replaced the Division of Mental Hygiene in 1956. It was responsible for the Mental Deficiency Board as well as Lachlan Park and Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospitals. In 1963, the Division of Psychiatric Services replaced it.
The Division of Mental Hygiene was established in 1945 as part of a restructure of the Public Health Department. It had responsibility for the Mental Deficiency Board as well as Lachlan Park and Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospitals.
Tasmania Police replaced the Police Department in 2004. In 2013, it is part of the Department of Police and Emergency Management.
The Police Department, which had offices in Liverpool Street, Hobart, was established in 1898 by the Police Regulation Act. In 2004, the Police Department became Tasmania Police. The Police Department was the first police force in Tasmania to be run by the state government. The Commissioner of Police had overall management of the Police Department….
The Better Protection of and Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act 1895 (Act No.59 Vict. No.10) provided for the punishment of anyone who ill-treated, neglected or abandoned a child in such a way that it caused suffering or damage to health. Anyone who persuaded someone else to do this could also be punished. Children mistreated…
The Juvenile Offenders Act 1875 also known by the full title ‘An Act for the more effectual Punishment of Juvenile Offenders’ (Act no. 39 Vict. No.6) provided for boys under nineteen to be whipped for assault, an indecent offence, disturbance of the peace or obscene language. The sheriff was to provide a rod of twigs,…
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