The Special and Rare Collections department is part of the University of Tasmania Library. Its collection includes the records of the Industrial School for Girls – Hobart.
The Records of the Industrial School for Girls – Hobart, held by the University of Tasmania Special & Rare Collections, date from 1862 to 1945. The records include minutes, admission registers, a list of the girls, accounts, annual reports, miscellaneous papers, and 2 photographs of the School. They are a rich source of information about…
The St Vincent de Paul Boys’ Hostel opened in Invermay in the early 1970s. It was for homeless adolescent boys. The Hostel closed in about 1980. A Mr Ferrall opened the Hostel after organising dances for young people. He asked one boy who went to them regularly, always shoeless and in old clothes, why he…
The Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages replaced the Registrar-General’s Division in 1989. In 2014, the Registrar maintains registers of births, deaths, marriages, deeds of relationships, and adoptions, changes of name, and changes of sex for people born in Tasmania. It holds church records from 1803 to 1839 and birth, death, and marriage records from…
The Registrar-General’s Division replaced the Registrar-General’s Department when, in 1972, it amalgamated with the Lands Titles Department. In 1983, it merged with the newly created Law Department.
The Registrar-General’s Department replaced the General Registry Department in 1959. It continued to administer the Adoption of Children Act 1920 until 1961 when the Child Welfare Division of the Social Welfare Department took over responsibility for it.
The General Registry Department replaced the Statistical and General Registry Department in 1924, following the Commonwealth government’s takeover of the of the state statistical service. In 1930, the Department temporarily became a branch again because of funding problems. It resumed departmental status in 1934. The Department continued to administer the Adoption of Children Act 1920.
The Statistical and General Registry Department superseded the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in 1882. The Department was divided into statistical and registration branches. In 1919, the government appointed a Government Statistician and a Registrar-General both working in the same Department. The Department administered the Adoption of Children Act 1920.
The Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages was established in 1838. It was located in the Attorney-General’s Department. 1882, it became the Statistical and General Registry Department. An Act For Registering Births, Deaths And Marriages In The Island Of Van Diemen’s Land And Its Dependencies established the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages to cope…
Millbrook Rise Hospital opened in New Norfolk in 1933. It was a public psychiatric hospital which took some adolescent patients. In 1968, Millbrook Rise merged with Lachlan Park Hospital to form the Royal Derwent Hospital. Millbrook Rise officially opened on 21 February 1934 (Willow Court Tasmania website). Initially, the main purpose of Millbrook Rise Hospital…
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