The Mental Hospitals Department was a government department responsible for the administration of mental health hospitals in Western Australia for the period 1934 until 1 January 1954.
1903 - 1934 Lunacy Department
1934 - 1954 Mental Hospitals Department
1954 - 1984 Mental Health Services
1984 - Health Department
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Opening of Bundidup [Mental Hospitals Department, postponed]', The West Australian, 11 January 1940, p. 10, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46348487; 'AU WA A125 - Mental Hospitals Department', in State Records Office of Western Australia - Organisations & People, State Records Office of Western Australia, 2015, https://archive.sro.wa.gov.au/index.php/mental-hospitals-department-au-wa-a125.
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 22 April 2013
Last updated: 17 October 2023
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