For records held or controlled by the Department of Health, please contact the Freedom of Information Unit, Department of Health:
Postal address: Freedom of Information Unit, Department of Health, GPO Box 4057 Melbourne Victoria 3001
Phone: 1300 020 360
Email: foi@health.vic.gov.au
Website: https://www.health.vic.gov.au/freedom-of-information
Quote this number to access your records: PROV Agency Number: VA 2846
These records are held by Public Record Office Victoria (1973 - current).
These records were created by the Mont Park Hospital and contain information about patients, staff, and administrative matters at Mont Park. The collection is held by the Public Record Office of Victoria. The records contain personal details of people admitted to Mont Park, including children and young people. Records about patients include admission and discharge registers, patient case files, patient index cards, patient movement books, patient leave registers, escape registers, medical examination registers, restraint and seclusion registers, boarding out registers, and nurse report books. The collection also includes records about staff at Mont Park such as employee history cards and statistical registers, as well as administrative records such as correspondence files. Some records relate to portions of Mont Park that were used by the military during and following WW1, and include information about military patients.
The majority of the records in this collection are closed for at least 75 years to protect personal privacy. To apply for access to closed records please contact the Department of Health Freedom of Information Unit. Most records in this collection that are older than 75 years are open and accessible by the public. Some of these open records have been digitised and can be viewed on the Public Record Office Victoria website. For access to un-digitised open records please contact the Public Record Office Victoria.
The following records in this collection contain information about patients at Mont Park, and may include information about children and young people who were admitted to Mont Park. Some of these items have been digitised, and are available through the links below where noted, under the ‘Record Items’ tab on the Public Record Office Victoria records page. More information about each record is available under the ‘About’ tab on the PROV records page. Records about staff members, military patients, and administrative records have not been included in this list.
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients 1912-1987 (VPRS 17872). Partially open access, some records digitised and available online
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients: Voluntary Boarders 1915-1962 (VPRS 17871). Partially open access
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Mont Park Neuropsychiatric Centre) 1972-1992 (VPRS 17870). Closed access
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (General Surgical Ward) 1972-1987 (VPRS 17874). Closed access
Admission Register of Patients (General Surgical Ward, Section 86 (3) Transfers) 1964-1977 (VPRS 17875). Closed access
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Mont Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1971-1988 (VPRS 18142). Closed access
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Mont Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1988-1991 (VPRS 18167). Closed access
Index to Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Mont Park Psychiatric Hospitial) 1988-1991 (VPRS 18143). Closed access
Admission Index Cards 1951-1991 (VPRS 18444). Closed access
Admission Index Cards: Female Patients 1912-1983 (VPRS 18374). Closed access
Admission Index Cards: Male Patients 1912-1983 (VPRS 18376). Closed access
Discharge Register of Patients 1912-1987 (VPRS 17873). Partially open access, some records digitised and available online
Discharge Warrants 1936 (VPRS 7569). Open access
Physical Condition on Admission Register: Female Patients 1924-1935 (VPRS 18141). Open access
Annual and Quinquennial Examination of Patients Registers 1932-1965 (VPRS 7413). Closed access
Case Books: Male Patients 1918-1944 (VPRS 18164). Open access, all records digitised and available online
Patient Clinical Case Notes 1912-1965 (VPRS 18124). Closed access
Patient Case History Files 1950-1991 (VPRS 18100). Closed access
Post Mortem Register 1925-1964 (VPRS 7434). Patrially open access
Register of Pathology Tests 1933-1941 (VPRS 17704). Open access
Leave of Absence Register for Voluntary Patients, Mental Hospital 1962-1987 (VPRS 18457). Closed access
Patient Movement Register 1929-1935 (VPRS 18153). Open access
Register of Patient Escapes 1912-1946 (VPRS 17705). Closed access
Register of Patients Boarded Out 1919-1955 (VPRS 17706). Closed access
Trial Leave Registers 1920-1966 (VPRS 7450). Partially open access
Trial Leave Register for Recommended Patients, Mental Hospital 1961-1988 (VPRS 18458). Closed access
Trial Leave and Leave of Absence Register, Psychiatric Hospital 1972-1988 (VPRS 18451). Closed access
Short Term Trial Leave Registers 1970-1975 (VPRS 18452). Closed access
Head Nurse’s Daily Report Books – Female Department 1944-1969 (VPRS 7443). Closed access
Night Report Book 1912-1913 (VPRS 7444). Open access
Nominal Register of Patients 1912-1924 (VPRS 7424). Open access, digitised and available online
Nominal Register of Patients: Voluntary Boarders 1928-1962 (VPRS 7517). Closed access
Restraint and Seclusion Registers 1930-1950 (VPRS 7474). Partially open access
Restraint and Seclusion Registers 1941-1952 (VPRS 7473). Closed access
In 2016 the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services published a guide to records of Mont Park as part of its Finding Records program. This guide includes information about some records that have not yet been listed in the Public Record Office of Victoria online catalogue. This may mean that these records are still in the custody of the Department, or have not yet been processed by PROV. For access to any records listed in the Finding Records guide that are not listed in the PROV online catalogue, please contact the Department of Health Freedom of Information Unit.