The Patients’ Case Files were produced by the Mental Deficiency Board. There is a separate one for every individual that came under its supervision making a total of 1468. Since the Mental Deficiency Board worked closely with successive child welfare departments, some of these files will belong to children who were also wards of state….
The Patients’ Case Files were produced by the Mental Deficiency Board and its successor, the Guardianship Board. There is a separate file for every individual that came under the supervision of the Boards. Access Conditions Closed D75 years D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the date of…
The Case Files from the Tasmanian Institute for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb relate to deaf children who were born between 1914 and the 1960s. The files contain ‘Applications for Admission of a child to Residence at the Institute’ and they concern children in residential care at the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution (also known…
The Admission Register contains an index and the main register for Wingfield School. The index provides the names of the teachers in charge with the dates that they began working at Wingfield and the dates that they left. It also gives the total number of children attending Wingfield School each year. Access Conditions These records…
The Register of the Admission of ‘Mental Defectives’ lists people living at the New Town Infirmary, and the institutions that superseded it, who were registered as ‘mental defects’ under the Mental Deficiency Act 1920. The age ranges were from 10 to 54. Access Conditions Open access. Contact Tasmanian Archives for access to these records. Records…
The Department of Public Health General Correspondence, an archival series, contains files pertaining to the activities of the Public Health Department between 1920 and 1956. The records in this series primarily relate to public hospitals and healthcare, sanitation, child welfare, and control of infectious diseases. It also includes several items related to complaints made regarding…
Building Applications, an archival series created by the Hobart City Council, contains a number of items related to children’s homes in Tasmnia. Each item in this archival series includes the Building Surveyor’s Office form with details of the building work, address, name of the owner, name of builder and fee. The item might also include…
The Admission Register for the School for the Blind, previously a part of the School for the Blind and the Deaf, has open access. Access Conditions Open
The Admission Register for the School for the Blind and Deaf contains information about children admitted to the school between 1924 and 1969. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible by the public. For access to these records please contact Tasmanian Archives.
General Correspondence [3] is a centralised record system for functional and administrative files which was created by the Archives Office of Tasmania in 1989. It contains all the files held by the then Department of Environment and Planning, including some files relating to children’s homes. Access Conditions The records listed below are open access, as…
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