The Industrial Department was established around 1916. It was responsible for the Labour Bureau and state immigration. In 1930, the Industrial Department closed and its activities were transferred to the Charitable Grants Department. Pearce gives the starting date for the immigration functions of the Department as 1925. However, Wettenhall gives 1916. In 1924, the Industrial…
The Chief Secretary’s Department became part of the new Tasmanian public service in 1901. It coordinated the administrative business of government. In 1914, the Chief Secretary’s Department and Premier’s Office replaced the Chief Secretary’s Department. The Under-Secretary was in charge of the Chief Secretary’s Department. In this role, he corresponded with children, occasionally visited them,…
The Launceston Reception Prison, run by the government, opened in 1976. It is in the Police Department buildings in Cimitiere Street which opened at the same time. The Prison is a remand centre with a capacity for up to 33 men and women. It is likely to have held inmates under the age of 18….
The Launceston Police Watch House, run by the government, replaced the Launceston Gaol in 1917. It was a place where prisoners, sometimes under the age of 18, could be held temporarily. In 1976, the functions of the Police Watch House were transferred to new police buildings. The Police Department ran the Launceston Watch House but…
The Prisons Department replaced the Gaols Department in 1959. It had oversight of the inmates of the Police Watch House in Launceston and other local prisons. The Department ran Campbell Street Gaol and its replacement, Risdon Prison. In 1983, the Prisons Department became part of the Division of Corrective Services which was located within the…
The Gaols Department replaced the HM Gaols Department in 1944. It had oversight of the inmates of the Police Watch House in Launceston and other local gaols and ran Campbell Street Gaol in Hobart. In 1959, it became the Prisons Department. Although the Gaols Department had oversight of the inmates at the Police Watch House…
The HM Gaols Department replaced the Sheriff’s Department in 1936. It had oversight of the inmates of the Police Watch House in Launceston and other local gaols and ran Campbell Street Gaol in Hobart. In 1944, it became the Gaols Department. Although the HM Gaols Department had oversight of the inmates at the Police Watch…
The North Western General Hospital, run by the government, opened in 1965 following an amalgamation with the Burnie General Hospital and the Spencer Public Hospital in Wynyard. In the mid 1990s the North Western General Hospital became the North West Regional Hospital.
Spencer Public Hospital in Goldie Street, Wynyard, opened in 1918.Initially, it had a locally appointed board but, in 1929, the state government took the Hospital over along with the supervision of its board. In 1944, a new building opened for general hospital patients while the old buildings were retained for maternity care. In 1965, Spencer…
The Department of Health replaced the Department of Health Services in 1989. The new Department was responsible for public health. In 1993, the Departments of Health and Community Services amalgamated to form the Department of Health and Community Services.
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