Hagley State School, which was half a mile from the centre of Hagley in northern Tasmania, opened in 1855. In 1936, it was the site of Hagley Area School, which, shortly after that became Hagley Farm School. Sir Richard Dry, a Premier of Tasmania who owned the nearby Quamby Estate, donated the land for the…
The Mental Diseases Hospital, New Norfolk replaced the Hospital for the Insane in 1915. It remained on the same grounds. The Mental Diseases Hospital housed children. In 1937, it became Lachlan Park Hospital. Between 1915 and 1920, the Mental Diseases Hospital Department ran the Mental Diseases Hospital. In 1920, the Public Health Department took it…
The Children’s Psychiatric Service Launceston, run by the Mental Health Services Commission, opened in about 1971. It had a multidisciplinary team that used a community and family orientated approach to working with children. The Service, which became the Wellington Street Clinic, appears to have closed or been replaced in the late 1980s or early 1990s….
The Department of Health Services replaced the Public Health Department in 1956. The Department was responsible for public health, including, at first, mental health. In 1989, the Department of Health Services became the Department of Health. Initially the Department of Health Services ran mental services, including Lachlan Park and Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospitals. In 1968,…
The Division of Psychiatric Services, a part of the Health Services Department, formerly the Public Health Department, replaced the Division of Mental Health in 1963. It was responsible for the Guardianship Board and Lachlan Park and Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospitals as well as other mental health services. In 1968, the Mental Health Services Commission replaced…
The Division of Mental Health, a part of the Health Services Department, formerly the Public Health Department, replaced the Division of Mental Hygiene in 1956. It was responsible for the Mental Deficiency Board as well as Lachlan Park and Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospitals. In 1963, the Division of Psychiatric Services replaced it.
The Division of Mental Hygiene was established in 1945 as part of a restructure of the Public Health Department. It had responsibility for the Mental Deficiency Board as well as Lachlan Park and Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospitals.
Tasmania Police replaced the Police Department in 2004. In 2013, it is part of the Department of Police and Emergency Management.
The Police Department, which had offices in Liverpool Street, Hobart, was established in 1898 by the Police Regulation Act. In 2004, the Police Department became Tasmania Police. The Police Department was the first police force in Tasmania to be run by the state government. The Commissioner of Police had overall management of the Police Department….
The Central Board of Health, which had five members appointed by the Governor, was established by the Public Health Act 1885. Its purpose was to exercise some control over local Boards of Health appointed by municipal councils. In 1903, the Public Health Department replaced the Central Board of Health.
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