Please contact the SA Health Freedom of Information Officer:
Postal Address: PO Box 287 Rundle Mall, Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: (08) 8226 0705
Email: HealthFOIOCE@sa.gov.au
Quote this number to access your records: State Records of South Australia Series ID, GRG78/1
These records are part of Records of the Hospitals Department and Predecessors (1836 - current).
This series comprises correspondence files of the Colonial Surgeon’s office and its successors, including the Hospitals Department. The correspondence contains little information about patients, however it does include correspondence relating to the lunatic asylums and mental hostpials, and it may include correspondence related to Estcourt House and Mareeba Babies Hospital. The correspondence mostly relates to staffing matters, payment authorisations, and administrative issues. There is little information about hospital or asylum patients in these files, other than reports on exceptional incidents and attempts to recover payments. Unit 1 of this series directly relates to the Colonial Lunatic Asylum and the Adelaide Lunatic Asylum.
Access to the records in this series is restricted for 100 years in order to protect personal privacy. Those records over 100 years old are open and can be accessed by any member of the public. People mentioned in these records have a right to access information about themselves. To request access to these records please contact SA Health Freedom of Information team. To arrange access to open records please contact State Records of South Australia.
State Records of South Australia also hold an index (GRG78/5) to these files which may assist in finding relevant records with this series. This index is open and can be accessed by contacting State Records of South Australia.