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,…
This series contains the correspondence files of the Attorney-General’s Department and the Deputy General Solicitor’s Office dating back to 1901. Access Conditions Open
The Correspondence files, class 1 (general, passports) is a series of records dating from 1892 to 1970 held by the National Archives of Australia. It contains records concerning the activities of the Commonwealth Department of the Interior from 1939 to 1945 and the Commonwealth Department of Immigration from 1946 to 1950. Some of the records…
Clarendon Childrens Home Kingston Tasmania Financial Assistance by C’wealth and Tasmanian Governments: Accommodation for Child and Youth Migrants dates from 1949 to 1953. Access Conditions Open
General Correspondence (Classified Sequence), dated between 1920 and 1992, was created by the Attorney-General’s Department and its successors. Its many records include personal information about inmates at Risdon Prison, and correspondence concerning the Child Protection Assessment Board, Children’s Courts, and child protection service, including files on individual cases. Access Conditions Access to the records in…
The Prisoners Individual Files, dated from 1891 to 1960, contain details about people imprisoned at Campbell Street Gaol. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible by the public. For access to these records please contact Tasmanian Archives. Records These files may include prisoner description sheets, photographs, movements of the prisoner, psychological assessments, warrants, lists…
The Deceased Prisoners’ Individual Files date from 1918 to 1978. They include the inmate’s description sheets, lists of offences, and sentences, as well as applications and correspondence relating to remissions of sentence. There are also newspaper cuttings and notes about the circumstances of the inmate’s death. These inmates did not necessarily die in prison. Some…
This record contains the names of people who were committed to the Hobart and Launceston Gaols between 1919 and 1935. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible by the public. For access to these records please contact Tasmanian Archives.
Record, and Descriptions of People Admitted to the Gaol, Launceston date from 1966 to 1973. The include each inmate’s date of admission, name, sex, marital status, age, occupation, place of birth, religion, level of education, previous convictions, offence, sentence, court, judge, and date of discharge. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible by the…
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….
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