Montrose Therapy and Respite Services came into being in 2015. Previously it was known as MontroseAccess.
The Mental Health Act 1974 (Act no. 2/1974) repealed and replaced the Mental Health Act of 1962. This act was repealed and replaced in 2000 by the Mental Health Act 2000 (Act no. 16/2000). The Mental Health Act 1974 had the full title: ‘An Act relating to the Treatment and Care of mentally ill persons…
The Mental Health Act 2000 (Act no.16/2000) repealed and replaced the Mental Health Act 1974 after extensive reviews of both the Mental Health Act 1974 and Mental Health system. The Mental Health Act 2000 had the full title: ‘An Act about treating and protecting people who have mental illnesses, and for other purposes’ (Act no.16/2000)….
The Lady Musgrave Sanitorium for Sick Children, in Shorncliffe, was built in 1884 as a convalescent home for children. The Sanitorium did not formally open until 1888. Lady Lucinda Musgrave was the first patroness of the Hospital for Sick Children, and personally secured the land at Shorncliffe which was given in trust by the government….
The Mental Health Act of 1962 repealed and replaced the Mental Hygiene Act 1938. The new legislation focused on provision of psychiatric care alongside other health services. In 1974 this act was itself replaced by the Mental Health Act 1974.
The Red Cross Home, at Margate Beach, Redcliffe opened around 1945. It was run by the Australian Red Cross and operated as a convalescent home for children from the Mater and Brisbane Hospitals. It also provided emergency care for children while their mothers were in hospital. The home closed in 1975. The Red Cross Home…
The Sandgate Maternal and Child Welfare Home, at Sandgate, opened in March, 1944 as a government-run convalescent and emergency care home for children. It accommodated children whose mothers were seriously ill and for whose care no other suitable arrangements could be made. From 1901 to 1942, the same building in Flinders Parade, Sandgate, had been…
The Sandgate Centre, in Sandgate, opened in August 1983 and closed in April 1994. Previously, it was known as the Sandgate Maternal and Child Welfare Home. It was run by Intellectual Disability Services, which was part of the Queensland Health Department. In 1987, Intellectual Disability Services became part of the Family Services Department. The Sandgate…
The Broadhurst Convalescent Home, at Sandgate, opened in December, 1901. It was a government-run convalescent home for patients from Brisbane Hospital. The Home closed in 1942. The Brisbane Hospital Committee had maintained a convalescent home for patients in a rented home in Sandgate from 1885. It acquired its own property in late 1901 and the…
This act with the full title “An Act to provide for the protection of the lives of children and for their sexual safety, and to amend other Acts relating to the protection of children” (Act no. 17/2008) enabled the Magistrates Court or Children’s Court to prohibit previously convicted child sex offenders from engaging in certain…
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