The General Correspondence Files contain unnumbered general correspondence files for Palm Island and Fantome Island. The files relate to a range of topics such as quarterly statistics and reports, approvals and permits to reside on Palm Island, certificates of entitlement, general population statistics, hospital admissions and discharges, births, deaths, decesed estates, hygeine, health, employment records,…
This series contains registers with information about the admission, medical treatment, and discharge of patients at Peel Island, Fantome Island, Stradbroke Island and Friday Island Lazarets. It also contains registers kept by the Queensland Department of Health listing deaths at the lazarets. The registers include information such as name, age, sex, nationality, parent’s details, other…
The Health Act of 1937 consolidated ten previous Acts dealing with public health. The Director-General of Health, appointed by the Governor in Council and who must be a medical practitioner, was authorised to administer the Act. The Director-General of Health was empowered to issue orders and give directions, to safe-guard the health and well-being of…
The Card Index of Leper Patients at Peel and Fantome Islands consists of patient cards containing details of the patient’s name and the island on which he/she was situated, date of birth, nationality, marital status, where the patient was admitted from, date admitted, date discharged, relative file references, Savings Bank Account number and the account’s…
The Stradbroke Island Lazaret, on North Stradbroke Island in Moreton Bay, was established for the reception and medical treatment of lepers. Run by the State government, it opened in 1892 and closed in 1907. Stradbroke Island Lazaret was established over an area of approximately 17 acres, about a mile from Dunwich Jetty, on Stradbroke Island,…
The Fantome Island Lock Hospital, in the Palm Island Group off the coast of Townsville, was established for the detention and treatment of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander people who suffered from sexually transmitted infection (STI). Run by the State government, it opened in 1928 and closed in 1945. The published resource…
The Fantome Island Lazaret, in the Palm Island Group off the coast of Townsville, was established for the detention and treatment of non-European suffers from Hansen’s Disease, more commonly known as leprosy. Run by the Queensland government, it opened in 1939 and closed in 1973. [Taken from ‘Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret Sites’, Department…
The Friday Island Lazaret, situated on Friday Island in the Torres Strait, was established in 1892 as a leprosarium for non-European sufferers of leprosy. It was run by the Queensland government and closed in 1907. Remaining patients were moved to Peel Island. On 27 Oct 1892, Friday Island, Torres Strait, was proclaimed a lazaret under…
The Dayman Island Lazaret, in the Torres Strait, was established in 1889 as a leprosarium for non-European sufferers of leprosy. It was run by the Queensland government and closed in 1892. Remaining patients were moved to Friday Island. The Dayman Island facility received non-European patients, the majority of which were Chinese. South Sea Islander and…
This series contains over 3000 correspondence files of the Colonial Secretary’s Office, Home Secretary’s Office, and various Queensland Health Departments. Many of the files from 1935 onwards relate to health matters, however files pre-dating this time relate to a broader range of issues. This series includes files relating to mental hospitals and asylums, lazarettes, Missions…
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