Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
Quote this number to access your records: State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Numbers, NRS-18468; NRS-18469; NRS-18476; RNCG-5568
These records are held by State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales (June 1961 - current).
These are records created by the Peat and Milson Island Mental Hospital, previously known as the Rabbit Island Mental Hospital, or Rabbit Island Hospital for the Insane, that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about patients of the institution, and include registers of admissions and discharge/death, medical journals kept by staff, and correspondence.
Records containing patient information are closed for 110 years. For access to these records please contact the NSW Department of Communities & Justice Open Government, Information and Privacy Unit.
Records older than 110 years are open to the public. For access to open records please contact Museums of History NSW (State Archives).
The following information about these records has been published in the State Archives catalogue: