For access to South Australian mental health hospital records, please contact the Records Manager at Glenside Health Services:
Address: PO Box 17, Fullarton SA 5063 or 2 Karrayarta Drive, Glenside SA 5065
Phone: 7087 1000
Email: healthGlensideinformationManagement@sa.gov.au
Website: https://www.calhn.sa.gov.au/contact-us/freedom-of-information
Quote this number to access your records: State Records of South Australia Agency ID GA1980
These records are held by State Records of South Australia (1919 - current).
State Records of South Australia hold a collection of records created by the Glenside Hospital, later called the Glenside Campus Mental Health Service, that contain details about people admitted to the hospital and the treatments they received. Some of the record books used by the Glenside Hospital were also used by the earlier Colonial Lunatic Asylum, Adelaide Asylum, and Parkside Asylum/Mental Hospital. A full list of records from the Glenside Hospital, including links to more details about these records, can by found under the ‘Inventory of Series’ tab at the bottom of the State Records of South Australia catalogue entry linked on this page.
Access to records about the Glenside Hospital is restricted for up to 100 years to protect personal privacy. People in these records have a right to access information about themselves. For access to restricted records please contact the Glenside Health Services Records Manager.
The records of the Glenside Hospital include: