• Archival Collection

Records of Mont Park, Public Records Office Victoria

To access these records

For records held or controlled by the Department of Health, please contact the Freedom of Information Unit, Department of Health:

Postal address: Freedom of Information Unit, Department of Health, GPO Box 4057 Melbourne Victoria 3001

Phone: 1300 020 360

Email: foi@health.vic.gov.au

Website: https://www.health.vic.gov.au/freedom-of-information

Reference Number

Quote this number to access your records: PROV Agency Number: VA 2846

Records Location

Details

These records were created by the Mont Park Hospital and contain information about patients, staff, and administrative matters at Mont Park. The collection is held by the Public Record Office of Victoria. The records contain personal details of people admitted to Mont Park, including children and young people. Records about patients include admission and discharge registers, patient case files, patient index cards, patient movement books, patient leave registers, escape registers, medical examination registers, restraint and seclusion registers, boarding out registers, and nurse report books. The collection also includes records about staff at Mont Park such as employee history cards and statistical registers, as well as administrative records such as correspondence files. Some records relate to portions of Mont Park that were used by the military during and following WW1, and include information about military patients.

Access Conditions

The majority of the records in this collection are closed for at least 75 years to protect personal privacy. To apply for access to closed records please contact the Department of Health Freedom of Information Unit. Most records in this collection that are older than 75 years are open and accessible by the public. Some of these open records have been digitised and can be viewed on the Public Record Office Victoria website. For access to un-digitised open records please contact the Public Record Office Victoria.

Records

The following records in this collection contain information about patients at Mont Park, and may include information about children and young people who were admitted to Mont Park. Some of these items have been digitised, and are available through the links below where noted, under the ‘Record Items’ tab on the Public Record Office Victoria records page. More information about each record is available under the ‘About’ tab on the PROV records page. Records about staff members, military patients, and administrative records have not been included in this list.

Admission and Discharge Registers

Admission and Discharge Register of Patients 1912-1987 (VPRS 17872). Partially open access, some records digitised and available online

Admission and Discharge Register of Patients: Voluntary Boarders 1915-1962 (VPRS 17871). Partially open access

Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Mont Park Neuropsychiatric Centre) 1972-1992 (VPRS 17870). Closed access

Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (General Surgical Ward) 1972-1987 (VPRS 17874). Closed access

Admission Register of Patients (General Surgical Ward, Section 86 (3) Transfers) 1964-1977 (VPRS 17875). Closed access

Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Mont Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1971-1988 (VPRS 18142). Closed access

Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Mont Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1988-1991 (VPRS 18167). Closed access

Index to Admission and Discharge Register of Patients (Mont Park Psychiatric Hospitial) 1988-1991 (VPRS 18143). Closed access

Admission Index Cards 1951-1991 (VPRS 18444). Closed access

Admission Index Cards: Female Patients 1912-1983 (VPRS 18374). Closed access

Admission Index Cards: Male Patients 1912-1983 (VPRS 18376). Closed access

Discharge Register of Patients 1912-1987 (VPRS 17873). Partially open access, some records digitised and available online

Discharge Warrants 1936 (VPRS 7569). Open access

Physical Condition on Admission Register: Female Patients 1924-1935 (VPRS 18141). Open access

Patient Case Files and Medical Information

Annual and Quinquennial Examination of Patients Registers 1932-1965 (VPRS 7413). Closed access

Case Books: Male Patients 1918-1944 (VPRS 18164). Open access, all records digitised and available online

Patient Clinical Case Notes 1912-1965 (VPRS 18124). Closed access

Patient Case History Files 1950-1991 (VPRS 18100). Closed access

Post Mortem Register 1925-1964 (VPRS 7434). Patrially open access

Register of Pathology Tests 1933-1941 (VPRS 17704). Open access

Patient Movement/Leave Registers

Leave of Absence Register for Voluntary Patients, Mental Hospital 1962-1987 (VPRS 18457). Closed access

Patient Movement Register 1929-1935 (VPRS 18153). Open access

Register of Patient Escapes 1912-1946 (VPRS 17705). Closed access

Register of Patients Boarded Out 1919-1955 (VPRS 17706). Closed access

Trial Leave Registers 1920-1966 (VPRS 7450). Partially open access

Trial Leave Register for Recommended Patients, Mental Hospital 1961-1988 (VPRS 18458). Closed access

Trial Leave and Leave of Absence Register, Psychiatric Hospital 1972-1988 (VPRS 18451). Closed access

Short Term Trial Leave Registers 1970-1975 (VPRS 18452). Closed access

Other Patient Records

Head Nurse’s Daily Report Books – Female Department 1944-1969 (VPRS 7443). Closed access

Night Report Book 1912-1913 (VPRS 7444). Open access

Nominal Register of Patients 1912-1924 (VPRS 7424). Open access, digitised and available online

Nominal Register of Patients: Voluntary Boarders 1928-1962 (VPRS 7517). Closed access

Restraint and Seclusion Registers 1930-1950 (VPRS 7474). Partially open access

Restraint and Seclusion Registers 1941-1952 (VPRS 7473). Closed access

 

Further Records

In 2016 the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services published a guide to records of Mont Park as part of its Finding Records program. This guide includes information about some records that have not yet been listed in the Public Record Office of Victoria online catalogue. This may mean that these records are still in the custody of the Department, or have not yet been processed by PROV. For access to any records listed in the Finding Records guide that are not listed in the PROV online catalogue, please contact the Department of Health Freedom of Information Unit.

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