Please contact the Medico-Legal Clerk of Hunter New England Health Service:
Postal address: PO Box 833 Newcastle, 2300
Phone: (02) 4014 3793
These records are held by Museums of History NSW (June 1961 - current).
Museums of History NSW (State Archives) holds a large collection of records relating to patients admitted to Newcastle Mental Hospital. Many of the records contain information about patients at Newcastle, and may include information about children and young people who were admitted to the hospital. The records include admission and discharge registers, case files, school attendance books, daily report books, visitors’ books, inspection records, and administrative records. Some later records in this collection have not been fully processed by Museums of History – there may be more recent records in this collection than are mentioned here.
Access to records in this series is restricted for 110 years in order to protect personal privacy. People mentioned in these records have a right to access information about themselves. Records over 110 years old are open and may be accessed by any member of the public. To request access to restricted records please contact Hunter New England Health Service for records of patients admitted after 1958, or the Ministry of Health for records of people admitted before 1958. To arrange access to open records please contact Museums of History NSW.