Please contact the Cumberland Hospital Health Information and Record Service:
Phone: (02) 8890 4767
Email: WSLHD-ROI@health.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/wslhd/about-us/right-to-information
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 Parramatta Mental Hospital. Many of the records contain information about patients at Parramatta, and may include information about children and young people who were admitted to the hospital. The records include admission and discharge registers, case files, post-morten records, daily report books, correspondence files, inspector’s reports, 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 Cumberland Hospital Health Information and Records Service. To arrange access to open records please contact Museums of History NSW.