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
Quote this number to access your records: PROV Agency ID: VA 2845
These records are held by Public Record Office Victoria (1973 - current).
These records were created by Royal Park Mental Hospital and Royal Park Receiving House and contain information about patients, staff, and administrative matters at the hospital. The collection is held by the Public Record Office of Victoria. The records contain personal details of people admitted to Royal Park Mental Hospital and Receiving House, including children and young people. Records about patients include admission and discharge registers, patient case files and clinical notes, patient movement registers, and nurse report books. The collection also includes records about staffing and administrative matters, though these records have not been included in the list below.
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.
The following records in this collection contain information about patients at Royal Park Mental Hospital and Receiving House, and may include information about children and young people who were admitted to the hospital. More information about each record is available under the ‘About’ tab on the PROV records page.
Asylum Records (including Register of Patients 1907-1912) 1907-1968 (VPRS 7481). Open access
Nominal Register of Patients (Royal Park Receiving House) 1907-1934 (VPRS 7423). Open access, all records digitised and available online
Discharge Register of Patients (Royal Park Receiving House, Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1907-1966 (VPRS 17891). Partially open access
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients 1909-1954 (VPRS 17893). Partially open access, some records digitised and available online
Discharge Register of Patients (Royal Park Hospital for the Insane, Royal Park Mental Hospital) 1909-1954 (VPRS 17890). Partially open access, some records digitised and available online
Nominal Register of Patients/Register of Section 88 Examinations 1909-1959 (VPRS 18435). Partially open access, some records digitised and available online
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients: Recommended Patients (Royal Park Receiving House, Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1909-1991 (VPRS 17882). Partially open access, some records digitised and available online
Admission Index Cards 1935-1985 (VPRS18419). Closed access
Admission Index Cards: Male Patients 1934-1985 (VPRS 18420). Closed access
Admission Index Cards: Female Patients 1934-1985 (VPRS 18421). Closed access
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients: Voluntary Boarders (Royal Park Receiving House, Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1942-1996 (VPRS 17881). Partially open access
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients: Inebriates (Royal Park Mental Hospital) 1945-1953 (VPRS 17883). Closed access
Admission Register of Patients: Immigrants 1954-1962 (VPRS 17884). Closed access
Nominal Register of Patients: Immigrants (Royal Park Receiving House) 1965-1996 (VPRS 17885). Closed access
Admission Register of Patients (Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1981-1986 (VPRS 17892). Closed access
Admission and Discharge Register of Patients: Involuntary Admissions (Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1989-1993 (VPRS 17916). Closed access
Admissions Diary (Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1992-1996 (VPRS 17920). Closed access
Case Books: Male Patients (Royal Park Receiving House) 1907-1917 (VPRS 18133). Partially open access
Annual examination of Patients Register 1909-1912 (VPRS 7414). Open access
Case Books: Female Patients (Royal Park Hospital for the Insane) 1909-1912 (VPRS 18134). Open access
Case Books: Male Patients (Royal Park Hospital for the Insane) 1909-1912 (VPRS 18135). Open access
Case Books: Female Patients (Royal Park Receiving House) 1910-1911 (VPRS 18132). Open access
Patient Case History Files: Deceased Patients (Royal Park Receiving House, Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1953-1996 (VPRS 18097). Closed access
Patient Case History Files: Female Patients (Royal Park Receiving House, Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1954-1965 (VPRS 18095). Closed access
Patient Case History Files: Male Patients (Royal Park Receiving House, Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital) 1954-1965 (VPRS 18096). Closed access
Trial Leave Register and Register of Escapees 1909-1984 (VPRS 7454). Partially open access
Orders to Remand a Person in a Receiving House or Ward 1927-1953 (VPRS 17933). Partially open access, some records digitised and available online
Post Mortem Registers 1931-1952 (VPRS 7433). Partially open access, some records digitised and available online
Head Nurses Daily Report Books 1946-1967 (VPRS 7439). Partially open access
Post Mortem Registers [Pathology Laboratory] 1956-1966 (VPRS 7436). Closed access
In 2016 the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services published a guide to records of Royal Park Mental Hospital and Receiving House 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.