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Quote this number to access your records: Tasmanian Archives Series Number, AA1
These records are held by Tasmanian Archives (2011 - current).
The Correspondence Files were generated by the Department of Public Health, the Division of Mental Hygiene, the Division of Mental Health, the Division of Psychiatric Services, and the Mental Health Services Commission.
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Files in this series are arranged by subject using a numbered filing system. They also include some unregistered files in AA1/21. Some files from an earlier system are in the first 17 boxes.
This series includes records about the Royal Derwent Hospital and Royal Hobart Hospital, mostly regarding administrative, staffing, and operational matters. It also includes an item related to Yalambee Hostel, and one related to Wybra Hall, as listed below:
16/1/18 Vols 1 & 2-Yalambee Hostel
Item Number: AA1/1/547
Dated: 1970 – 1980
This file contains the Report of the Review of the Yalambee Hostel Team which was set up in 1984 because of the hostel’s funding and staffing problems. The review includes histories of the Retarded Citizens (formerly Children’s) Welfare Association and Yalambee Hostel as well as descriptions and critiques of life in the hostel
16/1/2 Vol 1-Wybra Hall.
Item Number: AA1/1/546
Dated: 1956-1988
Tasmanian Archives provides no other description of this item.