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Tasmania - Archival Item

110-Proposed Home for Mental Defectives-Hobart (1949 - 1953)

From
1949
To
1953
Website
http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=I&id=HSD6/1/6026
Reference No
HSD6/1/6026
Legal Status
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Item Number

110-Proposed Home for Mental Defectives-Hobart is a file containing correspondence of the Public Health Department about a proposal to build a home for children with intellectual disabilities. The Mental Defectives Home at St John's Park was no longer a suitable place for children as the site was now mostly for elderly people. The file also contains minimal information about Ashley Home for Boys, Lachlan Park, the Magdalen Home, and Wybra Hall.

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Prepared by: Caroline Evans