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Please contact Research Enquiries, Tasmanian Archives:

Postal address: 91 Murray St, Hobart TAS 7000

Phone: (03) 6165 5538 or (03) 6165 5541

Website: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/get-help/help-with-research-and-finding-information/

Related Archival Series

Register of children at Boys Home Lansdowne Crescent; Girls Industrial School, Hobart Training School for Females, St Josephs Orphanage for whom a Government Allowance is Payable (1869 - 1898)
Correspondence Files (1919 - 1998)
General Records of the Society, Fairbridge-Drake Society (1925 - 1985)
Churches of Christ Records (1943 - 1989)
Ministerial Files and Associated Papers - Unregistered (1977 - 1982)
General Correspondence, Chief Secretary's Department (1897 - 1946)
Patient Records-Admission Register, Lunatic Asylum, Hospital for the Insane, Mental Diseases Hospital, and Lachlan Park Hospital (1830 - 1954)
Alphabetical Admission Register, Boys' Training School (1912 - 1922)
Correspondence Relating to Children Placed in Nursing Homes (1934 - 1953)
Indentures of Apprenticeships between the Board and Employees, Queen's Orphan Asylum (1870 - 1880)
Inward Correspondence and Associated Papers Dealt with at Meetings of the Board, Queen's Orphan Asylum (1871 - 1883)
Record Cards of Children Under Legal Supervision (1955 - 1978)
Minutes of Meetings of the Board, Queen's Orphan Asylum (1872 - 1875)
Secretary's Register of Matters Dealt with at the Meetings of the Board, Queen's Orphan Asylum (1874 - 1877)
Overseas Childrens Reception Committee - Correspondence Concerning Children Brought to Tasmania under the Auspices of the Overseas Childrens Reception Committee (1940 - 1945)
Register of Boarded Out Children Who Have Been Sent to Service, Central Committee for Boarding-Out Destitute Children (1879 - 1885)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Hobart Magistrates' Court (1906 - 1981)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Richmond Lower Courts (1950 - 1980)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Launceston Magistrate's Court (1950 - 1981)
Record of Cases Heard in the Children's Court, New Norfolk Lower Courts (1974 - 1981)
Records of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Oatlands Lower Court (1934 - 1976)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Longford Lower Courts (1924 - 1980)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Campbell Town Lower Courts (1968 - 1979)
Minutes of Meetings, Central Committee for Boarding-Out Destitute Children (1878 - 1896)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Green Ponds Lower Courts (1933 - 1980)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Sorell Lower Courts (1938 - 1981)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Ross Lower Courts (1919 - 1936)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Evandale Lower Courts (1965 - 1978)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Fingal Lower Courts (1921 - 1979)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Deloraine Lower Courts (1920 - 1974)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Circular Head Lower Courts (1976 - 1980)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Westbury Lower Courts (1929 - 1978)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Port Cygnet Lower Courts (1947 - 1981)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Bothwell Lower Court (1906 - 1966)
Index to Children Boarded Out, Central Committee for Boarding-Out Destitute Children (1881 - 1892)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Esperance Lower Courts (1931 - 1981)
Record of Cases Heard in the Children's Court, Latrobe Lower Courts (1911 - 1977)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Devonport Magistrates Court (1909 - 1981)
Record of Cases Heard in the Children's Court, Kentish Lower Courts (1919 - 1968)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Wynyard Lower Courts (1912 - 1973)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Burnie Magistrates Court (1906 - 1975)
Record of Cases Heard in the Children's Court, Waratah Lower Courts (1909 - 1956)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Ulverstone Lower Courts (1978 - 1981)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Ringarooma Lower Courts (1958 - 1979)
Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court, Scottsdale Lower Courts (1970 - 1979)
Daily Journal of Admissions and Discharges to Queens Orphan Schools (1841 - 1851)
Register of Applications from Individuals to Become Foster Parents, Central Committee for Boarding Out Destitute Children (1881 - 1894)
Record of Cases Heard in the Children's Court, Zeehan Lower Courts (1906 - 1960)
Record of Cases Heard in the Children's Court, Queenstown Lower Courts (1906 - 1979)
Record of Cases Heard in Court of Petty Sessions, and Including Cases in Children's Court, Flinders Island Lower Courts (1911 - 1986)
Record of Cases Heard in the Children's Court, King Island Lower Courts (1956 - 1979)
Record of Cases Heard in the Children's Court, Bruny Island Children's Court (1962 - 1966)
Admission Registers (Primary), Charles Street School (1902 - 1982)
Admission Register, Glen Dhu Infant School (1925 - 1991)
Admission Register, Glen Dhu State School (1928 - 1975)
Admission Registers, Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital (1908 - 1962)
Hospital Registers of Admissions and Discharges with Details of Charges, Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital (1908 - 1947)
Patients' Charts with Details of Births and Subsequent Hospitalisation, Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital (1916 - 1947)
Ante Natal Record Cards, Queen Alexandra Maternity Hospital (1924 - 1953)
Annual Reports of the Matron, Mothercraft Home (1954 - 1963)
Daily Record of Children's Treatment and Calorie Intake, Mothercraft Home (1968 - 1969)
Daily Record of Instructions and Orders Relating to Medication, Treatment, Admission and Discharge of Patients, Mothercraft Home (1968 - 1969)
Patients' Records Giving Personal Details and Details of Treatment, Mothercraft Home (1964 - 1969)
Record of Personal Details of Children Admitted, Mothercraft Home (1951 - 1963)
Register of Children Admitted, Mothercraft Home (1947 - 1966)
Patient Files-Maternity, Meercroft Hospital and Devon Public Hospital (1950 - 1958)
Admission Register, Spencer Public Hospital and North Western General Hospital (1928 - 1975)
Prisoners Record Books, Campbell Street Gaol (1890 - 1962)
Registers of Prisoners Received into and Discharged from Gaol, Launceston (1867 - 1910)
Return of Prisoners in the Gaol, Launceston, Awaiting Trial with the Results of the Trial in Various Courts (1871 - 1880)
Register of Prisoners Received into and Discharged from Gaols other than at Hobart (1910 - 1937)
Returns from the Superintendents of Hobart and Launceston Gaols of Persons Committed and Received under Sentence (1919 - 1935)
Record, and Descriptions of People Admitted to the Gaol, Launceston (1966 - 1973)
Prisoners Individual Files, Campbell Street Gaol (1891 - 1960)
Deceased Prisoners Individual Files, Risdon Prison and Campbell Street Gaol (1918 - 1978)
Correspondence Files, Public Health Department (1940 - 1989)
Reports Relating to Mental Health (1924 - 1952)
Health Registers, Ashley Home for Boys (1951 - 1998)
Duty Diaries, Ashley Home for Boys (1954 - 1985)
Applications for Admission and associated Papers (1859 - 1879)
Register of Admissions (1890 - 1894)
Alphabetical Admission Register, Males and Females (1914 - 1952)
Daily Statement of Admissions, Discharges and Births (1960)
Register of Cases admitted to the New Norfolk Asylum on the Authority of the Colonial Secretary (1864 - 1879)
Collection of Photographs (1860 - 2006)
Register of Incapacitated Persons Maintained in Institutions in Other Colonies (1873 - 1897)
General Correspondence (4), Education Department (1906 - 2010)
General Correspondence-Hospital and Health Administration (1932 - 1987)
Register of Children Admitted and Discharged from the Male and Female Orphan School (1828 - 1863)
Correspondence and Associated Papers Relating to Building for Government Departments Arranged Alphabetically by Department (1929 - 1980)
General Correspondence, Public Service Board (1973 - 1985)
Ministerial Files-Unregistered (1982 - 1985)
Personal Papers Of Ethel M. Young, O A M (1917 - 1982)
Register of Children Admitted and Discharged from the Infant School (1851 - 1863)
Branch and State Council Records (1919 - 1991)
Films and Videos Produced and Acquired by the Agency (1950 - 1985)
General Correspondence [3] (1842 - 2002)
Register of Applications for Admission, Queen's Orphan Asylum (1858 - 1879)
Admission Register, School for the Blind and Deaf (1924 - 1969)
Admission Register, School for the Blind (1959 - 1970)
Building Applications, Hobart City Council (1919 - 1990)
Register of Children Apprenticed from the Asylum, Queen's Orphan Asylum (1860 - 1886)
General Correspondence, Department of Public Health (1920 - 1956)
Register of Masters of Children Apprenticed, Queen's Orphan Asylum (1860 - 1884)
Chronological Return of Cases Where Weekly Payments Were Made for the Maintenance of Children (1862 - 1879)
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Alphabetical List of Children Admitted for Whom Maintenance and Weekly Payments Were Made (1862 - 1867)
Reports to the Minister, Child Welfare Advisory Council (1967 - 1971)

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Bethany Boys' Home Records (1947 - 1978)
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Records of Tascare Society for Children/ Tasmanian Society for the Care of Crippled Children (1935 - 2014)
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EX 955 Aikenhead House, St Joseph's Orphanage (1969 - 1970)
General Correspondence-21-38, Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the State Farm and School for Boys, Deloraine (1925)
M903 [3] Big Brother Movement of Tasmania (1955 - 1969)
M903 [2] Big Brother Movement of Tasmania (1952 - 1960)
M440 Young Men's Christian Association-Youth Migration Scheme (1947 - 1950)
M365 British Evacuee Children Nominated to Australia-Overseas League (1950 - 1952)
M1283 [1] St John Bosco Boys Town (1953 - 1962)
M1283 [2] St John Bosco Boys Town (1948 - 1958)
M3846 Fairbridge Society of Tasmania (1956 - 1971)
M133 Legal Guardianship Migrant Children (1945 - 1951)
M3157 John Moss (Child Welfare Expert of U.K) (1951 - 1952)
M3793 Fact Finding Mission on Child Migration (1955 - 1956)
History of Lachlan Park Hospital (Now Royal Derwent Hospital). By Dr G.M. Crabbe (1950)
General Correspondence-17-41, Chief Secretary's Department (1923)
M82 Mr.J.S. Maslin, Hagley Area School (1946 - 1957)
M135 Hagley Area Farm School (1946 - 1962)
M2726 Roland Boys Home - Sheffield (1950 - 1951)
State Council Correspondence and Associated Papers Relating to the Mothercraft Home. 1981-1990 (1919 - 1991)
M2181 St Joseph's Orphanage (1949 - 1954)
M2554 St Joseph's-Waterton Hall (1951 - 1960)
Register of the Admission of 'Mental Defectives', New Town Infirmary (1926 - 1965)
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Tasmanian Archives (2011 - current)

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This page was written by Michael Jones, last updated 23 October 2023.

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