The Division of Mental Hygiene was established in 1945 as part of a restructure of the Public Health Department. It had responsibility for the Mental Deficiency Board as well as Lachlan Park and Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospitals.
Tasmania Police replaced the Police Department in 2004. In 2013, it is part of the Department of Police and Emergency Management.
The Police Department, which had offices in Liverpool Street, Hobart, was established in 1898 by the Police Regulation Act. In 2004, the Police Department became Tasmania Police. The Police Department was the first police force in Tasmania to be run by the state government. The Commissioner of Police had overall management of the Police Department….
The Better Protection of and Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act 1895 (Act No.59 Vict. No.10) provided for the punishment of anyone who ill-treated, neglected or abandoned a child in such a way that it caused suffering or damage to health. Anyone who persuaded someone else to do this could also be punished. Children mistreated…
The Juvenile Offenders Act 1875 also known by the full title ‘An Act for the more effectual Punishment of Juvenile Offenders’ (Act no. 39 Vict. No.6) provided for boys under nineteen to be whipped for assault, an indecent offence, disturbance of the peace or obscene language. The sheriff was to provide a rod of twigs,…
The Files of Persons Examined Under Sections 7, 8, 23, 24, 26, 27 of the Mental Deficiency Act 1920 concern individuals examined by the State Psychological Clinic. They are arranged alphabetically according to surnames. Files that are older than 75 years are on open access and the names of the individuals concerned are listed on…
The Case Files of Persons Examined by the State Psychological Clinic contain a great deal of information about the children and adults examined by the Clinic. Files that are older than 75 years are on open access and the names of the individuals concerned are listed on the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office website. Access…
The Cards of Patients Examined by the State Psychological Clinic are an index to the Case Files of Persons Examined by the State Psychological Clinic, file number AA8, and Patients’ Case Files, file number AA4. They contain details about individuals seen by the Clinic such as their sex, date of birth, the date of the…
The Correspondence Files-About Patients were produced by the Mental Deficiency Board and its successor, the Guardianship Board. The files concern the individuals that the Boards supervised. They are arranged alphabetically according to surnames. Access Conditions Closed D75 years D75 means these records are closed to the general public for 75 years from the date of…
The Patients’ Case Files were produced by the Mental Deficiency Board. There is a separate one for every individual that came under its supervision making a total of 1468. Since the Mental Deficiency Board worked closely with successive child welfare departments, some of these files will belong to children who were also wards of state….
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