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Medical Records

Online Resources

• 1883-1915 Australasia, Medical Directories, 1883-1915 at Ancestry - index & images ($).
• 1911 Loxtons Medical Directory 1911 at MyHeritage — images ($)

New South Wales Online Records

• Sydney Benevolent Asylum Records at Sydney Benevolent Asylum; index
• New South Wales, Australia Hospital & Asylum Records at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• New South Wales, Australia Registers for the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1811-1865 -Reports of medical establishments of New South Wales, 1811-1865 at FamilySearch, images.
• 1926-1954 Nurses index 1926-1954, at NSW Archives, index.

Queensland Online Records

• Queensland, Hospital Registers at Findmypast - index ($)
• Lazaret Patient Registers, index.
• 1830-1862 Register of Cases & Treatment 1830-1862 (Moreton Bay), index.
• 1859-1927 Dunwich Benevolent Asylum Index 1859-1927, index.
• 1872-1887 Brisbane Hospital Admissions 1872-1887, index.
• 1889-1911 Brisbane Gaol Hospital admission registers 1889-1911, index.
• 1891-1908 Mackay Hospital Hospital Admissions 1891-1908, index.
• 1897-1903 Consumptive patients index 1897-1903, index.
• 1899-1913 Brisbane Hospital registers of deaths 1899-1913, index.
• 1899-1948 Indigence cases, Department of Health, 1899 to 1948, index. This open data file alphabetically lists the names of indigents as recorded in the correspondence and papers within the general correspondence of the Colonial Secretary's/Home Secretary's Office, and subsequent Departments of Health, during the period 1899 to 1948.
• 1900-1931 Dental Board 1900-1931, index.
• 1903-1925 Dentist Apprentices 1903-1925, index.
• 1903-1932 Dentists 1903-1932, index.
• 1912-1925 Nurses examinations 1912-1925, index.
• 1918-1919 Index to Wallangarra Flu Camp 1918-1919, index.
• 1933-1963 Brisbane Hospital Registers Deaths 1933-1963, index.

South Australia Online Records

• 1839-1940 Hospital, Asylum and Lying-in Home Admissions in Genealogy SA Online Database, .pdf on Contents
• 1840-1952 Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, Admission registers, Adelaide Hospital, later Royal Adelaide Hospital, 1840-1952 at FamilySearch, images. Also at State Archives in .pdf form.
• 1841-1952 South Australia, Australia, Adelaide Hospital Admission Registers, 1841-1952 at Ancestry - index & images ($).
• 1845-1921 Index for GRS 13461 - Admission papers - Colonial Lunatic Asylum, Adelaide and Parkside Lunatic Asylums, Parkside Mental Hospital and Glenside Hospital, 1845 - 1921 State Archives
• 1849-1913 South Australia, Australia, Destitute Asylum Ledgers and Admissions to Industrial and Reformatory Schools, 1849-1913 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1853-1892 Index for GRG 36/53 Lunacy petitions, numerical series, 1853-1892 State Archives
• 1868-1924 Index for GRG 78/57 - Case books, Adelaide Hospital, 1868-1924 - B - W State Archives

Tasmania Online Records

• Deaths (1803-1939) Includes return of deaths for the General Hospital Hobart among other records (specific date coverage unknown).
• 1830-1952 Patients and attendants at various hospitals and community welfare institutions, 1830-1952 at Libraries Tasmania, index & images.
• 1843-1933 Australia, Tasmania, Patient records, admissions registers, 1843-1933 at FamilySearch, images and index.
• 1861-1866 Register of cases admitted to hospital on the authority of the Colonial Secretary, Jan 1861-Jan 1866, Tasmania at FamilySearch, images
• 1897-1902 Alphabetical lists showing people listed as colonial and imperial invalids each month, Sep 1897-Sep 1902 at FamilySearch, images
• 1922 Tasmanian Dentists - Surgeon 1922 index.
• 1938-1974 PRESTON State School Enrollments 1938-1974

Victoria Online Resources

• Victoria, Mental Health Institutions at Findmypast - index ($)
• 1839-1844 List of legally qualified medical practitioners, 1839-1844, at FamilySearch, images.
• 1845-1864 List of legally qualified medical practitioners, 1845-1864, at FamilySearch, images.
• 1853-1940 Victoria, Australia, Asylum Records, 1853-1940 at Ancestry - index & images ($).
• 1857-1932 Register of vaccinations, Registrar General (1857–1932) at PRO Victoria, index & images.
• 1867-1906 Victoria, Australia, Lunatic Estates and Register, 1867-1906, at Ancestry - index & images ($).
• 1907-1913 Nominal register of patients, Royal Park Hospital for the Insane, 1907-1913 at PRO Victoria, index & images.

Types and Content of Medical Records

• Medical records for Australia include hospital and asylum records, infectious disease registers, and annual alphabetical lists of invalids.
• Of particular genealogical value are the registers of hospitals and asylums. These registers usually include the patient’s name, sex, age, marital condition, residence, occupation, and religion. Other details may be listed, such as the patient’s admission and discharge dates, cause for admission, death date (if the patient died while in the hospital or asylum), place of origin, ship and port of arrival, and miscellaneous remarks.
• Some medical records have been indexed.

FamilySearch

The FamilySearch Library has collected some medical records and indexes to medical records, including those for hospitals and asylums. These records are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

• AUSTRALIA- MEDICAL RECORDS
• AUSTRALIA, [STATE]- MEDICAL RECORDS
• AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN]- MEDICAL RECORDS

Indexes, where available, are listed by Place Search in the FamilySearch Catalog under:

• AUSTRALIA, [STATE]- MEDICAL RECORDS - INDEXES
• AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN]- MEDICAL RECORDS - INDEXES

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