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What happened to sick or injured convicts

WEBThe hospital’s records tell us a lot about the different types of illnesses and injuries patients suffered. These included influenza, ulcers, tuberculosis, colds, dysentery, pneumonia, …

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Child convicts of Australia MHNSW

WEBPublished on 5 Dec, 2022. From 1788, for more than 50 years, convicts were transported from Britain to New South Wales. These included children as young as nine years of …

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Mental health facilities guide

WEBPlans of mental health facilities. This plans is from NRS 4335 - plans, elevations, sections and details of public buildings such as police stations, court houses, gaols, government …

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Chinese on the goldfields MHNSW

WEBChinese on the goldfields. By the early 1850s, news of a gold rush in Australia had reached southern China, sparking an influx in Chinese migration to Australia. It is thought that …

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The convict impact on Aboriginal people

WEBFrontier violence, common from the earliest days of settlement, greatly increased in the 1830s as the colony rapidly expanded, pushing settlers, their workers and stock further …

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Workhouses MHNSW

WEBThe Irish Famine - Scene at the Gate of a Work-house, c1846. Eon Images. Workhouses were places people went if they were poor or had no home to stay in. But …

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Archives behind the scenes – mental hospital records

WEBThe featured medical case book details patient information such as native place, occupation, physical description, how the patient came to be in a mental hospital …

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Hospital buildings guide

WEBThis Guide provides a select list of sources relating to hospital buildings, including sketches, plans and photographs. Medical staff arrived with the First Fleet in 1788 and a …

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Museums of History NSW

WEBScroll to continue. Museums of History NSW acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands now known as New South Wales. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, …

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Accessing patient-identifying records

WEBFor all Mental hospitals and Infirm & Destitute asylums except those listed below, please contact the NSW Ministry of Health:. NSW Ministry of Health. Locked Bag 2030 St …

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Crown Street Women's Hospital guide

WEBFounded by Dr James Graham in 1893, the Women's Hospital in Crown Street aimed to lift medical standards for maternity care. In addition to providing wards for surgical cases …

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Family history guide

WEBRemember, it is always easier to work from the present to the past when tracing your family history. A good place to start is with yourself: write down your date of birth and then …

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Aboriginal resources: chronology of significant events

WEBThis chronology gives an overview of significant events which have happened in Australia from 1788 to 1998, concentrating on the relations between Aboriginal people and the …

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Local government research guide

WEBThe Local Government Act, 1919 considerably extended these powers and functions again. Minor legislative changes to the Act throughout the twentieth century have resulted in …

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Purging Pestilence – Plague!

WEBContents. The Bubonic Plague hit Sydney in January 1900. Spreading from the waterfront, the rats carried the plague throughout the city. Within eight months 303 cases were …

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Pneumonic Influenza (Spanish Flu), 1919

WEBBetween January-September 1919, pneumonic influenza, commonly known as the 'Spanish Flu', killed 6,387 people in New South Wales, infecting as many as …

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