Unit 1, 28 Oct 1867 - 5 Jul 1906 (PDF file, 10.0 MB)


Downloading these files
The files on this page contain the complete text of the volumes in the series and are very large. The files will take some time to download entirely.

To speed your viewing of the contents you can use the ‘Bookmark’ feature of your .pdf viewer. The bookmarks jump to the beginning of each letter of the alphabet for which there are patient names in the volume.

If you click on a bookmark link the pdf viewer will jump to downloading that page. You can then view or print that entry. If you have captured the information you need, use the 'back' button of your browser to stop the download of the file. You will need to wait until the complete file has finished downloading before you can save a copy to your local hard drive.

Using this record
The register contains an alphabetical list of patients admitted to the Ararat Asylum with dates of their admission and discharge. Male patients are listed on the left-hand of each two-page spread and female patients on the right. The volume is arranged alphabetically by the first letter of patients' surnames and then chronologically by date of admission within each alphabetical grouping. Alphabetical listings of male patients are found on left-hand pages and female patients on right-hand pages. Accordingly, the page images alternate between male and female lists.

If you have found a patient's name and date of admission from the index, you can use the date of admission in most cases to find a more complete patient record in either VPRS 7401/P1 Case Book of Female Patients or VPRS 7403/P1 Case Book of Male Patients. To view these series in the Victorian Archives Centre Reading Room, order the volumes with the date range corresponding to the date of admission through the PROV website.

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