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VPRS 8236/P1 Register of Patients (VA 2844) Ballarat
(VA 2843) Sunbury, 1877–1920
Unit
1, 29 Aug 1877 - 26 Feb 1891 (PDF file, 17.0 MB)
Unit
2, 26 Feb 1891 - 30 Dec 1905 (PDF file, 16.1 MB)
Unit
3, 2 Jan 1906 - 29 Sep 1913 (PDF file, 16.7 MB)
Unit
4, 1 Oct 1913 - 13 Dec 1920 (PDF file, 18.4 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 viewing of its contents use the ‘Bookmark’ feature
of your .pdf viewer. The bookmarks jump to the beginning of each letter
of the alphabet in the index, and the page numbers in the volume that
the index entries refer to.
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
This register is a chronological record of patients admitted to Ballarat
Asylum for the period 1877 to 1879 and subsequently to the Sunbury Asylum
for the period 1879 to 1907. Each volume contains an alphabetical index
of patients' names for finding the page number upon which the patient's
entry will be found. The entries in each volume are arranged chronologically
by the patient's date of admission. You should consult the volume which
corresponds to the date range in which you think the patient was
admitted.
The first 44 pages of the first unit of this series list patients admitted
to the Ballarat Asylum between 1877 and 1880 and who were subsequently
transferred to Sunbury.
If you have found a patient's name and date of admission from the register,
you can use the date of admission in most cases to find a more complete
patient record in either VPRS 7405/P1 Case Books of Male Patients
or VPRS 7406/P1 Case Books of Female Patients. To view
these case books in the Victorian Archives Centre Reading Room, order
the volume with the date range corresponding to the date of admission.
In addition, when you find a patient's admission number you can also locate
their admission warrants, which were papers issued on the admission of
a patient to a lunatic asylum. The actual warrants can be found in VPRS
8259/P1 Admission Warrants - Male Patients and VPRS 8261/P1
Admission Warrants - Female Patients. To view these records in
the Victorian Archives Centre Reading Room, order the item or unit that
has the corresponding admission number and number range you require.
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