This guide provides an overview of the main series of patient records in our collection for Liverpool Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute (1862-1933) and Liverpool State Hospital and Home (1933-1961).
Administrative Overview
Liverpool Asylum was originally established as a branch of the Sydney Benevolent Society in 1851. The Sydney Benevolent Asylum website has an index to Sydney Benevolent Asylum admissions and discharges 1857-1900 available online.
The Colonial Government took control of the Asylum in 1862. The Asylum provided refuge for infirm and destitute men. Those able to assist in the Asylum's farm operations and workshop were paid a small daily wage.
In 1933 the name changed to Liverpool State Hospital and Home. The institution closed in 1961.
About the records
In November 2000 the City of Liverpool and District Historical Society returned to NSW State Archives a number of records from the Liverpool Asylum/State Hospital that had been in its custody since the closure of the Hospital. We acknowledge and thanks the Society for the return of these important records to official custody. These records are included in the listing below. Many of the surviving records of the Liverpool Asylum/State Hospital and Home are incomplete and provide brief details about inmates.
Public access to the records of Liverpool State Hospital
All records, including inmate records, created by the Liverpool State Hospital and Home, 1890-1959, are Open to Public Access (OPA). This is an exception to the access direction that closes all patient identifying medical records for 110 years.
For more information about access to records of other asylums for the infirm and destitute and mental hospitals see the Mental Health Facilities Guide and the Infirm / Desitute Asylums Guide.
Format of the records for viewing
Most of the records listed in this guide have been copied. In the listing of main record series:
- photocopied records are shown as COD
- microfilmed records are shown as reels, and
- microfiche records are shown as fiche.
If the records are not copied the item numbers are indicated in square brackets [].
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List of the main record series
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| NRS 4946 |
Registers of admissions and discharges
Indexes to material on Reels 1398-1401 are available electronically in the reading room. See:
The indexes were produced by Liverpool Genealogy Society Inc. |
1859-1959 |
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Registers of inmates
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1873-1913 |
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| NRS 4947 |
Indexes to registers of admissions and discharges
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| NRS 4951 |
Surgeon Superintendent's weekly reports
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| NRS 4952 |
Medical registers
Item list available in reading room. |
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| NRS 4950 |
Registers of admissions to and discharges from hospital wards (administration)
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Item list available in reading room. |
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Admission cards — deaths Item list
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Admission cards — discharges Item list
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Pension cards
Item list available in reading room. |
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Registers of Deceased Inmates
Item list available in reading room. |
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| NRS-4957 |
Death registers
Item list available in reading room. |
1948-1958 |