Hospital Records

Also see Benevolent Asylum Records.

OVERVIEW

The following is a list of historical hospitals and their dates of operation in Melbourne and suburbs:

• Melbourne Hospital (named Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1935) 1848-Present
• Melbourne Lying-In Hospital and Infirmary for Diseases Peculiar to Women and Children (named the Women's Hospital in 1884 and later Royal Women's Hospital in 1956) 1856-Present
• Eye and Ear Hospital (named Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in 1961) 1863-Present
• Children's Hospital (named Royal Children's Hospital in 1953) 1870-Present
• Alfred Hospital, Prahran 1870-Present
• Austin Hospital, Heidelberg (originally treated incurables) 1872-Present
• Melbourne Homoeopathic Hospital (Prince Henry's Hospital in 1934 and amalgamated with the Queen Victoria Medical Centre and Moorabbin Hospital to form the Monash Medical Centre in 1987) 1876-1987
• Melbourne Dental Hospital (named Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne in 1969) 1890-Present
• St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy 1893-Present
• Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Children (later Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital in 1901 it amalgamated with McCulloch House in 1977 to form the Queen Victoria Medical Centre and further amalgamated with Prince Henry's Hospital and Moorabbin Hospital to form the Monash Medical Centre in 1987)) 1896-1987
• Queens Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital, Fairfield (later Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital in 1948) 1904-1996

The following is a list of some historical hospitals and their dates of operation in the rest of Victoria:

• Geelong Infirmary (later Geelong Hospital) 1852-Present
• Portland Hospital 1849-Present
• Warrnambool Hospital 1854-Present
• Belfast (later Port Fairy) Hospital c1856-Present
• Pleasant Creek (later Stawell) Hospital c1864-
• Ararat Hospital c1864-
• Ballarat District Hospital 1856-Present
• Daylesford Hospital c1864-
• Maryborough District Hospital 1855-Present
• Amherst District Hospital 1868-1933
• Castlemaine District Hospital 1855-Present
• Creswick Hospital 1863-Present
• Dunolly District Hospital 1860-Present
• Maldon Hospital c1864-
• Kilmore Hospital c1864-
• Kyneton Hospital 1862-Present
• Inglewood Hospital c1864-
• Sandhurst (later Bendigo) Hospital 1853-Present
• Heathcote Hospital c1864-
• Echuca Hospital 1882-Present
• Swan Hill District Hospital c1864-
• Upper Goulburn District Hospital (or Wood's Point Hospital) 1865-
• Beechworth Hospital 1856-Present
• Gippsland Hospital 1867-Present

RECORDS

The Public Record Office of Victoria has many hospital records, particularly those which have closed. Individual hospitals may have an archives or museum that hold records.

MELBOURNE AND SUBURBS

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA - GENEALOGICAL INDEX OF NAMES

The Genealogical Society of Victoria has indexes and digitised hospital records online in its Genealogical Index of Names (GIN). Hospital records included:

• Melbourne Hospital admissions and discharges register: Feb 1857-Jan 1860
• Melbourne Hospital (surviving ward books and case notes, many ward books have not survived): 1856-1909
• Queen's Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital (later Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital): record of patients 1904-1946

https://www.gsv.org.au/article/our-collection

INTERNET ARCHIVE WAYBACK MACHINE - INDEXES TO DEATHS IN THE MELBOURNE HOSPITAL 1867-1880

This index by Terry Foenander was compiled from lists published in The Argus newspaper. They include name, age at death, native place, ship of arrival and death details. This website is currently not available; this version dated 7 June 2012 has been sourced from from the Internet Archive - Wayback Machine.

http://web.archive.org/web/20120607045302/http://www.tfoenander.com/meldeath.html

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE OF VICTORIA - WOMEN'S HOSPITAL LABOUR WARD CASE BOOK, MIDWIFERY DEPARTMENT 1888-1904 (VPRS 17385)

This is not online.

ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL VICTORIA ARCHIVES - MIDWIFERY RECORD BOOK 1856-1879

Melbourne Lying-In Hospital midwifery record book has been digitised. It included mother's name, age, country of origin, marital condition, date of admission, date of discharge, labour and delivery details.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170311091326/http://www.thewomenshistory.org.au/history/guides/patients/RWHS405.htm

There is an index at OzGenOnline.

http://www.ozgenonline.com/vic_data/royal_womens_hospital/

ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL VICTORIA - BIOGRAPHIES

Biographies of people associated with the hospital.

https://thewomens.r.worldssl.net/images/uploads/general-downloads/about-us/Biographical-Compendium-web.pdf

INTERNET ARCHIVE WAYBACK MACHINE - DEATHS AT THE ALFRED HOSPITAL AND THE MELBOURNE BENEVOLENT ASYLUM (1872 -1879)

These indexes by Terry Foenander were compiled from lists published in The Argus newspaper. They include name, age at death, native place, ship of arrival and death details. This website is currently not available; this version dated 19 September 2012 has been sourced from from the Internet Archive - Wayback Machine.

http://web.archive.org/web/20120919115340/http://www.tfoenander.com/alfredhospindex.htm

GEELONG

FAMILYSEARCH - GEELONG HOSPITAL ADMISSION REGISTERS 1861-1865, 1876-1880, 1912-1917

These have been digitised and can be seen online. Geelong Hospital was known as the Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum until 1923. Original records at the Geelong Historical Centre.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/630584?availability=Family%20History%20Library

FRED WALTER WEBSITE - INDEX TO THE ADMISSION BOOKS OF THE GEELONG INFIRMARY AND BENEVOLENT ASYLUM

http://www.geelonginfirmary.net/

FAMILYSEARCH - GEELONG INFIRMARY AND BENEVOLENT ASYLUM INMATES' REGISTER 1905-1923

Original records at the Geelong Historical Centre.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/630574?availability=Family%20History%20Library

FAMILYSEARCH - GEELONG HOSPITAL DEATH REGISTERS 1852-1925

These have been digitised and can be seen online. Geelong Hospital was known as the Geelong Infirmary and Benevolent Asylum until 1923. The registers include deaths for the Geelong Benevolent Asylum. Original records at the Geelong Historical Centre.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/630584?availability=Family%20History%20Library

GEELONG AND DISTRICT WEBSITE - GEELONG INFIRMARY AND BENEVOLENT ASYLUM LIMITED INDEX

This index is included in the Geelong and District Database at:

http://zades.com.au/gandd/index.php/databases/gddbs

CITY OF GEELONG - INFECTIOUS DISEASES REGISTER 1918-1942

These have been digitised and can be seen online. Original records housed at the Geelong Historical Records Centre.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/552775?availability=Family%20History%20Library

GOLDFIELDS AREA

FAMILYSEARCH - MARYBOROUGH HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS INDEX 1855-1907

This has been digitised and can be seen online. Typescript at the Maryborough Public Library, Maryborough.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/538121?availability=Family%20History%20Library

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA - GENEALOGICAL INDEX OF NAMES

The Genealogical Society of Victoria has indexes and digitised hospital records online in its Genealogical Index of Names (GIN). Hospital records included:

• Amherst Hospital: admissions and discharges Nov 1868-1889
• Ballarat Base Hospital: admissions register (index) 1856-1913
• Castlemaine District Hospital: patient registers (index) 1855-1920, 1862-1868 incomplete
• Creswick Hospital: in-patients register (index) 1863-1883
• Creswick District Hospital: in-patients register 1883-1912
• Dunolly Hospital: admissions register (index) 1860-1900
• Kyneton Hospital: admissions register 1862-1885
• Kyneton Hospital: record of families of patients 1869-1884.
• Maryborough and District Hospital: index to admissions 1855-1907

https://www.gsv.org.au/article/our-collection

FAMILY HISTORY CONNECTIONS - VICTORIAN GOLDFIELDS HOSPITALS ADMISSIONS INDEX

It may be viewed online at the Family History Connections website. For members only.

https://www.familyhistoryconnections.org.au/index.php/resources

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA - BENDIGO HOSPITAL, RECEIVING WARD REGISTER OF PATIENTS 1874-1908

Public Record Office Victoria has digitized the Bendigo Hospital Receiving Ward register of patients; these were patients that had mental health issues:

• Receiving Ward, Bendigo Hospital Register of Patients 1874-1908

http://access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewConsignment&breadcrumbPath=Home/Access%20the%20Collection/Browse%20The%20Collection/Consignment%20Details&entityId=7493&consignment=P0001

NORTHERN VICTORIA

FAMILYSEARCH - ECHUCA DISTRICT HOSPITAL INPATIENT RECORD BOOKS 1882-1931

These have been digitised and can be seen online.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/550421?availability=Family%20History%20Library

NEWSPAPERS

Newspapers may include articles of news where a person has suffered an illness or accident and has been required to be hospitalized. See Newspapers, Magazines and Journals.