Agency:
Launceston General Hospital
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1820
Description:
Established in approximately 1820 as H.M. Colonial Hospital it had a varied existence in its early years, finishing in a former hotel. On 1 July 1854 it was transferred from Imperial to Colonial control as the Cornwall Hospital and Infirmary. Six trustees were appointed and subscriptions collected but the hospital relied on a government subsidy and the reliance increased each year. On 26 January 1863 the Hospital moved into a new building on the present site and the trustees became a Board of Management on 5 May when the present name, Launceston General Hospital, was adopted. The Board of Management was replaced, on 30 June 1871, by a Chief Medical Officer and Board of Visitors. In 1876 the Chief Medical Officer was superseded by a Surgeon Superintendant. In 1878 the government legislated to provide a new Board of Management for the Hospital, which was appointed in January 1879. Further legislation in 1918 replaced the Board, in 1919, with the Launceston Public Hospitals District Board. An amendment to the Act in 1949 reconstituted the Board but had little effect on the Hospital. The Board was reconstituted administratively in 1990, giving further impetus to the integration of community health services with the Hospital's operations. From 1991 the Hospital came under the control of the Northern Regional Health Board, a management experiment that was abandoned in 1997 when Departmental control was reasserted over the Hospital. In 1972 the Gynaecology department was transferred to the Queen Victoria Hospital. When the latter closed in 1995 its staff and services were transferred to a wing of the Launceston General Hospital.
Legislation Creating:
Administrative action (Imperial).
Functions Performed:
Health care
Controlled Agencies:
Evandale Hospital (TA2187) | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1979 |
Controlling Agencies:
Hospitals and Ambulance Services Division (TA1623) | 18 Sep 1998 |
Tasmanian Health Organisation - North (TA2170) | 01 Jul 2012 | 01 Jul 2015 |
Board of Management of the Launceston General Hospital (TA962) | 31 Dec 1878 | 03 Jun 1919 |
Launceston Public Hospitals District Board (TA961) | 29 May 1919 | 01 Jul 1991 |
Department of Health Services (TA23) | 01 Aug 1956 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Northern Regional Health Board (TA969) | 01 Jul 1991 | 01 Jul 1997 |
Department of Community and Health Services (TA1012) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Department of Health and Human Services (TA1543) | 18 Sep 1998 | 31 Jul 2018 |
Tasmanian Health Service (TA2169) | 01 Jul 2015 |
Previous Agencies:
Queen Victoria Hospital (TA460) | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 1995 |
Flinders District Hospital (TA467) | 01 Jan 1942 | 31 Dec 1981 |
Related Agencies:
Launceston Home for Invalids (TA1911) | 31 May 1913 | 10 Mar 1954 |
Sister Jean Marie Rae (Deputy Matron) (NG2935) | 01 Jan 1918 | 01 Feb 1999 |
Tasmanian Society for the Care of Crippled Children (NG3438) | 21 Oct 1935 | 30 Jun 1988 |
St Giles Home (NG3445) | 08 Mar 1939 | 31 Dec 1995 |
St Giles School (TA2139) | 01 Jan 1941 | 31 Dec 1984 |
Cosgrove Park Home for the Aged (TA1912) | 10 Mar 1954 | 31 Jan 1992 |
Board of Inquiry Into Launceston General Hospital (TA275) | 01 Apr 1971 | 31 Dec 1971 |
Series Created By Agency:
AB636 Greeting Cards. | 01 Jan 1820 |
AB614 Register of Board of Management Membership. | 01 Jan 1879 | 31 Dec 1927 |
AB587 Minutes of Meetings of the Board of Management. | 20 Jan 1879 | 14 Jul 1949 |
AB620 Government Monies Cash Book. | 23 Jun 1879 | 12 Apr 1887 |
AB595 Miscellaneous Correspondence. | 01 Jan 1880 | 31 Dec 1934 |
AB641 Photographs. | 01 Jan 1880 | 31 Dec 1980 |
AB640 Plans. | 01 Jan 1881 | 31 Dec 1934 |
AB621 Endowment Account Cash Book. | 02 Feb 1881 | 25 Mar 1887 |
AB600 Inventory of Instruments. | 01 Jan 1882 | 31 Dec 1890 |
AB622 Samaritan Fund Cash Book. | 02 Nov 1885 | 01 Mar 1887 |
AB594 Letterbook of the Board of Management. | 11 Sep 1886 | 30 Aug 1905 |
AB619 Bequests and Donations Fund Cash Book. | 25 Mar 1887 | 30 Jun 1942 |
AB604 Medical Register. | 25 Mar 1889 | 26 Aug 1899 |
AB612 Nurses' Register of Training and Employment | 01 Jan 1891 | 31 Dec 1912 |
AF708 Summary of Maintenance Needs | 01 Jan 1892 | 31 Dec 1896 |
AB626 Children's Cottage Hospital Fund Cash Book. | 20 Aug 1892 | 01 Apr 1915 |
AB628 Nurses' Recreation Fund Cash Book. | 20 Aug 1892 | 31 Mar 1913 |
AB625 Children's Convalescent Home Fund Cash Book. | 22 Dec 1892 | 28 Feb 1915 |
AB602 Letterbook of the Surgeon-Superintendent. | 30 Jan 1893 | 14 Aug 1909 |
AB603 Register of Deaths. | 04 Feb 1896 | 29 Jul 1899 |
AB599 Register of Outdoor Patients. | 11 Jun 1896 | 10 Feb 1915 |
AB631 Visitors' Book. | 02 Jan 1897 | 16 Jun 1932 |
AB601 Register of Operations. | 04 Jan 1897 | 13 Jan 1926 |
AB637 Press Cuttings. | 01 Jan 1898 | 31 Dec 1963 |
AB588 Minutes of Meetings of the Visiting Committee. | 05 Dec 1898 | 10 Apr 1951 |
AB589 Minutes of Meetings of the Finance Committee. | 05 Dec 1898 | 12 May 1919 |
AB630 Honoraries' Attendance Book. | 01 Jan 1900 | 31 Dec 1949 |
AB627 Gibson's Convalescent Home Fund Cash Book. | 28 Feb 1902 | 31 Mar 1915 |
AB623 Samaritan Fund Disbursements [Srd]. | 11 Mar 1903 | 09 Aug 1904 |
AB613 Nurses Training Register. | 23 Mar 1909 | 10 Jan 1963 |
AB632 Nurses' Certificates [Srd]. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1959 |
AB629 Ambulance Fund Cash Book. | 02 Sep 1910 | 28 Feb 1915 |
AB596 Admission Registers | 17 Apr 1912 | 02 Jul 1962 |
AB597 Index to Admissions (1) | 01 Jan 1915 | 31 Dec 1942 |
AB624 Ledger of Various Bequests and Donation Funds. | 01 Jan 1915 | 31 Dec 1950 |
AB606 Book of Operation Settings. | 01 Jan 1920 | 31 Dec 1920 |
AB590 Draft Minutes of Meetings of the Finance Committee. | 10 Aug 1922 | 17 Feb 1925 |
AB591 Minutes of Meetings of the General Committee. | 18 Mar 1924 | 08 Jan 1929 |
AB642 Rules and Regulations. | 01 Jan 1925 | 31 Dec 1925 |
AB598 Monthly Record to Patients under Treatment. | 01 Dec 1925 | 31 Oct 1929 |
AB611 Gatekeeper's Book. | 14 Dec 1927 | 03 Jan 1932 |
AB615 Inwards Day Book. | 01 Feb 1930 | 30 Sep 1936 |
AB638 Press Cuttings relating to the Royal Hobart Hospital. | 01 Jan 1931 | 31 Dec 1937 |
AB789 Correspondence about Buildings. | 01 Jan 1934 | 31 Dec 1966 |
AB634 Evidence before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works Enquiring Into the Launceston Public Hospital. | 01 Jan 1935 | 31 Dec 1935 |
AB605 Weekly Requisition Book. | 04 Jun 1937 | 06 Feb 1950 |
AB607 Report Book - Ward 4. | 15 Nov 1940 | 22 Mar 1941 |
AB635 Material associated with the 1963 Hospital Centenary. | 01 Jan 1943 | 31 Dec 1963 |
AB610 Admission Order Forms [Srd]. | 01 Nov 1945 | 30 Nov 1945 |
AB608 Report Book - Ward a. | 01 Jul 1946 | 12 Aug 1946 |
AB609 Report Book - Ward G. | 16 Jul 1948 | 12 Aug 1948 |
AB592 Minutes of Meetings of the Visiting Staff Committee. | 02 Dec 1948 | 08 Aug 1949 |
AB593 Minutes of Meetings of the Medical Staff Committee. | 11 Sep 1950 | 07 Sep 1953 |
AB644 Photographs of the Cosgrove Park Home for the Aged. | 10 Mar 1954 | 31 Dec 1980 |
AB633 Nurses' Graduation Programmes. | 01 Jan 1962 | 31 Dec 1975 |
AB639 Material associated with the 125Th Anniversary. | 01 Jan 1988 | 31 Dec 1988 |
AG103 Minutes, Agendas and Agenda Papers of the Medical Research and Ethics Committee | 01 Aug 1989 | 10 Nov 1997 |