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Agency No. 660
Agency Title  FREMANTLE ASYLUM
Start Date  1 Jul 1865
End Date  31 Dec 1909
Category  Sub-Department
Creating Legislation  Lunacy Act 1871 (from 2/1/1871 to 31/12/1903); Lunacy Act 1903 (from 1/1/1904).
Agency Description  Care of the mentally ill in Western Australia began officially with the transfer of ten convicts from Fremantle Gaol to a new asylum located in Scots warehouse in Nov 1857. Fremantle Asylum was completed and occupied in July 1865.

The Asylum was administered jointly by the Imperial and Colonial governments until 1886 when all control was transferred to the latter. Fremantle Asylum was no longer used after 1909 when all the patients were transferred to the Claremont Asylum.

 
Preceding Agencies 
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Succeeding Agencies 
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Superior Agencies 
103 COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE ~ 31 Dec 1909   Detail
 
Subordinate Agencies 
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Functions exercised by this agency 
3 HEALTH 1 Jul 1865 ~ 31 Dec 1909   Detail
 
Record series created by this agency 
1344 DAY BOOK - MALE 30 Dec 1899 ~ 31 Dec 1906   Detail
2216 OCCURRENCE BOOKS ~ 1 Jan 1903   Detail
2217 DAILY JOURNALS - MALE -  Detail
2218 DAILY JOURNALS - MEDICAL ~ 31 Aug 1903   Detail
2219 CASE BOOKS ~ 31 Aug 1903   Detail
2220 ATTENDANTS' REPORT BOOKS 1 Jan 1901 ~ 31 Aug 1903   Detail

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