Series:
Documents in Cases in Lunacy.
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
01 Jan 1853
End Date:
31 Dec 1961
Creating Agency:
Supreme Court (Registrar's Office) (TA42) | 01 Jan 1824 | 31 Dec 1924 |
Controlling Series:
SC152 Copies of Orders issued in Lunacy. | 16 Aug 1853 | 31 Dec 1958 |
SC493 Register of Cases in Lunacy. | 01 Jan 1934 | 31 Dec 1961 |
SC496 Index to Register of Cases in Lunacy | 27 Feb 1934 | 16 Nov 1961 |
How to Use:
As the files are arranged chronologically, indexes can help to find a person by name. The names of individuals, and which year box their file(s) can be found in, can be seen in:
- SC152 index for the years 1853-1958
- SC496 and SC493 for the years 1934-1961
Series notes:
Includes name of individual whose sanity is in question, names of petitioners who petitioned the Supreme Court, affidavits relating to investigations into the insane person's state of mind and their ability to govern themself and their estate. Also includes court orders and instructions regarding the future managment of the insane person and their estate.
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
System of Arrangement:
Arranged in date order, with separate files for individual people's cases. Note that there may be several files for an individual, each included in a different box alongside cases for other years. Use the index to locate all files.
Items: