Hello Polly This would probably have been New Norfolk Insane Asylum - it started taking insane patients in 1833. There are extensive records available - search the Archives Online website under 'Royal Derwent Hospital' (it's later name). Cheers Trudy Dr Trudy Cowley List Administrator TAS Convicts Rootsweb List tcowley@bigpond.net.au AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com -----Original Message----- From: thebasclains [mailto:thebasclains@aapt.net.au] Sent: Wednesday, 22 March 2006 3:07 PM To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TAS-CON] Insane Asylum Hobart 1836 Hi listers! I am researching leah Lazarus who arrived on the Boadicea in 1836, but I am led to believe that shortly after she arrived in the colony she was sent to the insane asylum. Which hospital would this have been and are records of inmates readily available?? Polly ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== Visit the Port Arthur Historic Site website at http://www.portarthur.org.au/ ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx