Hi Anne, Carmel, Susan and Evanie, Thanks all very much for your replies about Ararat Asylum. I have already accessed the Asylum's Admission Records from PROV online, where I've discovered my ggrandfather's listings. It's his Medical Records that I'd like to try and get. A Lister told me ages ago that Medical Records are kept 'forever' under FOI. So, I've looked at the government's FOI site and haven't found anything yet. You usually obtain medical records from the original place where you received the medical treatment. That's why I suspect I won't find anything about them on the government's FOI site. Also, because these records are so old and the asylum isn't running any more, they would probably and hopefully be deposited at PROV in the archives. Which leads me to the problem I have with the PROV website, that is I find it really difficult to navigate around it...! I'll persist and figure it out one day, provided they don't change it around again... It was also suggested that a visit to J Ward is an enlightening experience and I do hope to visit it one day. I did a field trip 'down memory lane' earlier this year (to Raglan, Beaufort, Skipton, Ballarat, Snake Valley etc) and could have squeezed in a visit to Ararat, but I spent all of my weekend traipsing around the cemeteries, looking for headstones and taking photos and was exhausted by Sunday lunch time! Thanks again - this is a fantastic list as usual. Regards Teresa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carmel M Reynen" <fcfibre1@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 5:08 PM Subject: Re: Ararat Asylum > These records would be available through the PROV. not sure on the > legalities of time so only up to a certain date may be available. There is a > list of inmates, patients on the web site. > Carmel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Patterson" <aapatterson@bigpond.com> > To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 9:03 AM > Subject: Re: Ararat Asylum > > > > Crikey ! It was so long ago. > > I got the information through using Freedom of Information papers but I > > can't rmember how I got them ! > > Perhaps check the Post Office or the government section of the phone book > > for your area. > > I think that when wanting information about war records from the War > > Memorial in Canberra the papers were faxed to me. > > Perhaps the first step would be to write to the mental health authority in > > Ararat and ask how to go about it> > > I'm sorry the grey cells are fewer than before... > > Oh by the way: a few years ago the gaol was open to the public and it was > > quite sad to see the conditons under which so many people had had to be > > restrained.Someone in Ararat will be able to tell us if it is still open > > to > > the public. > > > > Susan > > ----- > > > >> Hi Susan > >> > >> Would you tell us how to get the records please? Who and where do I > >> write > >> to? What is required? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Teresa > >> > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > > Victorian place names database > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~auswgw/vic_place_names.htm > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Threaded archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/aus-vic-goldfields > >