Hi, I am looking for information, or where to find it, on female patients at the Beechworth asylum, specifically those who died there during the timeframe 1915-1945 or there abouts, and where they might be buried. Any help would be most appreciated, thanks, janine

Hi Janine The information would be at the PROV. There may be a cut off date for privacy reasons. I don't know how you could access it without visiting. On their website they have digitised some of these records, but they stop at 1912. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-ne-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-ne-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of janine wilson Sent: Sunday, 1 April 2007 8:44 PM To: AUS-VIC-NE@rootsweb.com Subject: [AVNE] female patients at Beecworth Asylum Hi, I am looking for information, or where to find it, on female patients at the Beechworth asylum, specifically those who died there during the timeframe 1915-1945 or there abouts, and where they might be buried. Any help would be most appreciated, thanks, janine

I am pretty sure they would have an inquest record at PROV especially since the woman I am trying to find died in the asylum, but I dont have a name for her which makes it very hard, only an approximate age [mid to late 40's give or take], the fact that she committed suicide [hanging we think] in the asylum, and the timeframe of between the wars. It is going to be an uphill battle trying to find her but worth a try. I know she had a son who died possibly by accidental drowning around the age of 10-12, and her grief from losing him was the reason she was committed by her husband in the first place. I also have a few more details of her life but nothing concrete, and no names, so it will be a matter of gathering what information I can and sorting through it in the hope I can pinpoint her...janine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Crockett" <jcrockett@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-vic-ne@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] female patients at Beecworth Asylum > Hi Janine > > The information would be at the PROV. There may be a cut off date for > privacy reasons. I don't know how you could access it without visiting. > > On their website they have digitised some of these records, but they > stop at 1912. > > Jennifer > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-ne-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-ne-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of janine wilson > Sent: Sunday, 1 April 2007 8:44 PM > To: AUS-VIC-NE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AVNE] female patients at Beecworth Asylum > > Hi, I am looking for information, or where to find it, on female > patients at the Beechworth asylum, specifically those who died there > during the timeframe 1915-1945 or there abouts, and where they might be > buried. > > Any help would be most appreciated, thanks, janine > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.24/741 - Release Date: > 31/03/2007 8:54 PM > >

Hi Janine Have you tried contacting the La Trobe University that now occupies the site as a conference centre? Or I wonder if anything is held by the Department of Human Services as I think they would have been responsible for closing the asylum? regards Dianne