Date Range

Series date range: 1870 - 1941
Series in custody: 1870 - 1941
Contents in custody: 1870 - 1941

Function / Content

This series comprises volumes recording details of inmates admitted to Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Lying-in Hospital (VA 1275). Information on each inmate in the register is recorded under the following headings: 

- Date of Admission
- Name
- Age
- Religion
- Birth Place
- Former Occupation
- Cause of Admission
- By Whom Recommended
- Discharged - Date and Cause
- Died - Date and Cause
- Locality Received From
- Arrived in the Colony (year)
- Remarks.

How to use the records

There are no indexes to these records. Users would need to have a date period within which to search and then scan the contents of the register for that time period.

Recordkeeping system

The records are arranged alphabetically by family name and date of admission.