Record series
Committee / Board of Management, Minutes and Agenda Papers
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Function / Content
This series comprises the minutes and related agenda papers of the Committee of Management, later the Board of Management of the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) (VA 1048).
The Committee of Management officially changed its name to the Board of Management on 1 July 1972.
The Board of Management is the prime decision-making and policy body of the Royal Melbourne Hospital and is responsible for the overall management of the hospital.
From 1 August 1995 until 30 June 2000 the RMH was governed by the North Western Health Care Network (VA 5262). For Board minutes from this period see VPRS 18941.
From 1 July 2000 the RMH came under control of Melbourne Health (VA 1048). Minutes following this date can be found in this series.
The agenda papers in this series are from the periods of 1906 – 1925, 1990 -1995 and 2000-2019. The location of the agenda papers from prior 1906, and from 1926 – 1989 is unknown.
This series also includes minutes of the committee tasked with the building, procurement and staffing of the hospital prior to its opening in March 1848.
How to use the records
For records created between 1908 and 1982 consult Index to Committee / Board of Management – Minutes and Agenda Papers (VPRS 19223). The series can be otherwise searched or browsed by the date of the meeting.
Recordkeeping system
The minutes created between 1884 and 1996 were arranged using a Single Number System. Earlier volumes contained the minutes for multiple years.
Volumes 1A, 1B, and 1C together are photocopied or photographed copies of the original volume no 1. This volume went missing from the hospital in the 1960s and is now located in the collection of ex-RMH physician Dr Bryan Gandevia at the State Library of New South Wales, Call Number MLMSS 9987.
For records dated August 1995 to June 2000, see the North Western Health Care Network Board Minutes (VPRS 18941).
Records post 2000 are arranged chronologically, with the minutes and agenda papers combined in one file.
There is a Control System of Indices to the minutes dated 1908 - 1982, which can be found in the series Index to Committee / Board of Management – Minutes and Agenda Papers (VPRS 19223).
