Ballarat Benevolent Society

Consolidated Registers
1860-1925

Registers of Inmates 1860-1915 (missing 1912/13)
Registers of Inmates Lying-In Wards 1892-1922 (missing 1917-1920)
Registers of Inmates Insane Hospital 1910-1928
Registers of Inmates Maternity Wards 1922-1925
Registers of Inmates Old Age Pensioners 1911-1921
Various assorted miscellaneous registers and register summaries

This transcription of the inmate registers of the Ballarat Benevolent Society is an ongoing project by Brett Weinberg.

The inmate registers belong to Ballarat Health Services, who, with Brett, have kindly allowed us to publish the transcripts on the Ballarat Historical Society website.

The transcripts have been re-sorted in alphabetic-surname order.

A template letter for the ordering of a coffin for a deceased inmate.

This is one of a number of templates that needed to be written
as letters to request the grant of an order for burial; preparation of a grave;
advising the relevant church, etc.