Margaret Scholz papers regarding Peat Island, together with Laila Ellmoos research notes on the history of Peat Island 1928, 1958-2010.

MLMSS 8981

fonds

1928, 1958-2010

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Moving Images, Photographs, Ephemera

999163

0.47 metres of textual material, photographs and 5 DVD recordings (5 boxes) - photocopied typescript, photocopied manuscript,

Peat Island was a large residential centre for people with an intellectual disability located on the lower reaches of the Hawkesbury River, about 50 kilometres north of Sydney. In 1983, it was recommended that the Peat Island facility should be closed, the facility was decommissioned in October 2010.

Margaret Scholtz is a former nurse at Peat Island. Laila Ellmoos is an Australian historian and author.

BOX 1
Folder 1
Photocopies of written manuscript of History of Peat Island, various typed histories of Peat and Milsons Islands

Folder 2
Various typed Histories of Peat Island and Peat and Milson Islands Hospital

Folder 3
Copies of report regarding closure of Peat Island, typed manuscript of the History of Peat Island by Margaret Scholz, Peat Island philosophy role objectives and strategies, Response of 'Save Peat Island' Committee, to Inquiry into health services, Nursing administration achievements 1987-1989, Discussion notes for proposed transfer of developmental services ... community services, Peat Island Hospital site utilisation study, Peat Island staff review 1979, copies of correspondence with Department of Health, photocopies of newscuttings and a eulogy for Charles Edward Smith, 1996.

Folder 4
Photocopies of photographs of Peat Island School, Peats Ferry, Milson Island, Peat Island, unidentified people

Folder 5
4 fliers for the Save Peat Island Committee
Christmas Menu 1988
Various graduation programs for nurses at Peat Island and Stockton
Various correspondence relating to Margaret Scholtz's involvement with the Scouts
Various ephemera relating to Margaret Scholz's nursing career

Folder 6
Class Magzine 2
The Island Weekly 1958
Waratah Magazine 1951-1960 (missing 1953 and 1956; there are 2 copies of 1955)
Staff News 1990, 1992


BOX 2
Folder 1
Newspaper clippings and copies of newspaper clippings, most unreferenced, 1981-1995

Folder 2
Copies of letters to former Peat Island nurse Robert Stanley from various boards and associations regarding qualifications, copies of graduation ceremony programmes, copies of various nursing certificates and qualifications belonging to Robert Stanley,1958-1966. Also includes two letters from Robert Stanley to Laila Ellmoos regarding letters,certificates and a history of his time working at Peat Island, 2009

Folder 3
Miscellanous emphemera relating to mental hospitals, includes various blank forms, 'Supplementary rules for the attendants and nurses .../ Mental Hospitals. New South Wales, 1939', 'Reminders for guidance of members of the outdoor staff - Mental Hospitals Department, 1928', 'Handbook for nursing staff in Mental Hospitals', 'Short notes on the Public Service Act and Regulations, April 1950',

Folder 4
Research material compiled by Laila Ellmoos relating to the history of the Hawkesbury River Region and Peat Island History Project, includes copies of newspaper articles, photographs and ephemera culminating in her book 'Our Island home: a history of Peat Island / [Author and researcher Laila Ellmoos, oral historian Sue Andersen, photographer William Newell]. which is held in the State Reference Library Q994.442/1

Margaret Scholtz's whistle, used while doing rounds at Peat Island


BOX 3
Photographs of Peat Island staff and residents

BOX 4
Photographs of Peat Island facilities

BOX 5
5 DVD recordings of video footage from various ABC and commercial television programmes featuring Peat Island.

Access via appointment - Applies to DVD recordings at MLMSS 8981/Box 5

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