Tag: James Fletcher

Videocast – Constructing a Culture of Government Care in Australia 1801–2012

October 16, 2019

(This post has been transferred from ‘Newcastle Government Domain’ WordPress site- originally posted 11 September 2012) “‘Here is an Asylum open…’ Constructing a Culture of Government Care in Australia 1801–2012” by Ann Hardy PhD candidate in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Presented on the 7th September as part of the 2012 History Seminar … More Videocast – Constructing a Culture of Government Care in Australia 1801–2012

Thesis sheds national spotlight on history of former James Fletcher Hospital Site

July 31, 2014

Dr Ann Hardy’s thesis  “. . . here is an Asylum open . . .” Constructing a Culture of Government Care in Australia 1801 – 2014″ on the national significance of the former James Fletcher Hospital site is now available free of charge on the University’s NOVA database. It explores the earliest permanent settlement at … More Thesis sheds national spotlight on history of former James Fletcher Hospital Site