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Jones, William Ernest (1867 - 1957)

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Psychiatrist

Born: 11 July 1867 Upper Gornal, Staffordshire, England. Died: 1 May 1957.

William Ernest Jones was appointed Inspector-General of the Insane (1905), later Director of Mental Hygiene, in Victoria and held this office until 1937. He also served on various government inquiries into mental hygiene.

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1905 - 1937 Inspector-General of the insane in Victoria
c. 1914 - c. 1918 War service with the Australian Army Medical Corps
1921 Chair of the commission of inquiry into lunacy in Western Australia
1929 Ran a Federal Government inquiry into the mentally deficient
1933 Advisor to the Tasmanian government on the rebuilding of New Norfolk Asylum
1935 Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
1947 Chaired a government inquiry into the Victorian Health Department

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 12 October 2006

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