Innovative ways to fill gaps in records are providing important details to former residents of institutions where records are missing
The Records Access Documentation Grants have made many more records available to people who were in care as children
People who spent time in St Christopher’s Home in Taree as children will now have faster, better access to records.
Records that have been improperly stored are often damaged & difficult to access. MacKillop’s RAD funded project will protect, index & digitise records of more than 2000 children
Where records have been incorrectly described & catalogued, Care Leavers are unable to access information important to them. Anglicare Vic’s RADGrant will rectify this.
UnitingCare Queensland RADGrant will provide more information faster to Care Leavers
CAFS Ballarat RAD funded project will digitise & index records about hundreds of children from Ballarat Orphanage & Children’s Home
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Barnardos RAD funded Card Catalogue Index project will make accessing records easier for Former Child Migrants who traveled here under the Barnardos Immigration Scheme
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Berry Street’s RAD funded Mothercraft Nurses Project will connect children in care in Victoria from 1907-1975 to their history with these nurses
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Good Shepherd’s RAD funded Photo Access Project will improve access to photographic, media and contextual information in their archives
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Nov 15, 2024
May 3, 2024
