The Lutheran Archives, based in Bowden, South Australia, is the official repository of historical material relating to the activities of the Lutheran Church of Australia. The Archives holds records of the present Lutheran Church as well as records of earlier Lutheran synods in Australia. These synods amalgamated to form the present day church. Access Conditions…
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs Department administered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, rights and culture, and multicultural affairs. Until 2012, it was part of the Communities Department. Within the Department, the Community and Personal Histories team helped people to trace their personal and family history, and could help people to…
The Education Department was responsible for administration of preschool to secondary school education. It was established in 1957 and abolished in 2004. The Department ran the Queensland School for the Deaf from 1957-1988. The Department was replaced by the Education and the Arts Department. With the change of name of the Secretary of Public Instruction…
The Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital, situated at Herston, was established in 1967. It was previously known as the Brisbane Women’s Hospital. Lowson House, in Herston, was the psychiatric unit of the Brisbane Women’s Hospital (and later, the Royal Brisbane Hospital). Lowson House opened in the 1930s and closed in the 1980s.
The Labour and Tourism Department was the controlling agency for the Children’s Services Department between 1966 and 1968.
The Queensland School for the Deaf, in Dutton Park, was run by a committee of private citizens until 1918 when the State Government took control. The school was known under various aliases during the years but it is only officially called the Queensland School for the Deaf. It opened 1 February 1883 and closed December…
Mercy Family Services delivers programs for children, young people and families in south-east Queensland, including residential care, foster care and kinship care. It is sponsored by the Brisbane Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy.
Boothville Mothers’ Home, in Windsor, was operated by the Salvation Army. It was established in 1924 as a maternity home for single mothers and their babies. In the 1970s a brick maternity ward was added. Boothville closed in 1994. A 1947 report on Boothville Mothers’ Hospital made by an inspector for the Child Endowment scheme…
The Queensland Association for the Saving of Infant Life was established in 1916 by a group of private citizens in response to the high death rate of infants under one year old. The association ran Corinda Infants’ Home, Duncan’s Infant Home and St Agnes Babies Home.
The Committee of St Mary’s Church of England Home ran the St Mary’s Home, Taringa from 1907 to 1919 and the St Mary’s Home, Toowong from 1919 until it closed in 1991.
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