The Post Adoption Resource Centre (PARC) was opened by the Benevolent Society of New South Wales in 1991 following the introduction of the New South Wales Adoption Information Act 1990. PARC provides information, advice, support and counselling to adopted people, birth parents and adoptive parents, and former residents of Scarba House. Initial contact with the…
The Benevolent Society of New South Wales was established on 8 May 1813 and celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2013. It was founded to provide aid to the destitute, needy, sick and vulnerable aged people, women and children. For much of the nineteenth century it was effectively the social welfare arm of the New South…
Barnardos Australia was the new name given to Dr Barnardos in Australia around 1995. Barnardos Australia offers a range of services to children and families across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. These include accommodation, childcare, support programs, and permanency programs for out-of-home care including adoption, adolescent services, kinship care and foster care….
Burnside Archives, located at North Parramatta, is part of UnitingCare Burnside and holds historic records of children’s homes run by Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes for Children, Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children, Burnside Homes and Burnside. For past clients of Burnside, access to files is through the Aftercare Coordinator. Burnside Archives is committed to an open…
Uniting Church Synod Archives NSW/ACT, formerly known as Uniting Church Records and Historical Society, holds records of several children’s Homes run by the Uniting Church in New South Wales and its predecessor denominations, the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches. These Homes include Iandra Methodist Rural Centre, Tahmoor Children’s Home, Heighway House, Westwood and Iandra Lodge.
The Salvation Army Australia, Eastern Territory was one of two autonomous territories of this world-wide Christian Church in Australia. Its international headquarters are in London, England. The Eastern Territory comprised the Salvation Army in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. (South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory made up…
Presbyterian Social Services Child and Family Programme auspiced three medium to long term youth accommodation programs in Sydney. These were Kyle Williams Home at 52 Waratah Street, Blakehurst, New Anchor home at 79 Sutherland Road, Jannali, and Cornerstone at 20 Wrentmore Street, Fairfield. By 2010, all youth accommodation services had closed. By the mid 2010s,…
The Archives of Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart hold the official records of the Congregation dating back to the foundation of the religious order. It no longer holds any records of children’s Homes operated by the Sisters of St Joseph. In 2020, records of children’s Homes are held…
The Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta Congregation are an order of Catholic nuns who were responsible for the administration of St Brigid’s Girls’ Home, Ryde, 1898-1978 and St Michael’s Home, Baulkham Hills, 1902-83. The Sisters of Mercy ran also ran St Michael’s Family Centre, on the site of the old children’s home. In 2012 they announced…
The Sisters of Mercy Archives are located in North Sydney and were established in 1865 at the same time as the North Sydney Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy. These Archives previously held the records of children’s Homes run by the Sisters of Mercy. Photos from St Catherine’s and Waitara Homes are kept at North…
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