The Convent of Mercy Archives hold the records of the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation and records of St Brigid’s Girls Home Ryde and St Michael’s Home, Baulkham Hills.
The Mercy Family Life Centre Waitara was previously known as Our Lady of Mercy Home and was run by the Sisters of Mercy. It was built in a part of the grounds of the old Waitara Orphanage (Our Lady of Mercy) in 1977. In 1994, it was incorporated and became the Mercy Family Centre. Mercy…
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…
St Joseph’s Cowper is a Catholic out-of-home care agency that was established in 1993. It was formerly known as St Joseph’s Cowper Children’s Homes. In 2013 it was known as St Joseph’s Cowper Inc and was a residential and foster care agency for children and young people placed in the care of the Minister by…
The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth are a religious order of women. The order was founded in 1875. The Sisters ran the Holy Family Children’s Home from 1956-1985. (Please note that this order is different to the Sisters of Nazareth who ran children’s institutions in Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland.)
The Congregational Archives of the Sisters of Charity of Australia holds archival records, rare books, and museum objects related to the Sisters of Charity, its members, related persons and organisations. The Archives contains information relating to St Anne’s Orphanage, St Anne’s Children’s Centre, and the Theresian Emergency Centre, in New South Wales. It also holds…
Marist180 provides residential care for children and young people who are unable to live at home with their families. The focus of the not for profit organisation is on assisting families, children & young people at risk. Marist180 also provides residential support to Unaccompanied Humanitarian Minors. The organisation began as Marist Community Services in 1994…
The Archives of the Sisters of Compassion are located in New Zealand. They hold the Admission Register for St Anne’s Home of Compassion, Broken Hill, 1941-1962.
The Order of the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God came to Australia from Ireland in 1947. Its first work was a residential school in New South Wales for boys with learning difficulties called Kendall Grange at Morriset Park, in the Hunter region (1948-2000). The Order also ran children’s homes and family services in…
Centacare, Broken Bay was established in May 1988 following a restructuring of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, which resulted in the creation of the Diocese of Broken Bay. The role of Centacare, Broken Bay was to provide a range of professional community services within the Diocese, including the provision of extended and crisis care programs…
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