This collection includes records of the Social Welfare Department and its predecessor Departments. It also includes some records from later Departments including the Department of Social Welfare and Aboriginal Affairs, and the Department for Community Welfare. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact State Records South Australia. A Research Centre Members card, obtainable…
This private collection of records containing information about St Francis House was assembled by John P McD Smith, whose father Percy McD Smith established St Francis House during 1946-1947. It contains photographs, news clippings, a film titled The Live Heart, a blank application form for St Francis House, and Percy Smith’s memoirs and other writings…
Records related to Church of England Social Welfare Bureau is a collection of records consisting of personal files relating to clients of the Church of England and Anglican Social Welfare Bureaus. This collection includes case registers and index cards which record information about all people assisted by the Bureau. Most children admitted to Anglican homes…
The collection Records related to former Church of England Children’s Homes held at the Anglican Archives dates from the 1860s to 1990. The records were created by the children’s Homes and other residences such as Farr House, St Mary’s Mission of Hope, and relate to children who were placed in them. The types of records…
The Orphan Home Inc collection includes Minute books of committee meetings, Matron’s reports, Admission records, Records book of Orphan Home residents, Letter books, Matron’s gift book, Visitor’s books, Lists of subscribers, Annual reports, Plans for alterations and additions and Financial records. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact the State Library of South…
Records of the Babies’ Home, Walkerville, comprises minute books, inventory book, certificate of title, committee and membership lists, child endowment schedule of admissions and discharges, nursery times, plan of proposed Mothercraft Training Centre, financial records, list of children’s clothes and Annual Report for 1945. Access Conditions For access to many Anglican records held at the…
Records of the Anglican Church’s Poonindie Mission (based around St Matthew’s Church), comprising financial records, records relating to wool sales, monthly pay sheets, reports from the medical officer and school master, annual reports and balance sheets, quarterly native residents’ returns, correspondence and printed reports. Access Conditions For access to many Anglican records held at the…
As Estcourt House, Mareeba Babies’ Hospital and the Queen Victoria Convalescent Home for Children were at various times controlled by the Adelaide Children’s Hospital, it is possible that further records related to these institutions may be held in records of the Hospital. A review of these records has not yet been conducted. Access Conditions For…
The collection Records of Umeewarra Mission, Children’s Home, contains records related to the Umeewarra Mission, Children’s Home 1937-1964. Access Conditions These records are held privately by the Umeewarra Nguraritja – an association of former residents of the Home. To access these records please contact Umeewarra Nguraritja. Access is restricted to former residents of the home….
According to the Archivist, the Salesians of Don Bosco Province Centre Archives holds only limited information regarding the running of St John’s Boys Town, and no personal records of former residents of the Home. The Archivist regrets that he does not know of the location of personal files relating to former residents. Access Conditions The…
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