The Anglicare Out of Home Care Records comprise records relating to children and young people in foster care and residential care programs run by Anglicare. After a young person has been discharged, Anglicare Out of Home Care Services keeps their records in this collection for 1 to 2 years. Following that period, the records are…
This collection is made up of records created by the Big Brother Movement in managing the Big Brother-Little Brother sponsorship scheme which resulted in over 12,000 youth migrants coming to Australia. The collection includes administrative, financial and governance records of BBM, as well as personal cards and other records about the boys (known as Little…
Records of Red Cross Children’s Homes is a collection held by the Australian Red Cross relating to Homes run by the Junior Red Cross around Australia. Part of the Junior Red Cross’s peacetime programs were funding Children’s Homes for the temporary care of children of Australian servicemen, needing a holiday or to convalesce from an…
The Bartrop family slides relating to the Aborigines Inland Mission, 1909-1930s, 1945-1950, 1971 are held by the Mitchell Library. Ben Bartrop was the secretary of the first Aborigines Inland Mission meeting in 1905. According to the catalogue description, this collection contains: 14 slides, 52 transparencies: and 1 roll of film. Access Conditions Access is by…
This archival collection titled Sydney City Mission records, 1862-1983, including minute books and historical papers, held by the State Library of New South Wales contains records dated from 1862 to 1983 relating to Sydney City Mission. Access Conditions The Sydney City Mission records are held at the State Library of New South Wales. People wishing…
Records of children’s homes and facilities run by Mission Australia are in the control of Mission Australia. Mission Australia may hold some later records of homes that were run by Sydney City Mission. Requests for material should be sent to the General Counsel, Mission Australia.
Records of Dalwood Children’s Home are held by Northern Sydney Local Health Network Medical Records. The records held are Day Books dating from the late 1960’s. There are only minimal, if any, records from before then. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact the North Sydney Local Health Network Medical Records service. People…
Find & Connect web resource staff were advised in January 2014 that the majority of records of the Margaret Reid Hospital for Crippled Children (1937-1981) have been destroyed. However, it appears that staff of Northcott hold some information about former residents of this Home. Access Conditions For access to any surviving records of the Margaret…
The Find & Connect web resource staff have been advised that any surviving records of the New South Wales Society for Crippled Children are likely to be held by Northcott. Access Conditions For access to records of the New South Wales Society for Crippled Children please contact Northcott.
Surry Hills Children’s Court, in Glebe, holds some records of the Bidura Children’s Court and the former Metropolitan Children’s Court. These records were previously held by Bidura Children’s Court until its closure in 2017, when they were transferred to Surry Hills Children’s Court. Surry Hills Children’s Court continues to operate and holds records for the…