The archival collection Sydney City Mission photographs and a drawing includes 130 photographs, a water colour drawing, 65 lantern slides and 13 slides that depict Sydney City Mission activities, including children’s homes. These drawings, photographs and pictures are held by the State Library of New South Wales. Access Conditions People wishing to access these records…
The Collection of the Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands Archives contains records generated by the general administrative body of the Dominican Sisters, the Sisters themselves, and the ministries of the Sisters since 1867. The Archives are located at Strathfield, New South Wales. The records take the form of papers, photographs, slides,…
The Records of Marella Mission Farm consist of records and published material created by the Sky Pilot Fellowship and Marella Mission Farm. They include personal details of children, staff records, and administrative and financial records. Marella’s general administration from 1950-1986 was undertaken by its Secretary-Treasurer, Norma Warwick, who created and managed many of the records…
This is a collection of records of the Dreadnought Association, which was formed in the 1970s by former ‘Dreadnought boys’ (child migrants brought to Australia by the Dreadnought Trust). The records relate to to child migration and to the Government Agricultural Farm at Scheyville. Access Conditions Please contact the State Library of New South Wales…
The Dr Dill Macky Memorial Home for Children records and pictorial material, 1910-1983 is a manuscript collection in the Mitchell Library. It comprises 17 boxes and 14 volumes of textual and pictorial material. Access Conditions Some material in this collection is closed to public access because of confidential and personal information, according to the State…
This collection of records of the Church Missionary Society of New South Wales includes records relevant to the evacuation of Aboriginal children and women from Croker Island in the Northern Territory, and other parts of the NT, in World War I. A Guide to these records is available in the reading room of the Mitchell…
Anglican Deaconess Ministries Ltd was founded in 1891 as the Church of England Deaconess Ministries. Its name changed in the 1980s. Its record collection is limited but it does hold annual reports and some records of children’s homes operated by the Deaconesses, including some photographs. Records include: Deaconess Children’s Home and Domestic Training School annual…
The Canterbury Bankstown City Library Image Collection contains images of the Canterbury Bankstown local government area held by Canterbury Bankstown City Library. The collection is being digitised and is available online as Canterbury Bankstown Remembers and via Trove. The collection includes images of the Protestant Federation Home which contains images of people and buildings at…
The New South Wales Department of Child Welfare (and its predecessor and successor departments) created a wide range of records about state wards. These records contain personal information about former wards of the state, and include case files, ward history cards, foster parent files, registers and indexes of children in certain types of institutions, after-care…
Records held by Nunya Foster Care Agency included foster care case files (1988 onwards) containing information about the placement of children in the foster care program. Children who entered this program were generally placed for three to six months, and were usually returned to their parents. The information in these files included: name and age…
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