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Melbourne City Mission Records

Melbourne City Mission Records is a collection of historical material and memorabilia relating to the organisation’s history as an out of home ‘care’ provider to children, mothers and its adoption service. The Collection contains a small number of personal records relating to former residents of institutions run by Melbourne City Mission (including Elizabeth Fry Retreat,…

Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria Records

The Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria Records document the activities of the Citizens’ Welfare Service (from 1947 to 1968) and of its predecessor, the Charity Organisation Society (established in 1887 to help coordinate Melbourne’s charitable and welfare organisations. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact University of Melbourne Archives. Some records are restricted….

Glastonbury and Geelong Orphanage Records

The Glastonbury and Geelong Orphanage Records is a collection held at the Geelong Heritage Centre. The records date from around 1855 to 1992. The collection includes records relating to children in care at Glastonbury Child and Family Services and the organisations which preceded it, such as client records, admission records, Superintendent, Matron and visitor reports,…

Melbourne City Mission [Records]

Melbourne City Mission [Records] is a collection held at the University of Melbourne Archives. Most of the records date from 1856 to 1974. The collection relates to the activities of the Mission since 1856, and includes client records, financial records, minutes, annual reports and superintendent files from its institutions for women and children. Access Conditions…

Town and City Mission Records

Town and City Mission Records are held at the Central Highlands Libraries, Ballarat Library. The records date from around 1892 to c.1974 and relate to the Town and City Mission and its activities, and include annual reports, visitor records, minutes of meetings, financial records, photographs and plans. The collection includes records of the Alexandra Babies’…

Records, 1896-1985, [manuscript], Children’s Protection Society (Vic.)

Records, 1896-1985, [manuscript], Children’s Protection Society (Vic.), MS 10384, are held at the State Library of Victoria. The records date from 1896 to 1985. They include children’s case histories for the Central and Barwon regions, financial records, press cuttings and some photographs. Access Conditions Any person wishing to view material must contact the Children’s Protection…

Records of Nyandi Training Centre

The State Records Office of Western Australia (SROWA) holds a collection of records created by Nyandi Training Centre. The records cover the dates 1970 – 1992, from the opening of Nyandi until its initial closure, and as such include records of both girls and boys housed there, as well as those of young people on…

Records of Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, and its predecessor, the Perth Children’s Hospital. The collection includes a number of records relevant to children admitted to the hospital, such as admission and discharge registers, visitors books, operation journals and registers, anaesthetic registers,…

Records of Sunday Island Primary School

The State Records Office of Western Australia (SROWA) holds a collection of records created by Sunday Island Primary School. Sunday Island Primary School was a government run school that took over the education of children on Sunday Island in 1955 following the closure of the United Aborigines Mission school at Sunday Island Mission. The collection…

Records of Forrest River Mission School

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Forrest River Mission School. Children from Forrest River Mission attended this school. The collection includes records about children’s admission to the school, records about punishment of school children, and journals of the head teacher. Access Records in this collection are open…