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…
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…
The State Records Office of Western Australia (SROWA) holds a collection of records created by Cundeelee Mission School. Children from Cundeelee Mission attended this school. The collection includes records about children’s admission to and attendance at school, journals of the head teacher, and reports of the district superintendent’s inspections of the school. Access Some records…
The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Mogumber Agricultural School/Mogumber Mission Farm School. Children from Mogumber Mission attended this school. This collection includes records of children’s admission to and attendance at the school, reports about the school, journals recording school events and activities, and farm work diaries. Access…
The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Wandering Mission School. Children from Wandering 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 access. For…
Seaforth Boys’ Home (Gosnells, W.A.) Photographs is a collection of images from 1926 to 1932 held by the State Library of Western Australia. The collection includes photos of boys and buildings at Seaforth Salvation Army Boys’ Homes, Gosnells; Seaforth Salvation Army Boys’ Reformatory; and one likely of Seaforth Salvation Army Girls’ Home. The images also…
The Records of the Apollo Bay Industrial Farm (Heathfield Homes Reformatory for Protestant Boys) are held by the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne Archives. They comprise a ledger from 1914-1915 containing the names of 26 boys who lived at the farm; two diaries of daily activities from 1907 and 1915; letterbooks and minutes of meetings from…
Records of Church of England Boys’ Society Farms are held by the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne Archives. These records relate to the management of farm institutions run by the Church of England Boys’ Society (Cebs) in Victoria: the Cebs Training Farm located at Lysterfield and later Yering; and Burton Hall Training Farm at Tatura. Access…
Records of Victorian Adoptions is a collection held by the Department of Justice and Community Safety. The collection comprises records created by Victorian government departments and agencies involved in adoption. It also includes the records of former adoption agencies that were run by religious and charitable organisations. Access Conditions Access to records in this collection…
Caretakers Cottage has a historical archive, and publishes some records from this collection on its website. The Find & Connect web resource has no information about what records are held about former residents and clients of Caretakers Cottage.
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