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Records of Cundeelee Mission School

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…

Records of Mogumber Agricultural School

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…

Records of Wandering Mission School

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

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…

Records of the Apollo Bay Industrial Farm

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

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

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 records

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.

Deaf Children Australia (DCA) collection

The heritage collection of Deaf Children Australia contains items created and used by the Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution, the Victorian School for Deaf Children, the Victorian College for the Deaf, the Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten for the Deaf, and Deaf Children Australia. The collection dates from the 1860s to 2010, and includes registers of pupils,…

Records of Heathcote Mental Hospital

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Heathcote Mental Hospital. This collection includes records about patients, primarily admission and discharge registers, as well as more general administrative records. The majority of the records within this collection date from the 1970s to the closure of Heathcote in 1994, however…