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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…

Records of Cases Heard in Children’s Court, Tasmania

Tasmanian Archives holds many series of records of cases heard in children’s courts throughout Tasmania between 1906 and 1986. These files may include the cases of children who became state wards, whose cases often had to go through a court process before a magistrate before becoming state wards. These records are arranged by the individual…

Archives of the Australian Red Cross Society, New South Wales Division, 1914-2014

The Archives of the Australian Red Cross Society, New South Wales Division, 1914-2014, is a collection at the State Library of New South Wales. These records were donated to the State Library in 2014, as part of the centenary of the Australian Red Cross Society’s ‘gift to the nation’, donating its archives and heritage collections…

Records of the Institute of Early Childhood Development Graduates Association

Institute of Early Childhood Development Graduates Association is a collection held by University of Melbourne Archives. It contains records relating to Forest Hill Emergency Kindergarten. Access Conditions This collection is open access. To access these records please contact the University of Melbourne Archives. Records This collection includes records relating to Forest Hill Emergency Kindergarten, such…

Alma Smith and Alva Atkins (nee Smith) papers and photographs relating to missionary work in New South Wales and Western Australia, 1909-2006

Alma Smith and Alva Atkins (nee Smith) papers and photographs relating to missionary work in New South Wales and Western Australia, 1909-2006 is a collection held by the State Library of New South Wales. It contains photographs, slides and textual materials relating to the missionary work of Alma Smith and Alva Atkins, with the United…

Leeper Family Papers

Leeper Family Papers is an archival collection held by University of Melbourne Archives. It contains records relating to pupils at the school at Mount Margaret Mission in Western Australia during the 1930s and 1940s. Access Conditions This collection is open access. Please contact University of Melbourne Archives to access this collection. Records The records in…

Kormilda College collection

Kormilda College is a collection held by the Northern Territory Library. It comprises 291 items relating to the history of Kormilda College (1967-2017), and to the site of the College, dating back to 1950 (when the site was used by QANTAS as an accommodation centre for crew and passengers). The collection came from items in…

Correctional Services records, Northern Territory Government

Correctional Services Records, Northern Territory, include information related to the operation of justice facilities for young people in the Northern Territory. The collection includes some documents pertaining to individuals detained in some of these institutions from the early 1970s onwards. Access Conditions Access to these records is restricted. Prisoners, community-based offenders and juvenile detainees are…

Records held by the Alice Springs Lutheran Archives

The Alice Springs Lutheran Archives collection primarily relates to the history of the Lutheran Mission Block and Lutheran cottages on that site. It includes photographs, oral history recordings, operational documents, church bulletins and lists of residents and their house parents. Access Conditions The majority of records held by the Alice Springs Lutheran Archives are open…