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St John Bosco Boys Town, Glenorchy, Tasmania – Governmental assistance toward costs of building operations for accommodation of British child migrants

St John Bosco Boys Town, Glenorchy, Tasmania – Governmental assistance toward costs of building operations for accommodation of British child migrants is an archival item, with contents dating from 1948 to 1953. Access Conditions Open

Clarendon Childrens Home Kingston Tasmania Financial Assistance by C’wealth and Tasmanian Governments: Accommodation for Child and Youth Migrants

Clarendon Childrens Home Kingston Tasmania Financial Assistance by C’wealth and Tasmanian Governments: Accommodation for Child and Youth Migrants dates from 1949 to 1953. Access Conditions Open

M135 Hagley Area Farm School

M135 Hagley Area Farm School contains correspondence between the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department and the School. It includes the names of child migrants. Access Conditions Open Records The correspondence includes: Queries about which boys are still at the School. Individual boys, for instance, about reunification with their parents. Maintenance payments from the Fairbridge…

M82 Mr.J.S. Maslin, Hagley Area School

M82 Mr.J.S. Maslin, Hagley Area School, consists of correspondence between the Principal of Hagley Farm School (JD Maslin) and the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department. It concerns an inquiry that Maslin made about the possibility of bringing child migrants to Tasmania. Access Conditions Open These records have been digitised and are available online

General Correspondence-17-41, Chief Secretary’s Department

General Correspondence-17-41 was created by the Chief Secretary’s Department. It documents a case of physical abuse at Kennerley Boys’ Home. The relevant correspondence is dated 16 March 1923. Access Conditions Open

History of Lachlan Park Hospital (Now Royal Derwent Hospital). By Dr G.M. Crabbe

History of Lachlan Park Hospital (Now Royal Derwent Hospital). By Dr G.M. Crabbe is a history of Lachlan Park Hospital up to 1950. Access Conditions Open

M3793 Fact Finding Mission on Child Migration

M3793 Fact Finding Mission on Child Migration contains the itinerary and correspondence between the Director of the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department and John Moss about the Fact Finding Mission on Child Migration’s visit to Tasmania in 1955 and 1956. It also reports some of the comments made at a meeting with officials in…

M3157 John Moss (Child Welfare Expert of U.K)

M3157 John Moss (Child Welfare Expert of U.K) contains an itinerary and correspondence between the Director of the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department and Moss about his visit to Tasmania in 1951. Access Conditions Open These records have been digitised and are available online.

M133 Legal Guardianship Migrant Children

M133 Legal Guardianship Migrant Children contains correspondence about the guardianship of migrant children between 1945 and 1951. The Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Bureau created the records. Access Conditions Open These records have been digitised and are available online.

M1283 [2] St John Bosco Boys Town

M1283 [2] St John Bosco Boys Town contains correspondence between Boys’ Town and the Social Services Department. The topic of the correspondence includes the extension of the school buildings to make room for British migrant boys, some limited information about the boys who were at Boys’ Town before the migrants, Commonwealth and state payments towards…