‘War Cry’ is a file held by the National Archives of Australia’s Perth office. The file was created by the Postmaster-General’s Department. In the file are three issues of the Salvation Army’s War Cry magazine, dated 30 May, 6 June and 13 June 1942. These are samples of the magazine, submitted so that they could…
‘John Moss C.B.E. U.K. Child Welfare Expert. Visit to Australia. Part II’ is a file held online by the National Archives of Australia. The file has drafts of reports made by Mr John Moss CBE a ‘UK Child Expert’ who worked for the Home Office in Britain. Moss visited Australia and New Zealand and examined…
‘UK fact finding mission 1956 part 2’ is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It contains correspondence and reports about the Ross Fact-Finding Mission, a British Home Office inspection of institutions in Western Australia where child migrants lived. Access Conditions Open. Records ‘UK fact finding mission 1956 part 2’ also holds correspondence…
‘Child Migration – visit by U.K. fact finding mission 1956’ is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. The travel itinerary of the Committee (pages 37-38) shows that they arrived in Canberra on 9 February 1956, visited New South Wales, then Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. They departed for the…
‘Child Migration – General UK fact finding Delegation to visit Australia from 8/2/1956’ is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It includes the Ross Report, which was the report of the British delegation to their government. The Ross Report can be found at pages 25 to 32 of the file, which is…
‘John Moss, CBE – U.K. Child Expert. Visit to Australia. Part I’ is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It documents the arrangements for a visit to Children’s Homes and State child welfare authorities by John Moss CBE, a ‘UK Child Expert’ who worked for the Home Office in Britain. The file…
‘John Moss Report on Child Migration – Implementation of Recommendations’ is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. The file documents the responses from Children’s Homes, State child welfare authorities, sending and receiving agencies to recommendations made by Mr John Moss CBE a ‘UK Child Expert’ who worked for the Home Office in…
‘Interview with Beryl Grant, Matron of Ngala, 1959-1980’ is an oral history held by the State Library of Western Australia. In the interview Beryl discusses Ngala, the development of facilities and the roles of staff and the committees. She also mentions Ngala as a mothercraft training centre, a Day Care Centre and a place where…
This is a collection of records of the Anglican Church in Western Australia that is held in the Battye Library. It contains items from Anglican churches, parishes and institutions around the State. The collection is arranged by location and there is a summary of each of the items in the collection. There may be information…
“Care for Children – Committees (Boarding Out Committee (Perth and District)) – Agendas, Minutes and Working Papers – JULY 1908 to MAY 1935” contains a file called Minutes of the Perth and District Boarding Out Committee. The records in the file are arranged in chronological order, beginning in 1908. Entries contain information such as who…
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