This is a small collection of microform records about St Augustine’s Orphanage, Geelong, held by the State Library of Victoria. It includes copies of the Admissions and Discharges register dated 1857-1878, which contains the names and brief details about children admitted to and discharged from the orphanage during that period. It also includes copies of…
These 8 Labour ward Books contain details about patients in the Labour and maternity ward at Mersey General Hospital. The books include information such as: time and date of admission, name, age, address, religion, and the times of clinical events during a patient’s admission. Access Conditions These records are open access. For access to these…
Annual Report of the Sydney Female Mission Home is a collection held by the State Library of New South Wales. It is an incomplete collection of the annual reports of the Sydney Female Mission Home dating from 1873 to 1908. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible to any member of the public via…
The contents of this collection are dated 1965 to 1987. Although Birralee closed as a children’s shelter in 1968, the file contains records associated with the administration of the property post the closure. Birralee as a children’s shelter was jointly administered by the then Department of Interior and the New South Wales Welfare Office in…
Children’s Registry, Bendigo Industrial School (1868-1885) is a record created by the Sandhurst Industrial School which was within the grounds of the Bendigo Benevolent Asylum. It contains information about children admitted to the Industrial School, including their names, ID number, date of admission to the school, sex, date of birth, religion, term of commitment (length…
This collection of eight photo albums was assembled by the Wheatbelt Aboriginal Corporation’s Mogumber Heritage Committee with the intention of creating a pictorial archive of the Moore River/Mogumber settlement. The albums include lots of photographs of the children, adult residents, and staff of the Moore River/Mogumber settlement, many of whom are identified by name. The…
Record Books is a series of records created by the School attached to St Giles’ Home, Newstead, which was attended by children at the Home. The books include information such as student details (including medical details), student progress reports, rosters, class newspaper clippings, reports, and publications/booklets. There are 16 books in this series. The first…
These records were created by the ACT Human Rights Commission during its audit of the Quamby Youth Detention Centre in 2005. Records contain a staff list, a Policy and Procedures Manual, a residents’ handbook and Code of Conduct, information for parents and guardians, and residents’ lists. Access Conditions Access to these records are restricted as…
This series contains a variety of items and correspondence files created or received by Queensland State Government departments involved in the administration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs. Many of these records relate to Missions, Settlements, institutions, and children’s Homes that housed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The types of records in this…
This series contains 204 items of correspondence between the Queensland State Government’s Cairns Regional Office and other government departments, private organisations, Aboriginal settlements, and individuals. This series includes three files relating to adoptions and children’s services, and three files relating to the Bush Children’s Health Scheme. Access Conditions Some records in this series are open…
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