Archives



Student Academic Reports, Christian Brothers, Western Australia

This Archival Series contains individual student academic reports from the Christian Brothers schools in Clontarf and Bindoon. Held in 108 Archival Folders. Please note, sadly records are sometimes missing from Series like this one that cover such a wide period of time. Access Conditions People (and their relations) who spent time in ‘care’ with the…

Admission Registers

Admission Registers is an archival series comprising scanned copies of the admission registers from these institutions: Bindoon, Castledare, Clontarf and Tardun, run by the Christian Brothers in WA. This Archival Series is made up of 15 PDFs of scanned registers. Access Conditions To protect the privacy of individuals proof of identity and relationship to the…

Institutions Photo Album Heritage Project, Christian Brothers, Western Australia

The Christian Brothers Former Resident and Student Photographs series includes Photo albums containing photographs of boys at the four institutions – Clontarf, Castledare, Bindoon and Tardun. Many students have been identified in these albums. There is a group of photos called “Departure” which contain groups of child migrants from Malta and the UK before departure….

Papers, 1948-1997 [manuscript] [Cosgrove]

‘Papers, 1948-1997’ is a series of items donated by Oliver Cosgrove to the State Library of Western Australia in 1998. Oliver Cosgrove was sent as a child migrant to Western Australia as one of many children in the post-war Catholic migration scheme. The items are described in more detail in a manuscript note. Access Conditions…

Files – Child Welfare, State Records Office of Western Australia

‘Files – Child Welfare’ is a large series of files on administrative matters relating to the welfare of children in out of home care in Western Australia from 1917 to 1972. It contains files created by the State Children’s Department and the Child Welfare Department. Many records in this series directly relate to the administration…

School Journals [Burnbrae Glen School]

School Journals are the Head Teacher’s record of events and activities at Burnbrae Glen School. Children who were in ‘care’ at Burnbrae Presbyterian Children’s Home mostly went to the local school, so these journals may give useful information about memorable events in their daily life. The Education Department of Western Australia issued journals to the…

Richard S. Haynes & Co Adoption Files [Mr Bryant’s client files]

Richard S. Haynes & Co Adoption Files [Mr Bryant’s client files] are a series of records that include the client files of adoption lawyer, Mr Bryant, from the firm Richard S. Haynes & Co. Richard S. Haynes & Co was a firm of lawyers in Western Australia who were involved in many adoptions from the…

Ngala Adoption Records

Ngala was involved in adoptions from the time that it opened in 1959 until 1980. Any records about adoption are protected by the requirements of the Adoption Act 1994 (WA) and are released via Child Protection and Family Support (CPFS). So, when Ngala stopped its adoption program, they gave the Department records that still existed…

Department of Native Welfare [and predecessors], Client Files

The Department of Native Welfare (and predecessors) Client Files comprise ‘case records’ about children and families who had come into contact with the Department between 1921 and 1969, when it was responsible for the ‘care and protection’ of indigenous children. The records include information about births and deaths, as well as about marriages, which had…

Family Information Research System

Family Information Research System [FIRS] for the Department for Child Protection and Family Support and its predecessors is an electronic database designed specifically to hold records that are important for Aboriginal people in WA who are members of the Stolen Generations. FIRS contains indexes to government, non-government and community records. Access Conditions Access to these…