Archives



Files – Community Welfare (“A” Series), State Records Office of Western Australia

‘Files – Community Welfare (“A” Series) is a very large series of files on administrative matters relating to the welfare of children in out of home care in Western Australia from 1908 to 1990. It contains files created by the Public Charities and State Children’s Department, the State Children’s Department, the Child Welfare Department, the…

Student accounts and wages, Christian Brothers, Western Australia

This Archival Series has 4 Archival Folders from the Christian Brothers which hold registers and other documents relating to financial matters about students. It includes information about child endowment, wages, school fees. These records are primarily about Clontarf students and the records are very incomplete.Sadly because of these gaps information about some students may be…

Religious Registers, Christian Brothers, Western Australia

This series contains records from the Christain Brothers including: registers which record religious ceremonies, participation, membership by students. These records are limited to very specific times and groups of students. There are significant gaps in the three volumes of this collection, and some information about some people may be missing. Access Conditions For access to…

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 For access to these records please contact Heritage and Information Service,…

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 For access to these records please contact Heritage and Information Service, MacKillop Family…

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. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible 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…