Archives



Visitors’ Book – Boys’ Reformatory, Magill

The Visitors’ Book – Boys’ Reformatory, Magill, is a single leather bound volume with the title embossed on the front cover. It was used by the Magill Boys Reformatory to record visits from 1933 to 1968 by government committees, members of the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Board, community leaders, and local, interstate and overseas…

Kate Cocks Babies’ Home – Miscellaneous Records

A miscellaneous collection of records from Kate Cocks Babies’ Home held by the State Library of South Australia. It includes a handwritten history of the Home written by Mrs Gladys Taylor, 1 envelope of correspondence from between 1970-1979, 1 envelope of balance sheets from 1964-1976 (also including an official Collector’s Badge) and 3 volumes of…

Indexes to letters received – Destitute Poor Department, Destitute Persons’ Department and Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Department

These indexes to correspondence received by the Destitute Poor Department, Destitute Person’s Department and the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Department are held by State Records of South Australia. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very early records relating…

Block plan of Destitute Asylum with notes and reference to photographs of the building

Block plan of Destitute Asylum with notes and reference to photographs of the building. This series is 12 pages long and also include electrostatic copies of pages 1 – 8. There is an electrostatic copy of the block plan of the Destitute Asylum from c.1890 and newspaper cuttings about the demolition of buildings in the…

Record of patients – Northfield Consumptive Home, later Morris Hospital

This series comprises a volume that records patients admitted to the Northfield Consumptive Home, later the Morris Hospital. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very early records relating to children in care in South Australia are open for access,…

Register of patients – Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, later Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital

This series consists of registers of patients admitted to the Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, later the Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very early records relating to children in care in South…

Kalyra Sanatorium fund – register of admission forms sent to James Brown Memorial Trust [pulmonary tuberculosis]

The Series was held by State Records of South Australia under the title ‘Kalyra sanatorium fund register of patients’ with the reference number MRG50/46. The volume was returned to the Adelaide City Archives. Access Conditions For access to records held by the Adelaide City Archives please contact the Archives Officer. Public access to records less…

Case cards, arranged by subject – Women Police Branch, South Australian Police Department

This series comprises a record of cases attended by the Women Police Branch. Cards are arranged by subject, with contacts listed chronologically on each card. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very early records relating to children in care…

Case cards, alphabetical by surname – Women Police Branch, South Australian Police Department

This series of Case Cards comprises a record of cases dealt with by the Women Police Branch. The date range of the cards runs from 1940 to 1974. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very early records relating to…

Observation Log – Seaforth Home

This series contains the Observation Log of Seaforth Home for 1968 to 1973, which is titled “Wet Bed Book”. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very early records relating to children in care in South Australia are open for…