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Annual Reports of the Babies Hospital Association, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Reports give numbers of children admitted to Mareeba Babies Hospital and details about the kind of work being done there. Some reports include photographs. Date range – 1915-1951 with gaps. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket….

Correspondence, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Most correspondence relates to staff and maintenance. Includes one list of admissions and discharges for 1932 with no names. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket. Readers Tickets are available from the Library. Records, recordings and transcripts…

Minutes of the Babies Hospital Association, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Only volumes 1 and 2 contain entries relating to the establishment of the Mareeba Babies hospital and discussion regarding staffing and equipment. Quantity: 5 volumes. 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…

Minutes of the Babies Hospital House Committee, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Minutes mostly include discussion relating to staffing of hospital and purchase of equipment. Minutes also include matron’s monthly reports with numbers of babies admitted, discharged and deceased. No names given. Some names appear in relation to grants of milk and food to certain babies. Quantity: 4 volumes. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents,…

Australian Red Cross, South Australian Division – Photographs

This collection (SRG 770/40) of over 900 photographs includes some images of the Junior Red Cross Homes. The majority of these photographs have been digitised and can be viewed online. Undigitised can only be viewed at the State Library Reading Room. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at…

Correspondence files (‘AO’ later ‘AD’ files) – Aborigines Office and successor

The Correspondence files of the Aborigines Office and its successors are the major series of correspondence of the state government department responsible for the administration of Aboriginal affairs in the period 1866 through to 1969. The files include letters, memoranda, reports and many other documents. Files relate to individuals, families, Missions, Homes. Policies and many…

Scrapbooks, Junior Red Cross Homes

Scrapbooks of news clippings from South Australian newspapers which may contain clippings related to the Junior Red Cross Home. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket. Readers Tickets are available from the Library. Records, recordings and transcripts…

Scrapbooks, Junior Red Cross Homes

Two scrapbooks which may contain clippings related to the Junior Red Cross Homes. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket. Readers Tickets are available from the Library. Records, recordings and transcripts can only be used in the…

Junior Red Cross Committee minutes

These minute books of the Junior Red Cross Home are foolscap sized notebooks with typed minutes pasted in. They cover the dates 29 October 1925 – 22 March 1929, and 17 May 1929 – 31 July 1935. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of…

Junior Red Cross Home Committee Minutes

This minute book of the Junior Red Cross Home is a repaired notebook with types minutes pasted in. The minute book includes minutes of the Junior Red Cross Home Admission Committee. These minutes give names of children admitted, brief details regarding their situation and decisions made by the committee regarding them. Details are recorded under…