Archives



Log Books – South Australia Youth Remand and Assesment Centre (SAYRAC), and others

These Log Books contain information recorded by staff about the day-to-day occurrences at a number of children’s institutions run by the South Australian Government between 1961 and 1999. A number of different types of log books make up this series including: movement, programme, routine, observation, detention, Centre Duty Officer [CDO], day book, Matron, medical, visitors,…

Agreements and correspondence with doctors for the medical treatment of State Children and wards of the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Department

Typed and/or printed agreements signed by doctors in different districts for them to provide ‘professional attendance to certain Wards of the Department’. Agreements sometimes include an attached list of names of children, their dates of birth and current location. One agreement includes a list of children residing at Seaforth Home as at 1 December 1943….

Personal disposition advice forms – Magill Training Centre

This series includes records about the official handover of young people to the Children’s Courts or the custody of South Australian Police from South Australian Youth Training Centres. There are two sets of records in this series, which include similar information. One set of records, called ‘Personal disposition/property advice records’, are from the McNally Training…

Log books – South Australia Youth Training Centre, South Australian Youth Remand and Assessment Centre, and predecessors

These logs record comments made by officers at the Boys Reformatory Magill, McNally Training Centre, South Australian Youth Training Centre, Vaughan House, South Australian Youth Remand and Assessment Centre, and Magill Training Centre. The logs record happenings during staff shifts- for staff accountability, to record any action taken and for handover from one shift to…

Admission cards – South Australian Youth Training Centre, later Magill Training Centre

This series contains index cards that record information about young people admitted to South Australian Training Centres between 1962 and 1995. State Records of South Australia describes the records as relating to admissions to the Magill Training Centre and The South Australian Youth Training Centre, though the dates of the records suggest that they may…

Corporate files, three-tiered numeric series – Community Welfare Department and successor agencies

This series contains administrative type files created by the various government departments responsible for the running and supervision of children’s homes and other institutions. Although most of the files were created in 1972 or later, they also contain information dating back to 1918. Subjects covered by these files include aboriginal matters, child protection, community development,…

Daily statistics of children in Departmental institutions, Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Department

Daily statistics of children in Departmental Institutions, 1952-1963, is a series of records created by the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Department. It may contain information relating to Glandore Industrial School, Glandore Children’s Home and other Government run institutions. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records…

Daily returns of children in the Industrial Schools, Edwardstown Industrial School

These records provide names of all children admitted to and discharged from the Edwardstown Industrial School, and the total number of boys and girls in the school for each entry date. Arranged chronologically. Access Conditions Access to records in this series is restricted for 100 years in order to protect personal privacy. People mentioned in…

Education – Register of Prosecutions, Education Department

Education – Register of Prosecutions is a register that records details of the prosecutions of parents for the non-attendance at school of children of school age (either through truancy or non-enrolment). In the ‘Remarks’ section it includes notes on committing children to institutions, such as the Edwardstown Industrial School, Glandore Industrial School and Glandore Children’s…

Returns of children in the care of the Department, Social Welfare Department and Predecessors

This register tracks the movements of, and decisions relating to, children under departmental care. It includes information about children at the Seaforth Convalescent Home (1921 – 1946) and Edwardstown Industrial School (1898 – 1950). Access Conditions Access to records in this series is restricted for 100 years in order to protect personal privacy. People mentioned…