The Registers of Children Hired Out, Series ID 16535, relate to St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol (also known as Meteor Park Orphanage). Each register records details of children hired out to service from the orphanage. Details include: name of employer, address of employer, name of child, age of child, date sent to service and any remarks….
The Case files, Series ID 19362, relate to St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol (also known as Meteor Park Orphanage). They were created to document the history of state children during their stay at the Meteor Park Orphanage. Documents on the file include admission and discharge details, information on parents, contracts for the hiring out of children,…
The Diary of discharges, Series ID 16294, relates to the Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls, Toowoomba. Its entries record details of each girl discharged from the school, including date, number, name and other remarks. Access Conditions This diary has open access and is able to be viewed by any member of the public. Digitised…
The General Correspondence Files contain unnumbered general correspondence files for Palm Island and Fantome Island. The files relate to a range of topics such as quarterly statistics and reports, approvals and permits to reside on Palm Island, certificates of entitlement, general population statistics, hospital admissions and discharges, births, deaths, decesed estates, hygeine, health, employment records,…
This series contains registers with information about the admission, medical treatment, and discharge of patients at Peel Island, Fantome Island, Stradbroke Island and Friday Island Lazarets. It also contains registers kept by the Queensland Department of Health listing deaths at the lazarets. The registers include information such as name, age, sex, nationality, parent’s details, other…
The Card Index of Leper Patients at Peel and Fantome Islands consists of patient cards containing details of the patient’s name and the island on which he/she was situated, date of birth, nationality, marital status, where the patient was admitted from, date admitted, date discharged, relative file references, Savings Bank Account number and the account’s…
This series contains over 3000 correspondence files of the Colonial Secretary’s Office, Home Secretary’s Office, and various Queensland Health Departments. Many of the files from 1935 onwards relate to health matters, however files pre-dating this time relate to a broader range of issues. This series includes files relating to mental hospitals and asylums, lazarettes, Missions…
The Admission Registers relate to the Rockhampton Orphanage, later Rockhampton Receiving Depot. This register of admissions to Rockhampton Orphanage includes the following details for each child: admission number, name of child, place and date of birth, date of admission, reason for admission and on what terms admitted, date and to whom the child was discharged,…
This series contains case files for children admitted to the Rockhampton Receiving Depot and St George’s Orphanage. These files were created to document the history of state children during their stay at the institution. The Case Files include admission and discharge details, information on parents, contracts for the hiring out of children, maintenance details, court…
The Meals Book contains details of and comments on the quality, quantity, and appropriateness of meals offered for breakfast, lunch and dinner each day at the Challinor Centre, Ipswich, for a period of eight months between 1977 and 1978. Access Conditions This book is open access has been digitised by Queensland State Archives. The digitised…