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Registers of Children Released on Probation, Meteor Park Orphanage (later St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol)

The Registers of Children Released on Probation, Series ID 19368, relate to St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol (also known as Meteor Park Orphanage). Details recorded include name and address of person to whom released, name and date of birth of child, when committed and remarks. Access Conditions Access to this register is restricted for 100 years…

Admission Registers, St. Joseph’s Orphanage, Bucasia (Mackay)

These Admission Registers, Series ID 16531, relate to St. Joseph’s Orphanage, Bucasia (Mackay). This register of admissions to St. Joseph’s Orphanage provides the following details of each child:- name, place of birth (if known), date of birth, date admitted, reason for admission, on what terms admitted, date and to whom discharged, reason for discharge, name…

Admission Registers, Meteor Park (later St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol)

The Admission Registers, Series ID 16533, relate to St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol (also known as Meteor Park Orphanage). They provide the following details of each child: Admission number, name, place and date of birth, date of admission, reason for admission, on what terms admitted, date of discharge, to whom discharged, for what purpose discharged (eg….

Registers of Children Hired Out, Meteor Park Orphanage (later St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol)

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….

Case Files, Meteor Park Orphanage, Rockhampton [St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol]

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,…

Diary of discharges, Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls, Toowoomba

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…

General Correspondence Files – Un-numbered, Palm Island Settlement correspondence

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,…

Lazaret Patient Registers

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…

Card Index of Leper Patients at Peel and Fantome Islands

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…

Special Batches [Correspondence Files of the Colonial Secretary’s Office and Health Departments]

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…