This series contains registers recording details of payments made to and by the Townsville Orphanage. Many of the payments made to the orphanage are maintenance payments made by parents for the care of their child. The registers include information such as payment date, payer details (e.g. name), total amount paid, cheque numbers, and other notes….
This register records details of children from the Townsville Orphanage who were boarded out (placed in foster care). The register includes information such as the child’s name, date of admission, circumstances, parent’s names, date of birth, date the child was boarded out, and details of the person the child was boarded with. At the beginning…
These registers contain details of students admitted to the Doomadgee State School, which includes children living in the Doomadgee Mission dormitories. It includes information such as admission number, date of admission, name, age on admission, date of birth, names, occupations, and address of parents, religious denomination, school grade on admission, date of leaving school, and…
This register contains details of wages collected by the Queensland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for the work of female state wards who were hired out to employers. The payments were held by the society, and were payable to each child upon their leaving state care. Information in this register includes name and age…
This series of five indexes contains information about maintenance payments made to carers of children who had been placed out from orphanages and Homes. The carers were often the children’s own parents, relatives, or a foster parent. The indexes include information such as child’s name, name and address of guardian, financial information about maintenance payments,…
This register contains details about adoptions arranged by the Queensland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, on behalf of the State Children Department. The register includes information such as name and address of birth mother, child’s name, child’s date and place of birth, name, occupation, and address of child’s birth father, name and address of…
This register contains details about children under the care of the State who were placed out in employment within the Kilcoy Police District. The register includes information such as the child’s name, employer’s name and address, and the date the child was placed in their employment. Access This series is open and can be accessed…
This series contains correspondence relating to medical issues and treatment of children at the Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infant’s Home. The correspondence within this series includes test results (e.g. optical, hearing, dental, haematology, and radiology), pathology reports, specialist letters, and hospital discharge papers. Access This series is restricted for 100 years in order to protect…
This series contains a notebook recording details of medical appointments for children living at the Akira, Bambra, Coobah, and Dandaloo units of Warilda between May and July 1981. The notebook includes information such as name of child, date and time of appointment, name of nurse, reason for appointment, name of practitioner, and details on future…
This series contains cards recording details about Child Endowment payments made for children living on Palm Island. Information on the cards includes payment recipient’s name, identification number, name of recipient’s spouse, and names and dates of birth of all children under the recipient’s care. Sometimes cards make reference to alternate care arrangements for children. Access…
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