The St Martha’s Industrial Home Records are held by CatholicCare. Until April 2013, these records were held by the Sisters of St Joseph. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact Family Spirit. Physical access to the original records is not possible due to their fragility and the need to protect the privacy of…
Immigration Files is a series of records relating to child migrants who were placed in institutions in New South Wales. They comprise records such as correspondence between Commonwealth departments, relevant charitable institutions and State government departments, including the Immigration Division of the Chief Secretary’s Department, the Department of Tourist Activities and the Treasury. The subjects…
Depositions [Metropolitan Children’s Court] are a record of the daily proceedings in the Metropolitan Children’s Court, mainly related to cases heard in Court No.2 between mid 1937 and the end of 1941. Frequently for the larger courts, agendas of each day’s business and full details of each case brought before the Court are included, while…
Yasmar Children’s Court Depositions [Ashfield Court of Petty Sessions] are a record of the daily proceedings in the Court. Frequently for the larger courts, agendas of each day’s business and full details of each case brought before the Court are included, while for the smaller courts, depositions of proceedings are sometimes interfiled. Access Conditions Access…
The ‘D’ file and the Allied Health Files have been created by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Prior to this they were known as Institutional ‘B’ files, which were created and maintained by the Department of Community Services. The Institutional ‘B’ files related to individuals who were admitted to a detention centre. They recorded: admission…
The ‘D’ files and the Allied Health Files were created and maintained by the Department of Juvenile Justice. The ‘D’ files relate to juveniles who have been admitted to a juvenile justice centre. They record: admission and discharge dates; personal details; casework records; court records; background reports; special incidents and authorised absences. The Allied Health…
Children’s Court information is an index of juveniles who have appeared before the Children’s Court. The following information is provided: name of juvenile; address; birth date; prior and final court appearance; date of court appearance; charge or complaint; and results of hearing. Access Conditions These files are held by the Department of juvenile Jusice. Access…
School Files are a series of records related to the running of schools in New South Wales from 1876 to 1979, including children’s homes with school programs. The records mainly include applications for the establishment of schools, schools’ progress, buildings and school site information, teachers and other miscellaneous records. There are some records related more…
These School records (1881-c.2000) originate from individual schools. They include admission registers, punishment books, examination books, stock books, visitors books, staff meeting records and observation books. Of these records, the admission registers are probably of most relevance to people tracing their origins. They record: name and age of child; religion; date of leaving last school;…
Correspondence And Documents Relating To Committals [Industrial Schools Branch] were extracted from the ‘Sobraon’ Entrance book, 1897-1900, in which they had been inserted. The relevant page numbers are noted in pencil on each letter and document. They are a bundle of documents that includes: letters from parents about their sons who were on the Training…
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