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…
This series is a list of residents of Palm Island, arranged by first name. Information in the list includes name, religion, ancestry (recorded as “percentage of Aboriginal blood”), date and place of birth, parent’s names, spouses’ name, children’s names and details (e.g. dates of birth). The information is similar to that included in the Palm…
Adoption of Children is a file contained within a series of correspondence about Yarrabah Aboriginal Settlement, created by the various Queensland Government Departments responsible for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs. As well as this file about adoptions, the series also contains correspondence about births, deaths, court cases, and health care at the Yarrabah Settlement….
This register contains details about letters and parcels received by boys at Westbrook Farm Home for Boys. Information in the register includes the date, boy’s name, type of item received (letter, parcel, or telegram), and who sent the item. The back of the register has been used to record information about the issuing of shaving…
This series consists of files containing weekly progress reports on individual children at Warilda. The files are arranged chronologically and by residential unit, containing reports for children living in that unit for that time (units include Arika, Bambra, Coobah, Dandaloo, Kora, Lowanna/Ninda, Mia Mia, and Nardu). The reports on children include details about their social,…
This series of files contains details about children at Warilda who were placed in seclusion or confinement in response to “disruptive behaviour”. The files contain information such as the child’s name, date of the incident, reasons for the child’s seclusion/confinement, length of time in seclusion/confinement and how often they were checked on in this time,…
This series contains registers recording details of children admitted to and discharged from Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infant’s Home, and Warilda. The registers contain information including child’s name, date of birth, reference, date admitted, date discharged, religion, if christened, vaccinations received, where/who they were admitted from/by, and where they were discharged to (discharge information is…
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