Archives



Admission and Discharge Register of Wards [Bayswater Boys’ Homes]

Admission and Discharge Register of Wards is an archival series held by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. At some point following the closure of Bayswater Boys’ Homes this volume was transferred to the Victorian government. Access Conditions Restricted Access – Records containing personal or private information about children are closed to public access…

Labour Ward Case Books and Registers [The Haven]

Labour Ward Case Books and Registers is an archival series held by the Department of Health and Human Services. These records were transferred from the Salvation Army to the Victorian government at some point following the closure of The Haven. Access Conditions Open Access – Records older than 99 years are open and digitised copies…

Admission and Discharge Day Books [The Haven]

Admission and Discharge Day Books (1907-1975) is an archival series held by the Department of Health and Human Services. These records were transferred from the Salvation Army to the Victorian government at some point following the closure of The Haven in 1975. Access Conditions Open Access – Records older than 99 years are open and…

Departmental Children’s Homes Files

Departmental Children’s Homes Files is an archival series held by the Public Record Office of Victoria, and is identified by the series number VPRS 18072/P0001. The records in this series date from 1955 to 1987, and were created by interactions between the various Victorian government departments responsible for child welfare and departmental children’s Homes. The…

Welfare Photographs and Publications

Welfare Photographs and Publications is a series comprising photographs published by the British and Victorian state governments about social welfare activities and institutions. The records include photographs a number of Victorian children’s Homes. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible to any member of the public. For access to these records please contact the…

Voluntary Children’s Homes Files

Voluntary Children’s Homes Files is an archival series with contents dating from 1921 to 1989. It has the Public Record Office Victoria series number of VPRS 18069/P0001. The records in this series were created by the interactions between the Victorian government and Homes in Victoria run by charitable and religious organisations. The Voluntary Children’s Homes…

Client Case Records, Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria

Client Case Records [Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria, Reference Number 2013.0114] is an archival series held at the University of Melbourne Archives. The series comprises the case records, compiled by social workers, of clients of the Citizens Welfare Service. Each client is an individual or a couple and the files document the clients’ interaction with…

Client Records, Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria/ Charity Organisation Society of Melbourne

Client Records is an archival series held at the University of Melbourne Archives. The series comprises various records created in the course of interactions between ‘clients’ and social workers of the Charity Organisation Society of Melbourne and its successor, the Citizens Welfare Society of Victoria. Access Conditions Access to these records is restricted. Restricted records…

Orana Images Collection

Orana Images Collection is an extensive collection of records, comprising the photographic collection of the Methodist Homes for Children and its successor agencies Orana – the Peace Memorial Homes for Children, the Methodist Department of Child Care, Orana Family Services and UnitingCare Orana. Access Conditions The Heritage Coordinator, Uniting Heritage Service welcomes requests from care…

General Correspondence Files

General Correspondence Files (given the series number VPRS 6345 by Public Record Office Victoria) includes records created by the Mental Health Authority (1962 – 1978) and the Mental Hygiene Branch (1944 – 1959). Some files relate to institutions including Moorakyne Hostel, Travancore, Pleasant Creek and Janefield. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible by…