Please contact Family Spirit Adoption Services:
Postal address: Suite 301, Level 3, 2-14 Meredith Street, Bankstown NSW, 2220
Phone: (02) 8709 9333
Email: adoptions@familyspirit.org
Website: https://www.familyspirit.org/
These records are held by Family Spirit (2018 - current).
The Admission Registers from St Joseph’s Girls’ Home comprise three volumes. The amount and detail of the information recorded in the Admission Registers varies. The first volume (1880-June 1964) records: child’s name; date of birth; date of admission; religion and date of removal. The second volume (April 1959-January 1970) records: child’s name; date of birth; date of admission; last school attended and class enrolled in. The third volume (1971-79) records: child’s name; date of birth; date of admission; name of person or institution seeking admission; last school attended; date of discharge and name of person to whom discharged.
Physical access to the original records is not possible due to their fragility and the need to protect the privacy of others mentioned in the records.
These records were previously in the custody of the Archives of Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph, in New South Wales. The records were subsequently transferred to CatholicCare Bankstown in 2012. In 2018, the records were held by Family Spirit.