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).
Adoption Records, c. 1920s-80s [St Anthony’s Croydon] are on cards and contain information about the birth mother, the baby and the adopting parents. The amount and type of information varies from case to case. The cards are housed in two filing cabinet drawers. They may include the following information: name, address, physical description, educational background and family details of the birth mother; the birth mother’s date of admission and discharge; the baby’s date of birth, length and weight; the date the baby was discharged to the adopting parents; and the names, address, physical description and family details of the adopting parents.
Access to information contained in these records is restricted in accordance with the provisions of the NSW Adoption Act 2000.