Please contact the Privacy Officer at Meli:
Postal address: 33 Mackey Street, North Geelong Victoria 3215
Phone: (03) 5226 8900
Email: feedback@meli.org.au
Website: https://www.meli.org.au/contact-us/accessing-your-information/
These records are held by Meli (2023 - current).
Barwon Association for Youth Support and Accommodation Records date from around 1982 to 2015. The collection includes records about Wahroonga Hostel, Lismore House and other services operated by Barwon Association for Youth Support and Accommodation and its subsequent agency Barwon Youth. The records are held by Meli.
Conditional Access –
Barwon Child, Youth & Family Archive Search Information for Past Clients states:
Barwon Child, Youth & Family is unable to guarantee to have information about all past orphanage clients. Record keeping in times gone by was often scant and some past clients many only have an entry in the admissions books.
If we do have records about you or a member of your family we will process your request as quickly as possible. However, under the Privacy Laws we cannot release information about a third party unless that person gives their written permission or they are deceased. Therefore, we may need to take certain information out of your records before it is provided.