Please contact the State Records Research Centre:
Postal Address: GPO Box 464, Adelaide SA 5001
Phone: 08 7322 7077
Quote this number to access your records: State Records of South Australia Series ID, GRG27/32
These records are held by State Records of South Australia (1919 - current).
Block plan of Destitute Asylum with notes and reference to photographs of the building. This series is 12 pages long and also include electrostatic copies of pages 1 – 8. There is an electrostatic copy of the block plan of the Destitute Asylum from c.1890 and newspaper cuttings about the demolition of buildings in the 1920’s.
A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records.
Although some very early records relating to children in care in South Australia are open for access, most records relating to children are subject to a 100 year restriction, particularly those which contain personal information about individuals. Written permission must be obtained from the government agency which created the record in order to access restricted material. To obtain permission a Freedom of Information (FOI) request form must be submitted to the relevant government department. State Records staff will be able to assist you with this.