• Archival Series

Case Files, Meteor Park Orphanage, Rockhampton [St Joseph's Home, Neerkol]

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Please contact Queensland State Archives:

Postal Address: PO Box 1397, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109

Phone: (07) 3037 6777

Email: info@archives.qld.gov.au

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Reference Number

Quote this number to access your records: Queensland State Archives Series ID, 19362

Records Location

These records are held by Queensland State Archives.

Details

The Case files, Series ID 19362, relate to St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol (also known as Meteor Park Orphanage). They were created to document the history of state children during their stay at the Meteor Park Orphanage. Documents on the file include admission and discharge details, information on parents, contracts for the hiring out of children, maintenance details, court and police documents, details of wages paid to children hired out to service, banking arrangements and general correspondence. There are 613 case files in this series. Files are titled with the name of the child/children. Information about children from the same family is usually found in the one file, however sometimes there are separate files for siblings.

Access Conditions

Case files over 100 years old are open access and can be viewed by any member of the public by contacting Queensland State Archives. Files less than 100 years old are restricted. For access to open records, or to apply for access to restricted records, please contact Queensland State Archives.

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