Catholic Children's Homes Registers

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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/

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These records are held by Family Spirit (2018 - current).

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Catholic Children’s Homes Registers is a collection held by Family Spirit comprising original or copies of admission registers of a number of children’s institutions.

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Registers, either as originals or copies, from the following homes are held by Family Spirit:

St Anne’s Liverpool, 1888 – 1987
Mater Dei Orphanage, Narellan, 1910 – 1957
St Brigid’s, Ryde, 1898 – 1965
St Magdalen’s Retreat, Tempe, 1887 – 1947
Good Samaritan Training Centre, Arncliffe, 1947 – 1986
Holy Family Children’s Home, Marayong, 1956 – 1986
St Catherine’s, Brooklyn, 1961 – 1990

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c. 1888
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c. 1990

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Find & Connect was developed to help people who were in out of home care between 1920 and 1990 understand more about their past and about the historical context of child welfare in Australia. We assist people who spent time in an orphanage or children’s home in Australia and their families.

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Find & Connect assists people who spent time in an orphanage or children’s home in Australia.

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If you are searching for a family member and were not in care, or are not a direct family member of a person who was in care, you can try our Finding Family section.

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