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Quote this number to access your records: National Archives of Australia Reference Number, A446, 1956/67274
These records are held by National Archives of Australia (1998 - current).
The file Child Migration – Methodist Children’s Home, mainly contains correspondence between the Methodist Children’s Homes, the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Department and the Commonwealth Department of Immigration.
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The letters relate to applications by the Homes for providing care for Child Migrants and correspondence about subsidies and other funding. The file includes reports on the facilities at the Homes and policies in relation to care and aftercare of children. Some documents include the names of Child Migrants, dates of birth and details of their arrival in South Australia.
This file also contains references to the St Vincent De Paul Orphanage at Goodwood which also accepted migrant children.
This page was written by Karen George and Gary George, last updated 17 December 2019.
