Lutheran Children's Home Records

Access
Details
More info

To access these records

Please contact the Archivist at Lutheran Archives:

Postal address: 27 Fourth Street, Bowden SA 5007

Phone: (08) 8340 4009

Email: lutheran.archives@lca.org.au

Website: https://www.lca.org.au/departments/ministry-support/lutheran-archives/

Records Location

These records are held by Lutheran Archives (1838? - current).

Details

The Lutheran Archives in Adelaide holds records relating to the administration of the Lutheran Children’s Home, which was located in Surrey Hills and Kew, Victoria. The collection at Lutheran Archives comprises minutes of meetings of the Committee of Management and the Auxiliary, and some financial records.

Access Conditions

Access to some records in this collection may be restricted to protect the privacy of individuals.

Records

Lutheran Archives, Adelaide holds the following records relating to the Lutheran Children’s Home in Victoria:

Lutheran Children’s Home, Committee of Management, Minutes 1950-1966, 1970-1972
Lutheran Children’s Home, Auxiliary, Minutes 1970-1972
Lutheran Children’s Home, Income and Expenditure 1955-1958

Contact Find & Connect

From

1950
To

1972

Contact Find & Connect

Name (required)(Required)

Email (required)(Required)

How can we help you? (required)(Required)

If you have an enquiry, please select the category related to your query. This category is solely for feedback regarding Find & Connect.

THIS EMAIL DOES NOT GO TO ANY INSTITUTIONS OR RECORD HOLDERS. IT GOES TO FIND & CONNECT.

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.

If you are trying to contact an organisation, try the 'More info' or 'Records' tab

To contact a Forced Adoption Support Service in your state or territory call 1800 21 03 13, or email the support service in your state.

Find information on adoption records.

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.

Unfortunately we cannot assist with your family history research. You may find our Family History page useful.

THIS EMAIL DOES NOT GO TO A HOSPITAL OR INSTITUTION. IT GOES TO FIND & CONNECT. WE DO NOT HOLD ANY RECORDS.

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

If you are trying to contact an organisation, try the 'More info' or 'Records' tab

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.

Unfortunately we cannot assist with your family history research. You may find our Family History page useful.

Where do you live? (required)(Required)

Phone Number

Message (required)(Required)

Save page

Lutheran Children's Home Records

To access these records

Records Location

Details

Access Conditions

Records

Organisations in these records

Related Organisations

Sources

Contact Find & Connect