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/
These records are held by Family Spirit (2018 - current).
Notification of Reception (incomplete) is an archival series relating to St Joseph’s Home for Children, Croydon. It comprises volumes containing carbon copies of Returns of Particulars to be Registered Pursuant to section 34 of the Child Welfare Act 1939, regulation 42 (Child Welfare Department Form 14). The information includes: full name of child; date and place of birth; religion of child; name, marital status, address and occupation of parents; name and address of person from whom child was received into the home; date child was received; particulars of arrangements made by parent for clothing and medical attendance; and amount of monies paid and by whom.
Physical access to the original records is not possible due to their fragility and the need to protect the privacy of others mentioned in the records.
These records were previously in the custody of the Archives of Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph, in New South Wales. The records were subsequently transferred to CatholicCare Bankstown in 2012. In 2018, the records were held by Family Spirit.