The Daly River Mission was established by the Catholic Church on the Daly River in 1955. It operated a Mission School with dormitories for Aboriginal children aged 5 to 17 from 1957. The Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart were placed in charge of the girls and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart…
The Wandering Mission Sacramental Registers comprise a Baptism Register, 1948-1981, and a Confirmation Register, 1950-1973. The information in both registers includes the child’s name, parents’ names, the name of a sponsor and age information. Access Conditions People wishing to access their own baptism or confirmation records between these dates are able to do so by…
The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries was established on 1 July 2017 as an amalgamation of many government departments, including the Department of Local Government and Communities. The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries includes the Aboriginal History Research Unit (AHRU). AHRU “manages restricted access archive requests for files from…
The Child Migrants Oral History Project is an archival collection at the National Library of Australia. It comprises 10 interviews by Rob Willis with former child migrants who spent time in institutions in Western Australia and in New South Wales. Access Conditions Access conditions vary for different interviews. Some are available to be listened to…
‘Photographs relating to Florence Hummerston and her work [picture]’ is a collection of twenty six photographs held by the State Library of Western Australia. Although most of these photographs are not yet available online, they may be in the future. Florence Hummerston was closely associated with Wanslea. Access Conditions Open Records This collection contains 26…
Child Protection and Family Support is part of the Department of Communities, a department of the State Government of Western Australia created on 1 July 2017. Child Protection and Family Support provides the services that were previously delivered by the Department for Child Protection and Family Support. In 2018, Child Protection and Family Support ran…
The Records of the Home of the Good Shepherd Industrial School for Girls, Leederville is an archival collection held by the Good Shepherd Archives in Abbotsford, Victoria. Access Conditions Care leavers (and their families) wanting to find information about their time in care, or access personal files can contact Good Shepherd Archives. All requests for…
Please contact the Kimberley Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation: Postal address: 28 Barker Street, Broome, Western Australia, 6725 Phone: 1800 830 338 (freecall) Email: reception@ksgac.com.au Website: https://www.kimberleystolengeneration.com.au/contact/
Kimberley Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation Collection is composed of client files, mainly created through their Link Up Service, dating from 2001. In some cases, client files contain copies of historical archival material which were collected as part of family history research for members of the Stolen Generations and their descendants. Access Conditions Access to these…
The Kimberley Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation was incorporated in 2001 in Broome, Western Australia. The corporation has carried out activities and projects that acknowledge the experiences of members of the Stolen Generations and help them come to terms with it. The KSGAC Link Up Service also helps Aboriginal people of the Stolen Generations to search…
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