This register contains details of wages collected by the Queensland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty for the work of female state wards who were hired out to employers. The payments were held by the society, and were payable to each child upon their leaving state care. Information in this register includes name and age…
This series of five indexes contains information about maintenance payments made to carers of children who had been placed out from orphanages and Homes. The carers were often the children’s own parents, relatives, or a foster parent. The indexes include information such as child’s name, name and address of guardian, financial information about maintenance payments,…
This register contains details about adoptions arranged by the Queensland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, on behalf of the State Children Department. The register includes information such as name and address of birth mother, child’s name, child’s date and place of birth, name, occupation, and address of child’s birth father, name and address of…
This register contains details about children under the care of the State who were placed out in employment within the Kilcoy Police District. The register includes information such as the child’s name, employer’s name and address, and the date the child was placed in their employment. Access This series is open and can be accessed…
This series contains correspondence relating to medical issues and treatment of children at the Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infant’s Home. The correspondence within this series includes test results (e.g. optical, hearing, dental, haematology, and radiology), pathology reports, specialist letters, and hospital discharge papers. Access This series is restricted for 100 years in order to protect…
This series contains a notebook recording details of medical appointments for children living at the Akira, Bambra, Coobah, and Dandaloo units of Warilda between May and July 1981. The notebook includes information such as name of child, date and time of appointment, name of nurse, reason for appointment, name of practitioner, and details on future…
This series contains cards recording details about Child Endowment payments made for children living on Palm Island. Information on the cards includes payment recipient’s name, identification number, name of recipient’s spouse, and names and dates of birth of all children under the recipient’s care. Sometimes cards make reference to alternate care arrangements for children. Access…
This series is a list of residents of Palm Island, arranged by first name. Information in the list includes name, religion, ancestry (recorded as “percentage of Aboriginal blood”), date and place of birth, parent’s names, spouses’ name, children’s names and details (e.g. dates of birth). The information is similar to that included in the Palm…
Adoption of Children is a file contained within a series of correspondence about Yarrabah Aboriginal Settlement, created by the various Queensland Government Departments responsible for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs. As well as this file about adoptions, the series also contains correspondence about births, deaths, court cases, and health care at the Yarrabah Settlement….
This register contains details about letters and parcels received by boys at Westbrook Farm Home for Boys. Information in the register includes the date, boy’s name, type of item received (letter, parcel, or telegram), and who sent the item. The back of the register has been used to record information about the issuing of shaving…
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