This admission register contains details about children who attended the Purga Aboriginal State School. Information contained in the register includes child’s name, admission number, date of admission, age on admission, place of residence (town name only), parent’s occupation, religious denomination, school grade, date of leaving the school, and date of re-admission where relevant. Access Conditions…
This admission register contains details about children who attended the Hope Vale State School, associated with the Hope Vale Mission. Information contained in the register includes child’s name, admission number, date of admission, date of birth and age on admission, parent’s names, occupations and residence, religious denomination, school grade, date of leaving school, and date…
This register contains details of punishments administered to girls at Karala House. Information in the register includes the name of girl, date of punishment, reason for punishment (referred to as ‘crime’), action taken (type of punishment), and number of days of sentenced punishment. The register also includes newspaper clippings describing instances of punishment at Karrala,…
This series contains 5594 cards recording personal details about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living on Palm Island. The purpose of the Social History Cards was to record details of applications or approvals for social security benefits. The cards often contain information about a person’s family and marital relationships, including information about the person’s…
This series contains 1194 cards recording personal details about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living at Yarrabah. The purpose of the Social History Cards was to record details of applications or approvals for social security benefits. The cards often contain information about a person’s family and marital relationships, including information about the person’s children…
This series contains 615 cards recording personal details about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living at Edward River, Mapoon, Mitchell River, and Normanton. The cards contain information including identification number, name, tribal name, protectorate, year and place of birth, parent’s names and “race”, spouses name and “race”, date and place of marriage, and whether…
This series contains correspondence between the Bamaga Aboriginal Community and the Government departments responsible for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs in Queensland regarding adoptions of children. It includes forms recording details of the child/children to be adopted, the applicants, and the child’s birth parents and grandparents. Some records include requests for extra information about…
This series consists of 114 case books information about patients at Brisbane Asylums and Mental Hospitals, including Woogaroo, Goodna, Brisbane, and Wolston Park Hospitals. The information recorded about patients includes biographical information such as name, sex, age on admission, occupation, address, religion, and place of birth. The case files also contain medical information, including type…
This series contains case files about children born out of wedlock or placed in ‘care’ under the Infant Life Protection Act (1905). The files include records such as notifications of the birth of a child, police reports on children not put up for adoption, rolls for Nursing Homes where children were placed, and, in the…
This series contains cards recording personal details of children living at Doomadgee Mission. The information on the cards includes child’s name, sex, date of birth, parent’s full names, and sometimes the date they entered the institution. If the child died whilst at Doomadgee this may also be recorded on the card. Access Conditions Access to…
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