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Doomadgee Identification Cards

This series contains 1231 identification cards which record personal details of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who lived at Doomadgee Mission. The cards contain information including person’s identification number, name, “race”, tribal name, date of birth, birthplace, parent’s names, name of spouse, date and place of marriage, and the person’s identifying features (e.g. marks…

Doomadgee Permit Cards

This series contains 353 permit cards which record personal details of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults who lived at Doomadgee Mission. The cards contain information including the person’s name, file number, date and place of birth, sex, property they own, marital status, name of spouse, date and place of marriage, the community or district…

Social History Cards – Mitchell River (Kowanyama) and Normanton

This series contains 197 cards which record personal details of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living at Mitchell River and Normanton. 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…

Card Index to Putative Fathers – Infant Life Protection

This series is an index of fathers of children who have been made State wards. The information in the index includes the father’s name, and the admission/file number for the child. Sometimes the child’s name and date of birth are also included in the entry. If the father was an Allied or US Serviceman, this…

Card Index to Children’s Admissions/Case History – Infant Life Protection

This series consists of an index to children admitted to State care. The index includes information about children including their name, mother’s name, and admission/file number. On the reverse of the cards are brief notes regarding adoptions, transfers, legitimisations, deaths, discharges, and sometimes dates. This index is arranged by the surname of the child. Access…

Applications for the Hire of State Children – Rockhampton

This series contains 1565 files of applications for State wards between the ages of 14 and 18 apprenticed or hired out in the Rockhampton region, generally as domestic or farm workers. The files includes correspondence relating to the application, including information about all children hired out to the applicant, a police report about the suitability…

Foster Mother Files – Rockhampton

This series contains files relating to foster mothers caring for State wards boarded out by the Rockhampton District Office of the State Children’s Department. The files include names of foster mothers and the names of children boarded out with them. Access Conditions Access to these records is restricted for 100 years in order to protect…

Nursing Home Files – Rockhampton

This series contains 181 files relating to people who registered their house as a nursing home for infants and young children in the Rockhampton region. The files in this series include application forms to become a licensed nursing home, certificate of registration, requests for adoption, reports on inspections of the Homes, and correspondence between the…

Adoption Registers

This series consists of 20 registers and indexes recording information about adoptions in Queensland, and can be cross-referenced with further information held in the Adoption Files (Series 1144). The registers are organised in three sections, comprising a list of adopted children, a list of adoptive parents, and the third section containing more details on adoptions…

Adoption Files

This series consists of 126 Adoption Files containing information about adoptions occurring in Queensland. Each file includes the adoption order, and may also include information about the adoptee including birth history and details of birth parents, and information about adoptive parents including character references, medical reports, correspondence, and applications for adoption. The files are arranged…