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SA Places and Events [Motion Picture]

SA Places and Events [Motion Picture] is a black and white silent cine film taken by Hubert A Gerard available on VHS video. It includes footage taken at Colebrook Home. Access Conditions No restrictions on access. Records The catalogue of the State Library of South Australia contains this description of the film: Family gathering with…

Annual Reports of the Aborigines Protection Board [Aboriginal Affairs Board]

Reports appearing in Parliamentary Papers include summaries of developments at missions, stations and homes where Aboriginal people, under the control of the government, were living. Each report includes a section on the United Aborigines Mission with information about Colebrook Home and Gerard Mission. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts…

Faith Thomas [Photographs]

Faith Thomas [Photographs] is an archival collection at the State Library of South Australia. It comprises 4 albums of photographs compiled by Sisters Hyde and Rutter, former matrons of Colebrook Home, and bequeathed to Faith Thomas. Faith Thomas was born in 1933 in the Nepabunna Mission and later lived in the Colebrook Home and Quorn….

Records of the Aborigines’ Friends’ Association

Records of the Aborigines’ Friends’ Association is an archival series at the State Library of South Australia (Archival number SRG139). It comprises records including correspondence, minutes, reports and financial records. Some of the records relate to missions and institutions, including Point McLeay Mission Station, Colebrook Home and Ooldea Mission. Access Conditions Researchers can have access…

Admission Cards, Colebrook Home

These 55 Admission Cards record details of children admitted to the Colebrook Home. These cards are held by Colebrooke Tji Tji Tjuta. Cards include: (1) Surname, (2) Christian name, (3) Birthday, (4) Birth place, (5) Admission date, (6) Mother’s name, (7) Father’s name, (8) Address, (9) Remarks. Notes on contents – (9) Remarks: include admittances…

Register of Admissions – Salvation Army Probationary School for Boys, Mount Barker

Left hand page contains following headings: (1) Number, (2) Name, (3) Age, (4) Date of birth, (5) Late place of residence, (6) What relatives in the Colony, where Living, Earnings and Occupation. Right hand page includes: (7) Court of committal, (8) Reasons for admission etc. (9) Date of admission, (10) Date of leaving, (11) Where…

Kate Cocks Babies’ Home – Photographs

Kate Cocks Babies’ Home – Photographs is a photo album from 1950 from the Methodist Home for Babies and Unmarried Mothers (which was renamed Kate Cocks Babies’ Home in 1954). There is one small green soft-cover album of photographs donated by a former staff member. Many photographs of babies and children, often labelled with Christian…

Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home Records

Boxes contain various documents relating to diet and meals for girls resident in the home, fundraising and promotional material, Annual reports of various committees connected with the homes and papers relating to the redevelopment and sell off of the homes. The Methodist Church homes were run by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, now known as…

Historical information, Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Historical summaries, booklets, extracts from minutes, correspondence and news clippings related to the life of Kate Cocks and the history of the Babies and Girls Homes. The Methodist Church homes were run by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, now known as Uniting Communities. Records are held at the Uniting Communities. Access Conditions All personal information…

Matron’s reports, Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home

Copies of Matron’s monthly reports. Numbers and details of admissions and discharges. No names given. The Methodist Church homes were run by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission, now known as Uniting Communities. Records are held at the Uniting Communities. Access Conditions All personal information held by Uniting Communities is accessible upon request and is only…