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Weroona: Punishment book

This book records punishments delivered to children at Weroona. Although no details about this book have yet been published by State Archives NSW, it is likely to contain the name of the child being punished, the reason they are being punished, the type of punishment delivered, and the date it was delivered. Access Conditions Access…

Photographs of Indigenous people, c.1930-50 (Provenance uncertain – probably from Bomaderry Children’s Home)

This is a series of photographs held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). It’s provenance is not yet certain, however it is believed to show people at Bomaderry Children’s Home. Access Conditions Access to these photographs is restricted to protect the privacy of the individuals depicted in them. Persons wishing to view these records…

Uniting Photographs Collection [Methodist and Presbyterian Babies’ Homes]

Uniting Photographs Collection [Methodist and Presbyterian Babies’ Homes] is a collection of around 6,000 photographs, donated to Uniting by former mothercraft trainees who worked at the Methodist and Presbyterian Babies’ Homes. The photographs are of named babies and young children. The majority of the images are from the 1960s and 1970s. Access Conditions Access is…

Mornington Island Mission

The Mornington Island Mission was established by the Presbyterian Church in 1914. The island is located in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Children on the Mornington Island Mission lived in dormitories, nearly totally isolated from their families. The children’s dormitories closed around the late 1960s. Mornington Island was self-managed from 1978, when the Mornington Island Shire…

Baptist Mission Australia

Baptist Mission Australia is the new name of Global Interaction, formerly the Australian Baptist Mission Society. Baptist Mission Australia holds records of Baptist missionary activity in Australia.

Northcote Children’s Home Act 1976, Victoria

The Northcote Children’s Home Act, no 8921, was passed in 1976 following the passing of the Northcote Trust Fund Act in 1975. Its primary purpose was to designate current employees of the Northcote Farm School as public servants and so that their employment continued as the Victorian Government took over the running of the Home….

Worimi Detention Centre, Broadmeadow Institutional files ([I] “B” files)

This series contains Institutional case files (“B” files) for children who spent time at Worimi Shelter. Departmental Institutional “B” files for children in out-of-home care and youth justice systems vary from person to person, but often contain records such as reports on children, court orders, correspondence about the child, and details about the child, their…

Ormond Regional Youth Centre, Thornleigh: Institutional files ([I] “B” files)

This series contains Institutional case files (“B” files) for children who spent time at the Ormond School and Ormond Regional Youth Centre at Thornleigh. Departmental Institutional “B” files for children in out-of-home care and youth justice systems vary from person to person, but often contain records such as reports on children, court orders, correspondence about…

Metropolitan Boys’ Shelter, Albion Street, Sydney. Institutional files ([I] “B”files)

This series contains Institutional case files (“B” files) for children who spent time at the Metropolitan Boys’ Shelter. Departmental Institutional “B” files for children in out-of-home care and youth justice systems vary from person to person, but often contain records such as reports on children, court orders, correspondence about the child, and details about the…

Daruk, Windsor: Institutional files ( [I] “B” files)

This series contains Institutional case files (“B” files) for children who spent time at Daruk, Windsor. Departmental Institutional “B” files for children in out-of-home care and youth justice systems vary from person to person, but often contain records such as reports on children, court orders, correspondence about the child, and details about the child, their…