The Northcote School Act, No. 6700, was passed in 1960 to make it possible for children other than British Child Migrants to be placed at the Northcote Farm School. According to the preamble of the Act: the Northcote School can provide accommodation for at least one hundred children; the English trustees have recently been unable…
The Northcote Trust Fund Act, No. 8678, was passed in 1975 to pass control of the Northcote Farm School to the Victorian Government, and to sell the land on which the Northcote Farm School and transfer ownership to the Victorian Government. According to the preamble of the Act: the English trustees had determined to cease…
A preventorium was an institution to isolate people with tuberculosis from the rest of the population. In Australia, there was the St Joseph’s Preventorium in Western Australia which was for ‘sick and under-nourished children of families in poor circumstances, to permit them to recuperate under ideal conditions’. Click here to see the full Find &…
A Sanatorium was a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with the treatment of tuberculosis. Several institutions existed in Australia where children and young people spent long periods recovering from illness. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
Sending Agency was the name given to the organisation responsible for arranging the migration of children to Australia from the United Kingdom or Malta. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
Temporary Care is a term to describe the short-term, emergency, respite or crisis accommodation of children and young people. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
Therapeutic Residential Care (or TRC) describes placements for children and young people in an environment to help them recover from the effects of trauma from abuse or neglect. In these placements, the child or young person lives with carers with specialised training and accesses specialist therapists. Click here to see the full Find & Connect…
These records were created by the Industrial and Training Schools for Girls in New South Wales, namely Newcastle Industrial School (1867-1871), Biloela Industrial School (1871-1887), Parramatta Girls Industrial School (1887-1912), Parramatta Girls Training Home (1912-1946), Parramatta Girls Training School (1946-1974), and Kamballa (1974-1983). The records contain information about girls admitted to these homes, and cover…
These are records created by Mount Penang Training School for Boys, Gosford, and held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The collection includes case files for boys in detention at Mount Penang, as well as a series of as-yet unprocessed files. Access Conditins Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South Wales,…
This series contains letters sent by the Under Secretary of the Department of Public Instruction relating to the administration of public schools in New South Wales. Some of the letters relate to the state-run orphan schools and reformatories, and relate to the admission of children to these institutions and the apprenticeship of children in the…
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