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Hay Institution for Girls Admission and Discharge registers, State Archives NSW

These admission and discharge registers were created by the Hay Institution for Girls, and are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The registers contain summary details about girls at Hay, as well as statistics on the number of girls at the institution in a give period of time. Access Conditions Access to these…

Record Cards of Aboriginal Children

Record Cards of Aboriginal Children is a series of records held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The cards were created by the Aborigines Welfare Board about Aboriginal children in New South Wales. There are two types of card in this series – the Aboriginal Child Record Card, and the Aborigines’ Record Card –…

Thornbury Lodge records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by Thornbury Lodge and held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children that spent time at Thornbury Lodge, and include admission and discharge registers, medical registers, child welfare cards, report books, and visitor books. The majority of these records date from the 1970s, however there…

Metropolitan Girls’ Shelter records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by the Metropolitan Girls’ Shelter, Glebe, and held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children that spent time at the Shelter, and include admission and discharge registers and medical history cards. Access conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South Wales, records…

Brush Farm Home records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by Brush Farm Home, Brush Farm Infants’ Home, and Brush Farm Special School, that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children that spent time at the Home, and include admission and discharge registers, school admission registers, immunization records, medical officer reports, and records…

Swinburne House

Swinburne House was opened by the Victorian Children’s Aid Society around 1968 in Black Rock. The Victorian Children’s Aid Society Home had previously been located in Parkville, at a property they sold in 1966. In 1968, Swinburne House accommodated 34 children, aged between 3 and 18 years and was also the headquarters of the Society….

May Villa records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by May Villa and the May Villa Community Care School that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children that lived at May Villa, and include admission and discharge registers, punishment registers, medical records, information about foster parents, financial records, and a school diary….

Anglewood/ Burradoo Truant School records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by Anglewood, also known as Burradoo Truant School, and held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children that spent time at the school, and include admission registers, a punishment register, and case files. Access Conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South…

Royleston records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by Royleston Receiving Home, Glebe, that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children living at the Home, and include admission and discharge registers, medical records, visitor books, punishment books, court cards, and photographs. Access Conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In…

Female Orphan School records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by the Female Orphan School that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children living at the School, and include registers of admission, applications for admission and discharge, and the constitution and minutes of meetings of the committee of management. Some of these records…