These are records created by the Male 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, apprenticeship records, correspondence, and the constitution and minutes of meetings of the committee of management. Some…
The United Aborigines Mission (UAM) existed from 1929 to 2020 and it ran a number of missions and children’s Homes in South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales. This entry contains details of records known to have been in the custody of the UAM but the whereabouts of which are unfortunately unknown as at…
United Aborigines Mission, records deposited with State Library of South Australia is an archival collection that came into the custody of the State Library of South Australia in late 2022. It comprises some records from the United Aborigines Mission archives, relating to Homes in South Australia, and the Bomaderry Aboriginal Children’s Home in New South…
The Northcote Trust Fund Records are a collection of records created by the Australian trustees of the Northcote Trust, held by the State Library of Victoria. The Northcote Trust was established in 1936 following a bequest in the will of Lady Alice Northcote. The bequest was used to establish the Northcote Farm School for child…
The Northcote Trust was established in 1936 following a bequest in the will of Lady Alice Northcote, wife of Lord Henry Northcote, third Governor-General of Australia, to assist “poor children of British birth of either sex, and particularly orphans, to migrate from any part of Great Britain…” (Melbourne Leader, 30 March 1935). The bequest was…
Please contact the Child Migrants Trust: Postal Address: 169 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122 Phone: 1800 04 05 09 Website: https://www.childmigrantstrust.com/contact
Papers and photographs of Sister Ruby Hyde is held by the State Library of South Australia. It includes a collection of photographs taken by Hyde when she was Matron at Colebrook Home Access Conditions Please contact the State Library of South Australia about access to these records, as written permission is required. Records This is…
Lantern slides taken by Ruby Hyde are images held by the State Library of South Australia. They are slides taken or collected by Hyde when she was Matron of Colebrook Home. Access Conditions Out of copyright. Many images are available online on the State Library of South Australia website. Five of the slides require special…
These are records created by the Liverpool Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute, later known as Liverpool State Hospital and Home, that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about patients of the institution, and include registers of admissions and discharge/death, patient case files, medical records, staff report books…
Roll of inmates is a record held by Museums of History (State Archives) New South Wales. It contains information about children admitted to the Shaftesbury Reformatory, including name, offence, sentence, date of conviction, court, and ‘disposal of child’ (where the child went on being discharged from the reformatory). Access information These records are open and…
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