The St Agnes Babies Home, in Oxley was run by the Queensland Association for the Saving of Infant Life. It opened in 1922 in a large property known as Cliveden. St Agnes Babies Home had previously been known as Duncan Infant’s Home. In 1923, the State Children’s Department refused the Home’s application to be licensed…
In August 1998 in Queensland, the Minister for Families, Youth and Community Care established a Commission of Inquiry to examine whether there had been any abuse, mistreatment or neglect of children in Queensland institutions. This Inquiry is widely known as the Forde Inquiry, in reference to the Chairperson, Leneen Forde. In May 1999, the Committee…
Eugenics was an influential doctrine popular from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Eugenics refers to the philosophy and practice of selective breeding of humans with desirable (or “superior”) hereditary traits. While not discounting the role of environmental factors, it placed considerable emphasis on heredity in shaping an individual’s characteristics. The ideas within eugenics…
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare defines adoption as “The legal process by which a person legally becomes a child of the adoptive parent(s) and legally ceases to be a child of his/her existing parent(s)”. In Australia, each state or territory has its own adoption legislation and its own policies and processes. In…
Closed adoption refers to the practice of sealing an adopted child’s original birth certificate and issuing a new birth certificate when the child was adopted. This new certificate included the name of the child and their adoptive parents. The identity of the adopted child’s original parents was hidden. This practice meant that many people didn’t…
The Anglican Records and Archives Centre (Diocese of Brisbane) has advised that the following records exist in relation to Tufnell Residential and Community Care: List of children in care 1993; Case records 1990s; Advice of movement of children in care 1996-1997; diaries 1990s; and Correspondence 1994-1996. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact…
The Ben White House records are held by Save the Children Fund Queensland and contain some records relating to former residents. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact Save the Children Fund Queensland. Records The publication Missing Pieces (2001) states that Save the Children holds the following records exist in relation to former…
The Beemar Yumba Maud Phillips Memorial Children’s Shelter Records include occupancy reports, with names of children and information forms completed by parents at the time the children entered the home. The records date back to the opening of the shelter in 1985. Access Conditions Conditional access – some information in these records may be restricted…
Carramar Records is an archival collection containing client files, administrative records and operational registers for Carramar Receiving and Assessment Centre, Carramar Children’s Home, Townsville Receiving Depot and Townsville Orphanage. Access Conditions Former residents wishing to access records about their time in care can contact the Right to Information Unit, Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services…
The Admission Registers to Diamantina Orphanage and Diamantina Receiving Depot, Series ID 6867, record details of each child admitted to the Diamantina Orphanage or Receiving Depot. Information recorded in the registers includes name of child, place born, date of birth, date of admission, reason for admission, terms of admission, date of discharge, to whom discharged,…
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