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United Aborigines Mission records known to have existed

This page lists all of the United Aborigines Mission (UAM) archival records known to have existed and having once been in the organisation’s custody. Since the beginning of the Find & Connect web resource project, the UAM has disputed the scope and amount of records that have been identified as having once been held by…

United Aborigines Mission, records deposited with State Library of South Australia

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…

Records of the Northcote Trust Fund

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…

Northcote Trust

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…

Child Migrants Trust – Contact Details

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

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

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…

Liverpool Asylum Records, State Archives NSW

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 [Shaftesbury Girls Reformatory, South Head]

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…

Rabbit, Peat and Milson Island Mental Hospital records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by the Peat and Milson Island Mental Hospital, previously known as the Rabbit Island Mental Hospital, or Rabbit Island Hospital for the Insane, 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, medical journals…