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Northern Territory - Organisation
Fannie Bay Receiving Home (1956 - 1957)
- From
- 1956
- To
- 1957
- Categories
- Government-run, Receiving Home, Children's Home, Home
- Alternative Names
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- Receiving Home, Darwin
- Bayview Receving Home
The Fannie Bay Receiving Home opened in Darwin in 1956. It was the first government run institution specifically established for children placed under the care of the Director of Welfare. Prior to its establishment the majority of these children were placed in interstate institutions. In May 1957, just under one year after it opened, the Home was destroyed by fire. A new Receiving Home was opened in an alternative building in Darwin in July 1957.
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The Receiving Home was a four bedroomed house with accommodation for up to eight children supervised by a matron and an assistant. Children were placed at the Home after they were taken into care but before they had appeared in court. Once officially committed into the care of the Director of Welfare they were generally transferred to other institutions interstate or into foster care.
The fire which occurred on the afternoon of 16 May 1957 caused the death of one of the six children cared for at the Home, a two and a half month old baby girl. An inquest into the death of the baby and the cause of the fire was held in July 1957. Although the Coroner found that the cause of the fire was accidental, he still committed the Matron for trial in the Supreme Court for manslaughter. However, the Attorney General chose not to proceed with the case.
The Fannie Bay Receiving Home was severely damaged by the fire, so the Welfare Branch sought an alternative residence. During this time the remaining five children were cared for in private homes and in the Retta Dixon Home.
The Northern Territory Administration offered the use of a former departmental residence in Mitchell Street and the new Receiving Home Darwin opened on 15 July 1957.
Locations
- 1956 - 1957
- Location - The Fannie Bay Receiving Home was situated corner Gregory and Knight Streets, Fannie Bay, Northern Territory
Timeline
- 1956 - 1957
- Fannie Bay Receiving Home
- 1957 - 1961
- Receiving Home, Darwin
- Series Title
- Fostering files with 'F' prefix, Northern Territory Welfare Branch and successors (1950 - 1999)
- Date Range
- 1950 - 1999
- Reference
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F940
[Government Record Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Northern Territory Archives Service:
Email: ask@lant.nt.gov.au
Darwin Office:
Postal Address: GPO Box 874, Darwin NT 0801
Phone: (08) 8924 7677 or 1800 019 155
Alice Springs Office:
Postal Address: PO Box 8225, Alice Springs NT 0871
Phone: (08) 8951 5669
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Correspondence files relating to the alleviation of distress with "A" prefix, Northern Territory Welfare Branch and successors (1939 - 1966)
- Date Range
- 1939 - 1966
- Reference
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3960
[Northern Territory Archives Service Series ID (NTRS)]
- Contact
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Please contact the Northern Territory Archives Service:
Email: ask@lant.nt.gov.au
Darwin Office:
Postal Address: GPO Box 874, Darwin NT 0801
Phone: (08) 8924 7677 or 1800 019 155
Alice Springs Office:
Postal Address: PO Box 8225, Alice Springs NT 0871
Phone: (08) 8951 5669
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Eileen Heath interviewed by John Bannister in the Bringing them home oral history project (2000)
- Date Range
- 2000 - 2000
- Reference
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686007
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Postal address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
DETAILS
- Item Title
- State Children's Council Receiving Home for State Children (1954 - 1957)
- Date Range
- 1954 - 1957
- Reference
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F1, 1955/1178
[National Archives of Australia Reference Number]
- Contact
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Please contact General Enquiries, National Archives of Australia:
Postal Address: PO Box 4924, Kingston, ACT 2604
Phone: (02) 6212 3600
Email: archives@naa.gov.au
Website: https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/ask-us-about-collection
DETAILS
- Item Title
- Fire at Fannie Bay Receiving Home - Northern Territory (1957 - 1959)
- Date Range
- 1957 - 1959
- Reference
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A452, 1957/1742
[National Archives of Australia Reference Number]
- Contact
-
Please contact General Enquiries, National Archives of Australia:
Postal Address: PO Box 4924, Kingston, ACT 2604
Phone: (02) 6212 3600
Email: archives@naa.gov.au
Website: https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/ask-us-about-collection
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Correspondence files, annual single number series, Northern Territory Administration (1915 - 1978)
- Date Range
- 1915 - 1978
- Reference
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F1
[National Archives of Australia Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact National Archives of Australia - Darwin Office:
Postal Address: PO Box 24, Nightcliff NT 0814
Phone: (08) 8924 7666
Email: archives@naa.gov.au
Website: https://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/northern-territory
DETAILS
- Item Title
- State Children's Council Annual Reports, Northern Territory Administration (1955 - 1959)
- Date Range
- 1955 - 1959
- Reference
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F1, 1956/2168
[National Archives of Australia Reference Number]
- Contact
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Please contact National Archives of Australia - Darwin Office:
Postal Address: PO Box 24, Nightcliff NT 0814
Phone: (08) 8924 7666
Email: archives@naa.gov.au
Website: https://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/northern-territory
DETAILS
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