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Western Australia - Archival Item
Moss John - visiting Child Welfare Expert (1951 - 1953)
National Archives of Australia
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- 1951
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- 1953
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'Moss John - visiting Child Welfare Expert' is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It documents the arrangements for a 1951-1952 visit to Children's Homes and State child welfare authorities by John Moss CBE, a 'UK Child Expert' who worked for the Home Office in Britain, to assess the conditions in institutions for British child migrants. The file also holds some information from West Australian institutions, supplied for Moss' report. It can be read online.
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'Moss John - visiting Child Welfare Expert' documents the arrangements for a visit to Children's Homes and State child welfare authorities by John Moss CBE, a 'UK Child Expert' who worked for the Home Office in Britain. Moss was inspecting institutions which held British child migrants. He was doing this 'unofficially' while on holiday leave in Australia and New Zealand. Much of this file contains correspondence about John Moss' itinerary and travel arrangements for his January 1952 visit to Western Australia.
Notable information in the file includes:
- Survey questions which were circulated to institutions before Moss' visit (pp.136-137)
- Response to questions by Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra (pp.39-40)
- Response to questions by Anglican (Swan Homes) (pp.41-42)
- Response to questions by Methodist Homes for Children (p.43)
- Response to questions by the Catholic Episcopal Migration and Welfare Association (pp.47-50)
- Key officials for the WA institutions and government (pp.22, 59)
- Minutes of a meeting with representatives of the institutions, Child Welfare Department and Commonwealth Department of Lands and Immigration (pp.44-46)
- Moss' itinerary as at 16 January 1952 (pp.22-23)
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Please contact the National Archives of Australia - Perth Office:
Street Address: 384 Berwick Street, East Victoria Park WA 6101
Postal Address: PO Box 1144, East Victoria Park WA 6981
Phone: (08) 9470 7500
Fax: (08) 9470 7555
We do not currently have any records linked to this organisation, but records may exist.
The Find & Connect Support Service can help people who lived in orphanages and children's institutions look for their records.
CEMWA Response to Moss Questionnaire
Methodist Homes for Children Response to Moss Questionnaire
Anglican Homes Response to Moss Questionnaire
Fairbridge Response to Moss Questionnaire
Enquiry by Mr. John Moss. Points on which information is needed as to provision for the welfare of children emigrating from the United Kingdom to Australia
Minutes of conference of representatives of institutions accommodating migrant children