Child Migrants: Accessing records held by Commonwealth and State Archives

Publication Resource Details

Author
Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities (CAARA)
Publication Date
March 2010
Publisher
CAARA
URL
http://www.caara.org.au/index.php/publications/child-migrants-accessing-records-held-by-commonwealth-and-state-archives
Description
This resource is a guide to help child migrants and their families access records that may relate to their experiences.

Related Information

Applications by youths for assisted passage as boy migrants - Big Brother Scheme (1927 - 1929)
Applications by youths for assisted passage as farm apprentices - Barwell Boys Scheme (1922 - 1924)
Applications for assisted passage by farm youths, agricultural workers and agricultural settlers (1921 - 1930)
Case Files of the Child Welfare Division (1939 - 1972)
Child Migration (1800s - 1970s)
Child Migration Files (1947? - 1971?)
Children's Overseas Reception Board Files (1940 - 1946)
Commonwealth Child and Youth Migration Records (1901 - 1983)
Depots, Homes And Hostel Files [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services] (1970 - 1973)
Files Concerning The Arrival Of Immigrant Children Sponsored By The Big Brother Scheme [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services, NSW] (1965 - 1973)
Immigrant Children's Files [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services, NSW] (1947 - 1976)
Immigrant Children's Index [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services, NSW] (1940? - 1960?)
Immigration Files [Child and Youth Migrants, NSW] (1946 - 1974)
Immigration Nomination (Minor 'E') Files [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services] (1962 - 1976)
Master Index to Case Files (1920 - 1989)
Migrant Files (1945 - 1982)
Miscellaneous Correspondence Files Relating To Immigrant Children [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services, NSW] (1971 - 1974)
Overseas Childrens Reception Committee - Correspondence Concerning Children Brought to Tasmania under the Auspices of the Overseas Childrens Reception Committee (1940 - 1945)
Photographs of Scheyville Training Farm (c. 1926 - 23 June 1946)
Record Cards of "Non-Citizen" Children Including Children Arriving Under the Child Migration Scheme (1950 - 1989)
Registers Of The Arrival And Discharge Of Immigrant Children [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services, NSW] (1953 - 1964)
Release orders under the Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act, 1946, Social Welfare Department (1950 - 1960)
Returns Of Employment Changes Made By Young Persons Sponsored By The Fairbridge Farm Scheme [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services, NSW] (1968 - 1969)

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