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New South Wales - Archival Series

Admission Registers (1940 - 1969)

St Joseph's Home for Children, Croydon

From
November 1940
To
September 1969

The Admission Registers from St Joseph's Home for Children, Croydon comprise four volumes, that record: child's name, date and place of birth; date received and date discharged; to whom discharged; religion; and parents' names, addresses and occupations.

Details

Access Conditions

Physical access to the original records is not possible due to their fragility. For access to information held within these records, please contact Family Spirit.

Records

The Archives of Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph held the records of St Joseph's Home Croydon until April 2013, when the records were moved to CatholicCare Adoption Services Bankstown, now known as Family Spirit.

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Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf.

Prepared by: Melissa Downing and Naomi Parry