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New South Wales - Archival Series

Details of Unmarried Mothers' Babies for Child Endowment and Adoption (1970 - 1973)

Bethesda Maternity Hospital

From
25 September 1970
To
4 July 1973

The Details of Unmarried Mothers' Babies for Child Endowment and Adoption comprises one volume that records: the name of the child; mother's name and address; date of birth; admission date; discharge date and the name of the person to whom the baby was discharged.

Details

Access Conditions

Access to information about adoptions is restricted to the adopted person and the birth parents under the provisions of the NSW Adoption Act 2000.

Publications

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