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New South Wales - Archival Series

Records about residents, Our Children's Home (1918? - 1982?)

  • Records Policy [August 2020]

    Records Policy [August 2020], courtesy of The Society for Providing Services for Neglected or Needy Children Inc..
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From
1918?
To
1982?

The Society for Providing Services for Neglected or Needy Children holds some records relating to Our Children's Home (also known as Ardill House). Previously, these records were in the custody of Integricare.

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Access Conditions

Please contact the Society for Providing Services for Neglected or Needy Children. Access to records is provided according to the Society's Records Policy (August 2020).

Records

There is a register containing details about children admitted to and discharged from the Home (dates unknown), and a minute book (dates unknown). The minute book contains notes from monthly meetings of the committee that ran the Home, which sometimes include details about individual children. There are also some photographs in the collection.

In 2020, the Society for Providing Services for Neglected or Needy Children took custody of this collection of records. Previously, it was held by Integricare, who are tenants on the previous site of Our Children's Home (Ardill House).

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Records Policy [August 2020]
Title
Records Policy [August 2020]
Type
Document
Date
2020
Source
The Society for Providing Services for Neglected or Needy Children Inc.

Details

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: Naomi Parry