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Receiving Agency
Receiving Agency was the name given to the organisation named as the ‘custodian’ of children who were sent to Australia as migrants from the United Kingdom or Malta. The term is used mostly for post-World War Two migration, but includes some organisations that were responsible for children who came earlier in the century.
Big Brother Movement (1925 - )
Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children (1955 - 1978)
Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes (1911 - 1955)
Church of England Boys' Home (1917 - 1970s)
Church of England Children's Homes, Burwood (1927 - 1993)
Church of England Homes (c. 1884 - 1984)
Dalmar (1900 - )
Dr Barnardos Girls' Home, Burwood (1938 - 1957)
Dr Barnardo's Homes (Australia Branch) (1883 - 1966)
Dreadnought Trust (1909 - 1930?)
Fairbridge Farm Schools (1935 - 1973)
Gill Memorial Boys' Home (1936 - 1980)
Government Agricultural Farm, Scheyville (1905 - 1940)
Green Wood (1951 - 1966)
Illawong (1962 - 1975)
Melrose (1952 - 1982)
Mowbray Park (1929 - 1959)
Murray-Dwyer Boys' Home (1933 - 1970)
The Salvation Army Australia Eastern Territory (1882 - )
St John's Orphanage, Thurgoona (1882 - 1978)
United Protestant Association of New South Wales Ltd (1938 - )
Receiving Home
The term Receiving Home refers to an institution designed to provide short term 'care' for children before they were sent to a longer term placement (typically a foster home). In Tasmania, this type of institution approximated the size and form of an average family home. Receiving Homes in other states could be large institutions. Sometimes children spent long periods in a Receiving Home, when suitable placements could not be found for them. Children also would return to a Receiving Home after a placement broke down.
Allanville Home (c. 1976 - 1990s)
Asylum for Destitute Children (1852 - 1858)
Barnardo House, Ashfield (1924 - 1938)
Benevolent Asylum (1821 - 1901)
Bexley Boys' Home (1915 - 1979)
Bidura (1920 - 1977)
Bishop Murray Memorial Home (1910 - 1973)
Broken Hill Shelter (c. 1905 - c. 1994)
Brougham (1943 - 1993)
Canowindra Girls' Home (1942 - 1977)
Church of England Girls' Home, Carlingford (1913 - 1970s)
Dalmar (1900 - )
Dr Barnardos Girls' Home, Burwood (1938 - 1957)
Fairbridge Farm School, Molong (1938 - 1973)
Gill Memorial Boys' Home (1936 - 1980)
Green Wood (1951 - 1966)
King Edward Home (c. 1930 - c. 1985)
Lynwood Hall (1939 - 1993)
Melrose (1952 - 1982)
Metropolitan Boys' Shelter (1911 - 1983)
Metropolitan Girls' Shelter, Glebe (c. 1923 - 1978)
Minali Receiving and Assessment Centre (1975 - 1998)
Mowbray Park (1929 - 1959)
Murray-Dwyer Boys' Home (1933 - 1970)
Ormond House (1884 - 1923)
Ormond, Thornleigh (1946 - 1962)
Royleston (1922 - 1983)
Scarborough House (1921 - 1924)
Scone Farm School (c. 1959 - 1982)
St Brigid's Girls' Home, Ryde (1898 - 1978)
St John's Orphanage, Thurgoona (1882 - 1978)
St Joseph's Girls' Home (1900 - 1979)
St Joseph's Orphanage, Goulburn (1864 - 1975)
St Vincent's Boys' Home (1891 - 1985)
Sunnylands (1955 - 1997)
Thornbury Lodge (c. 1958 - c. 1990)
Worimi Shelter (1966 - 2000)
Records Access Service
A Records Service is an organisation, or part of an organisation, which helps people find and locate records that contain information about them and their time in 'care'.
Adoption Information Unit (2009? - )
Anglican Deaconess Ministries Ltd (1980s - )
Anglican Diocese of Armidale (1914 - )
Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn (1863 - )
Anglicare Adoption Services (1997 - )
Anglicare Child and Family Services (1997 - 2008)
Anglicare Out-of-Home Care Services (2008 - )
Archives of Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph
Archives of the Sisters of Charity of Australia
Archives of the Sisters of Compassion
Australian Orphanage Museum (c. 2000 - )
Australian Red Cross (1914 - )
Baptist Community Services (1986 - 2013)
BaptistCare (2014 - )
Barnardos Australia (c. 1995 - )
Benevolent Society of New South Wales (1813 - )
Bidura Children's Court (1983 - )
Big Brother Movement (1925 - )
Burnside Archives (2000? - )
Canterbury Bankstown City Library
Care Leaver Records Access Unit (2009? - )
Care Leavers Records and Archives (2014 - ), Anglicare
Catholic Children's Homes Enquiry Service (1994 - )
CatholicCare Adoption Services (2011 - 2018)
CatholicCare Social Services Hunter-Manning (2011 - )
CatholicCare, Diocese of Broken Bay (2013 - )
Centacare, Broken Bay (1988 - c. 2013)
Challenge Community Services (2013 - )
Child and Adolescent Specialist Programs and Accommodation (c. 2000 - )
Church Missionary Society of Australia (1916 - )
Churches of Christ in New South Wales (1851 - )
Communicare Sydney (1982 - 2011)
Department of Aboriginal Affairs (1997 - ), State Government of New South Wales
Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (2001 - 2009), State Government of New South Wales
Department of Education and Communities (2011 - ), State Government of New South Wales
Department of Juvenile Justice (1990 - ), State Government of New South Wales
Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands Archives (1880s - )
Dunlea Centre (2010 - )
Fairbridge Foundation (c. 1973 - c. 2016)
Family Spirit (2018 - )
Family Tracing Service (1882? - 2018), The Salvation Army
Good Samaritan Archives
Good Shepherd Archive (1983 - )
Heritage and Information Service (1997 - ), MacKillop Family Services
The Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God (1947 - )
Hunter Mission (1991 - 2000)
The Infants' Home, Ashfield (1877 - )
Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea (2011 - )
Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea Archives and Heritage Centre (2012 - )
Integricare (2011 - )
Kemblawarra Child and Family Centre Inc. (1980 - )
Library & Archives NT (2019 - )
Lutanda Children's Services (1954 - )
Marist180 (1994 - )
Mission Australia (1996 - )
National Archives of Australia (1998 - )
National Library of Australia (1960 - )
Northcott (1995 - )
Northern Sydney Local Health Network Medical Records
Nunya Aboriginal Foster Care Support (1988 - )
Nursing History Research Unit, Sydney Nursing School (1990? - ), University of Sydney
Post Adoption Resource Centre (1991 - )
Presbyterian Social Services (1988 - )
Prince of Wales Hospital (1953 - )
Royal Far West (1924 - )
Royal North Shore Hospital (1885 - )
The Salvation Army Australia Eastern Territory (1882 - )
Samaritans Foundation (1984 - )
Sisters of Mercy Archives (North Sydney) (1865 - )
Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta Congregation (1888 - )
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth (1875 - )
Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children (1887 - )
St Edmund's School (1951 - )
St Joseph's Cowper Incorporated (1993 - 2017)
State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales (1961 - )
State Library of New South Wales (1827 - )
State Library of South Australia
United Aborigines Mission (1894 - 2020)
United Protestant Association of New South Wales Ltd (1938 - )
Uniting Burnside (2000 - )
Uniting Church Archives (1977? - )
Weldon Centre (c. 1980 - )
Wesley Mission (1993 - )
Records Holder
A Records Holder is an organisation, family or person which holds records.
Anglican Deaconess Ministries Ltd (1980s - )
Anglican Diocese of Armidale (1914 - )
Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn (1863 - )
Anglicare (1997 - )
Anglicare Out-of-Home Care Services (2008 - )
Archives of Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph
Archives of the Sisters of Charity of Australia
Archives of the Sisters of Compassion
Australian Orphanage Museum (c. 2000 - )
Australian Red Cross (1914 - )
Baptist Community Services (1986 - 2013)
BaptistCare (2014 - )
Barnardos Australia (c. 1995 - )
Bidura Children's Court (1983 - )
Big Brother Movement (1925 - )
Burnside Archives (2000? - )
Canterbury Bankstown City Library
CatholicCare Adoption Services (2011 - 2018)
CatholicCare Social Services Hunter-Manning (2011 - )
CatholicCare Sydney (2011 - )
CatholicCare, Diocese of Broken Bay (2013 - )
Centacare, Broken Bay (1988 - c. 2013)
Challenge Community Services (2013 - )
Child and Adolescent Specialist Programs and Accommodation (c. 2000 - )
Churches of Christ in New South Wales (1851 - )
Convent of Mercy Archives (Parramatta)
Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (2001 - 2009), State Government of New South Wales
Department of Education and Communities (2011 - ), State Government of New South Wales
Department of Family and Community Services (2011 - 2019), State Government of New South Wales
Department of Juvenile Justice (1990 - ), State Government of New South Wales
Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands Archives (1880s - )
Dunlea Centre (2010 - )
Fairbridge Foundation (c. 1973 - c. 2016)
Family Spirit (2018 - )
Good Samaritan Archives
Good Shepherd Archive (1983 - )
The Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God (1947 - )
Hunter Mission (1991 - 2000)
Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea (2011 - )
Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea Archives and Heritage Centre (2012 - )
Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia (1981 - 2011)
Integricare (2011 - )
Kemblawarra Child and Family Centre Inc. (1980 - )
Library & Archives NT (2019 - )
Lutanda Children's Services (1954 - )
MacKillop Family Services (1997 - )
Marist180 (1994 - )
Mercy Family Life Centre, Waitara (1977 - 1994)
National Archives of Australia (1998 - )
National Library of Australia (1960 - )
Northcott (1995 - )
Northern Sydney Local Health Network Medical Records
Nursing History Research Unit, Sydney Nursing School (1990? - ), University of Sydney
Post Adoption Resource Centre (1991 - )
Presbyterian Social Services (1988 - )
Prince of Wales Hospital (1953 - )
Records held by Anglican Deaconess Ministries Ltd (1891 - ), Church of England Deaconess Ministries
Royal North Shore Hospital (1885 - )
The Salvation Army Australia Eastern Territory (1882 - )
Sisters of Mercy Archives (North Sydney) (1865 - )
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth (1875 - )
Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children (1887 - )
St Edmund's School (1951 - )
St Joseph's Cowper Incorporated (1993 - 2017)
State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales (1961 - )
State Library of New South Wales (1827 - )
State Library of South Australia
Tresillian Mothercraft Homes (1918 - ), Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies
United Protestant Association of New South Wales Ltd (1938 - )
Uniting Church Archives (1977? - )
University of Newcastle Archives (1975 - )
Weldon Centre (c. 1980 - )
Wesley Mission (1993 - )
Reformatory
The term Reformatory refers to a form of children's institution first promoted by the British nineteenth century child-reformer Mary Carpenter. They were originally intended as a means of separating children who had been convicted of criminal offences from the adult prisoner population. At times, children and young people have been accommodated in adult prisons. In Australia reformatories were used for children who were convicted of offences, but also for children who were, for a variety of reasons, judged as needing strong discipline. These institutions were also known as training schools and training institutions.
Biloela Reformatory School for Females (1871 - 1880)
Brush Farm Reformatory (1908 - 1912)
Carters' Barracks (1820 - c. 1835), Boys Dormitory
Daruk (1960 - 1985)
Endeavour House (1976 - 1990)
Gosford Farm Home for Boys (1911 - 1923)
Gosford Training School (1923 - 1945)
Institution for Boys, Tamworth (1948 - 1976)
Institution for Girls, Hay (1961 - 1974)
Mount Penang Detention Centre (1988 - 1991)
Mount Penang Training School for Boys (1946 - 1987)
Nautical School Ship 'Vernon' (1867 - 1892)
Newcastle Reformatory School for Females (1869 - 1871)
Ormond Training School (1962 - 1980)
Parramatta Girls Industrial School (1887 - 1912)
Parramatta Girls Training Home (1912 - 1946)
Parramatta Girls Training School (1946 - 1974)
Probationary Farm Home, Dora Creek (1900 - 1913)
Probationary Farm Home, Toronto (1909 - 1912?)
Raymond Terrace Home (1913 - 1930?)
Reiby Training School (1973 - 1991)
Shaftesbury Reformatory School (1880 - 1904)
'Sobraon' Training Ship (1892 - 1911)
Turner Cottage Special School for Truants (1938 - 1946)
Yawarra Training School (1969 - 1979)
Religious Order
The term Religious Order refers to a group composed of initiated people committed to a particular set of values within a Church – within Christianity this often refers to religious Brothers (monks) and Sisters (nuns).
Christian Brothers (1802 - )
Church Army (1932 - )
Church of England Deaconess Institution (1891 - 1980s)
Community of Sisters of the Church of England (c. 1893 - c. 1927)
Community of the Holy Name (1912 - )
Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul (1926 - )
Daughters of our Lady of Compassion
Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands (1867 - )
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (1941 - )
Good Shepherd Sisters (1857 - 1866)
The Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God (1947 - )
Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea (2011 - )
Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of Australia (1981 - 2011)
Marist Brothers (1872 - )
Salesians of Don Bosco (1922 - )
Sisters of Charity of Australia (1815 - )
Sisters of Mercy, Bathurst Congregation (1867 - 2011)
Sisters of Mercy, Goulburn Congregation (1859 - 2011)
Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation (1884 - 2011)
Sisters of Mercy, Gunnedah Congregation (1887 - 2011)
Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation (1865 - )
Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta Congregation (1888 - )
Sisters of Mercy, Singleton Congregation (1875 - 2011)
Sisters of Mercy, Wilcannia-Forbes Congregation (1890 - 2011)
Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1872 - )
Sisters of the Good Samaritan (1866 - )
Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1863 - )
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth (1875 - )
Residential Care
The term Residential Care refers to models of out-of-home care that emerged from around the 1980s, including Residential Units. Residential Care is different to Home-Based Care (such as foster care or kinship care). Residential Units are usually run by Community Service Organisations or Non-Government Organisations.
CatholicCare, Diocese of Broken Bay (2013 - )
Child and Adolescent Specialist Programs and Accommodation (c. 2000 - )
Paul Street Adolescent Program (2002 - c. 2017)