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Anglican Diocese of Armidale – Contact Details

Please contact the The Registrar, Anglican Diocese of Armidale: Address: PO Box 198, Armidale NSW 2350 Phone: (02) 6772 4491 Email: registrar@armidaleanglicandiocese.com

Department of Communities and Justice, State Government of New South Wales

The Department of Communities and Justice, New South Wales, was created on 1 July 2019. It brings together the former Departments of Family and Community Services (FACS), and Justice.

Caretakers Cottage records

Caretakers Cottage has a historical archive, and publishes some records from this collection on its website. The Find & Connect web resource has no information about what records are held about former residents and clients of Caretakers Cottage.

Margaret Hallstrom Home for Unmarried Mothers

The Margaret Hallstrom Home for Unmarried Mothers opened in Marion Street, Leichhardt in 1968 by the Central Methodist Mission. The exact closing date of the Margaret Hallstrom Home for Unmarried Mothers is unknown, but it is believed to have closed around 1977. The need for a new Home for unmarried pregnant women was identified in…

Legion of Catholic Women

The Legion of Catholic Women was a community of Catholic women in Sydney. It was established in 1913 as the Catholic Women’s Association, and changed its name to Legion of Catholic Women in 1941. According to Francis, ‘its aim was to provide Catholic women of Sydney with a broader society, one which crossed parish boundaries…

Case study 42: The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Case Study 42: Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, was a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, held in Newcastle and Sydney in August and November, 2016. It inquired into the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, and included the experiences of former child residents at St Alban’s Boys’ Home, St Alban’s…

Archives of the Australian Red Cross Society, New South Wales Division, 1914-2014

The Archives of the Australian Red Cross Society, New South Wales Division, 1914-2014, is a collection at the State Library of New South Wales. These records were donated to the State Library in 2014, as part of the centenary of the Australian Red Cross Society’s ‘gift to the nation’, donating its archives and heritage collections…

Glen Mervyn Legacy House

Glen Mervyn Legacy House, in Randwick, was a residence for wards of Legacy from 1946 until 1973. According to the Senate report, Protecting Vulnerable Children (2005), it accommodated up to 30 residents, usually aged between 14 and 21, who were studying in Sydney. In 1973, the property was taken over by the Red Cross, who…

Alma Smith and Alva Atkins (nee Smith) papers and photographs relating to missionary work in New South Wales and Western Australia, 1909-2006

Alma Smith and Alva Atkins (nee Smith) papers and photographs relating to missionary work in New South Wales and Western Australia, 1909-2006 is a collection held by the State Library of New South Wales. It contains photographs, slides and textual materials relating to the missionary work of Alma Smith and Alva Atkins, with the United…

National Archives of Australia – Contact Details

Please contact General Enquiries, National Archives of Australia: Postal Address: PO Box 4924, Kingston, ACT 2604 Phone: (02) 6212 3600 Email: archives@naa.gov.au Website: https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/ask-us-about-collection