The Church of England Deaconess Institution was a women’s religious order that operated the Deaconess Children’s Home and Domestic Training School, in Balmain, Ashfield and Annandale, from 1893-1914. They also operated Lisgar Training Service for Domestic Servants from 1893-1909 and Lisgar Children’s Home, in Harrison Street Marrickville, from 1914 to 1929, and at a property…
Please contact the Archivist, Dominican Sisters of Eastern Australia and the Solomon Islands Archives: Postal address: PO Box 353, Strathfield NSW 2135 Phone: (02) 9744 9511 Email: archives@opeast.org.au
The Christ Church St Laurence Welfare Bureau ran after-care clinics and employment schemes to assist boys who had been through criminal hearings in the Children’s Court but were discharged. It was part of Christ Church St Laurence, an Anglo-Catholic (Anglican) Church based in Haymarket. It is thought to have operated between 1936 and around 1941.
Please contact Anglicare Adoption Services: Postal address: 19A Gibbons St, Telopea NSW 2117 Phone: (02) 9890 6800 Website: https://www.anglicare.org.au/locations/telopea/anglicare-telopea-office/
These are records created by Winbin that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children living at the Home, and include registers of admissions and discharge and medical registers. Access conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South Wales, records relating to individuals, such as…
St. Margaret’s Hospital (Darlinghurst, N.S.W.) Records 1894-1998 is a collection of records held in the State Library of New South Wales. This collection includes patient records, baby books and baptismal registers. Access Conditions The records of St Margaret’s Hospital are restricted . Written authority from the Sisters of St. Joseph is required prior to access….
Please contact the Congregational Archivist, Archives of Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph: Postal Address: PO Box 1508, North Sydney, NSW 2059 Phone: (02) 8912 4876 Email: enquiries@sosj.org.au Website: https://www.sosj.org.au/contact-us/
Please contact the Registrar, Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn: Postal Address: GPO Box 1981, Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6245 7101 Website: https://anglicancg.org.au/contact-us/
Catholic Children’s Homes Registers is a collection held by Family Spirit comprising original or copies of admission registers of a number of children’s institutions. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact Family Spirit. Records Registers, either as originals or copies, from the following homes are held by Family Spirit: St Anne’s Liverpool, 1888…
The Weldon Centre photographs is a collection of around 100 colour snapshots taken by a former youth worker at the Weldon Centre in 1981. (The Weldon Centre was the new name for the Church of England Children’s Homes in Burwood.) These photographs have the names of children and workers written on the back. The photographs…
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