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Confinement books, Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies

These books (1910-25; Sep. 1928-Mar. 1931; Sep. 1953-Sep. 1970; Sep. 1974-Feb. 1978) are similar to birth registers. They record the mother’s name, date and time of birth, length and weight of the baby. (The following Confinement books are missing: 1925-Sep. 1928; Apr. 1931-Aug. 1953; and Oct. 1970-Aug. 1974). Access Conditions Access to information relating to…

Confinement books, Crown Street Women’s Hospital

These books are similar to birth registers. They record the mother’s name, date and time of birth, length and weight of the baby. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating to adoption cases are handled in accordance with the Adoption…

Admission books, Crown Street Women’s Hospital

These books record: name, age, occupation, religion and address of the patient; and the name of the doctor under whom the patient was admitted. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating to adoption cases are handled in accordance with the…

Labour ward registers, Crown Street Women’s Hospital

These books record: name, age, occupation, religion and address of the patient; and the name of the doctor under whom the patient was admitted. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating to adoption cases are handled in accordance with the…

Admission And Discharge Registers [Yawarra Training School for Boys, Kurri Kurri]

Admission And Discharge Registers are combined weekly admission and discharge registers for Yawarra Training School for Boys, Kurri Kurri between March 1969 and September 1980. For admissions they record the time and date; name; age; religion; from whom received and any remarks. For discharges they record to whom the person was discharged; the address and…

Senior Officer’s Log Books [Cobham Residential Care Unit]

Senior Officer’s Log Books [Cobham Residential Care Unit] include information on admissions and discharges (names only); statistics on numbers of admissions/discharges and numbers of residents present; and daily reports with particular references to breaches of conduct and other disciplinary matters. Access Conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South Wales, records relating…

Birth registers, Crown Street Women’s Hospital

Birth registers list all the births, including still births, at the Hospital. They record the mother’s name, date and time of birth, length and weight of the baby. Access Conditions Access to information relating to adoption cases is restricted to the adoptee and the birth parents. Requests for information relating to adoption cases are handled…

Medical records, Crown Street Women’s Hospital

The amount of information available in these records varies depending on the time period. Earlier records are less comprehensive than records dating from the 1960s. Information given may include mother’s name, address, where transferred from, age, occupation, and religion. Later records also include the mother’s date of birth and, occasionally, details of next of kin….

Taldree records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by Taldree and held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The collection includes admission and discharge registers, appeals registers, bail books, isolation (punishment) books, and daily log books. Access Conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South Wales, records relating to individuals, such as case files and…

Benevolent Society adoption register [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services]

This series, Benevolent Society adoption register [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services], covers records relating to the adoption of children between 1969 and 1975 through the Benevolent Society of New South Wales. This series is made up of two books or volumes that contain entries relating to adoptive parents, birth parents, and…