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Metropolitan Girls’ Shelter records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by the Metropolitan Girls’ Shelter, Glebe, and held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children that spent time at the Shelter, and include admission and discharge registers and medical history cards. Access conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South Wales, records…

Brush Farm Home records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by Brush Farm Home, Brush Farm Infants’ Home, and Brush Farm Special School, that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children that spent time at the Home, and include admission and discharge registers, school admission registers, immunization records, medical officer reports, and records…

May Villa records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by May Villa and the May Villa Community Care School that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children that lived at May Villa, and include admission and discharge registers, punishment registers, medical records, information about foster parents, financial records, and a school diary….

Anglewood/ Burradoo Truant School records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by Anglewood, also known as Burradoo Truant School, and held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children that spent time at the school, and include admission registers, a punishment register, and case files. Access Conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South…

Royleston records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by Royleston Receiving Home, Glebe, that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children living at the Home, and include admission and discharge registers, medical records, visitor books, punishment books, court cards, and photographs. Access Conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In…

Female Orphan School records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by the Female Orphan School that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children living at the School, and include registers of admission, applications for admission and discharge, and the constitution and minutes of meetings of the committee of management. Some of these records…

Male Orphan School records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by the Male Orphan School that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children living at the School, and include registers of admission, applications for admission and discharge, apprenticeship records, correspondence, and the constitution and minutes of meetings of the committee of management. Some…

United Aborigines Mission, records deposited with State Library of South Australia

United Aborigines Mission, records deposited with State Library of South Australia is an archival collection that came into the custody of the State Library of South Australia in late 2022. It comprises some records from the United Aborigines Mission archives, relating to Homes in South Australia, and the Bomaderry Aboriginal Children’s Home in New South…

Liverpool Asylum Records, State Archives NSW

These are records created by the Liverpool Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute, later known as Liverpool State Hospital and Home, that are held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about patients of the institution, and include registers of admissions and discharge/death, patient case files, medical records, staff report books…

Roll of inmates [Shaftesbury Girls Reformatory, South Head]

Roll of inmates is a record held by Museums of History (State Archives) New South Wales. It contains information about children admitted to the Shaftesbury Reformatory, including name, offence, sentence, date of conviction, court, and ‘disposal of child’ (where the child went on being discharged from the reformatory). Access information These records are open and…