The series Presbyterian Adoption Agency adoption registers [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services] covers records relating to the adoption of children between 1966 and 1975 through the Presbyterian Adoption Agency. This series is made up of two books or volumes that contain entries relating to adoptive parents, birth parents, and children who…
These are records created by Minda Remand Centre and held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children at Minda, and include case files, medical records, visitor books, punishment registers, and property registers. The majority of these records date from between 1966 and 1976. Access Conditions Access to these records…
This archival series, Private Adoption files [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services] contains records dated between 1956 and 1967. The records in this collection relate to private applications to the Supreme Court for the adoption of children referred to the Department for report. The records in this series are mainly reports about…
This series, Private adoption agency contact files [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services], held by the State Records Authority of New South Wales, contains records relating to private agency adoptions between 1950 and 1975 in New South Wales. Many of the records in this series are from the Queen Victoria Hospital for…
This archival series, Applications and adoption files for state wards [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services], relates to adoptions of State Wards through the New South Wales state government. The records in this series are dated between 1940 and 1961 and are mostly created by the New South Wales state government Child…
This archival series, Adoption Files [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services], relate to adoptions where the New South Wales state government department in charge of child ‘welfare’ and ‘services’ at the time was the intermediary between the adoptive and birth parents. The records in this series are dated from 1947 to 1974…
Affiliation Files relate to action taken to obtain maintenance payments from the fathers of ‘ex-nuptial’ children (children born outside of marriage). Access Conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South Wales, records relating to individuals, such as case files and correspondence are closed to public access for 100 years. Records such as…
The Department of Family and Community Services holds some records relating to Adoption. Note that other records are held at the State Records Authority of New South Wales. Contact the Adoption Information Unit for more information and to apply for access. Access Conditions Access to these records is restricted. Contact the Adoption Information Unit within…
Boarding Out Registers (also known as Ward Registers) comprise 30 volumes that record the following information: name of child; place of birth; date of birth; religion; name and known address of parents; number of papers; particulars of foster parents or guardians (i.e. names, addresses); dates when received and how placed; and Boarding Out Register number….
The Dependent Children Register Cards are arranged alphabetically by surname. These cards relate to children born between 1945 and 1972 who were admitted to State care (there are some exceptions). They record the name of the child, registration number (State ward ‘B’ file number), date and place of birth, religion, parent’s name and address, allowance…
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