Archives



Accommodation Book, Ruhamah

The Accommodation Book lists admission and discharge dates of the girls who entered the Ruhamah program between 2 July 1981 and 5 March 1984. It appears that files survive for only five of the girls admitted in this period. Quantity: 1 book. These records are held by BaptistCare. Access Conditions Former clients are entitled to…

Client Files (incomplete), Thorington

Client Files (incomplete) is a series of files, relating to Thorington. The information recorded varies from file to file. All files comprise basic personal information about the child, while some also have school reports, photographs and medical information. Quantity: 2 boxes (23 files). These records are held by BaptistCare. Access Conditions Former clients are entitled…

Client Files (incomplete), Karingal Children’s Home

Client Files (incomplete) from Karingal Children’s Home is a series of files. The information recorded varies from file to file. All files comprise basic personal information about the child, while some also have school reports, photographs and medical information. Quantity: 2 boxes (13 files). These records are held by BaptistCare. Access Conditions Former clients are…

Client Files (incomplete), Ruhamah

Client Files (incomplete) is a series of files, relating to Ruhamah. The information recorded varies from file to file. All files comprise basic personal information about the child, while some also have school reports, photographs and medical information. These records are held by BaptistCare. Access Conditions Former clients are entitled to access their own files…

Records of the Weldon Centre, Church of England Children’s Homes, Burwood

Records held by the Weldon Centre include client files and admission and discharge records (1893-1993) from the Church of England Children’s Homes, Burwood. Please note, these records were listed in Connecting Kin in 1997 as being controlled by The Weldon Centre. As of February 2014, The Weldon Centre had not confirmed whether these records survive….

Records of the North Coast Children’s Home

The records in this archival collection relate to the North Coast Children’s Home later known as the Child and Adolescent Specialist Programs and Accommodation (CASPA). The records in this archival collection are dated from 1922 and held by the Child and Adolescent Specialist Programs and Accommodation (CASPA). The collection comprises two volumes and a small…

Dreadnought Trust

The Dreadnought Trust was one of the first organisations to be involved in child migration in New South Wales. It raised funds to bring British child and youth migrant boys to Australia. The first Dreadnought Boys arrived in 1911. The scheme ended around the time of the Great Depression, in 1930. The Dreadnought Trust was…

University of Newcastle Archives

The University of Newcastle Archives was founded in February 1975 to safeguard the permanent value records of the University of Newcastle. The University Archives within the Auchmuty Library at the University of Newcastle holds some 2,000 shelf metres of priceless manuscript material dating from the year 1826. The collection includes the records of the Anglican…

Government Agricultural Farm, Scheyville

Government Agricultural Farm, Scheyville, located at Pitt Town, was a training farm for youth from 1905, and, from 1911, a camp for British migrant boys and youth in the Dreadnought and Big Brother schemes. During World War II it was converted to a military training camp and after World War II became a Commonwealth migrant…

Salvation Army Girls’ Hostel

The Young Women’s Hostel was a Salvation Army Hostel for girls and young women that was opened in 1912 in Elizabeth Street, Sydney. It closed in 1924 and moved to Moore Park, where it held up to 130 girls. It operated until 1973 as a hostel for working girls.