Files Concerning The Arrival Of Immigrant Children Sponsored By The Big Brother Scheme relate to ‘Little Brothers’ (children involved in the Big Brother Scheme) arriving in New South Wales. The files contain a notification from the New South Wales Immigration Division of the boys’ impending arrival, giving date, flight number or ship’s name, and the…
Returns Of Employment Changes Made By Young Persons Sponsored By The Fairbridge Farm Scheme are records of weekly returns that were sent by the Principal of the Fairbridge Farm School to the Child Welfare Department. The information includes the name of the young person, the date of their new employment, the category of wages and…
Immigrant Children’s Files are files that relate to young people entering the country who were under 21 years of age and had no parent or blood relative responsible for them in Australia. These migrants, sponsored by organisations such as the Big Brother Movement and Dr Barnardo’s Homes, were supervised by Child Welfare Officers when they…
Registers Of The Arrival And Discharge Of Immigrant Children recorded the monthly arrivals and discharges of immigrant children between 1953 to 1956 and 1960 to 1964. The registers’ arrival entries generally give names, ages and whether the child was nominated by an individual or sponsored by an organisation, such as Fairbridge, Big Brother or Dr…
This archival collection contains records relating to St Gaberiel’s residential ‘home’ run by the Christian Brothers. St Gabriel’s was a residential ‘home’ for boys aged between 5 and 17 with a hearing impairment established in 1922. From1973 onwards St Gabriel’s became a co-educational day school. The records in this collection are held at St Edmund’s…
The St Martha’s Industrial Home Records are held by CatholicCare. Until April 2013, these records were held by the Sisters of St Joseph. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact Family Spirit. Physical access to the original records is not possible due to their fragility and the need to protect the privacy of…
Immigration Files is a series of records relating to child migrants who were placed in institutions in New South Wales. They comprise records such as correspondence between Commonwealth departments, relevant charitable institutions and State government departments, including the Immigration Division of the Chief Secretary’s Department, the Department of Tourist Activities and the Treasury. The subjects…
This archival collection contains records relating to St Edmund’s residential ‘home’ run by the Christian Brothers. St Edmund’s was a residential ‘home’ for boys aged between 5 and 17 with a visual impairment established in 1951. From1980 onwards St Edmund’s became a day school and is as of 2014 co-educational. The records in this collection…
Depositions [Metropolitan Children’s Court] are a record of the daily proceedings in the Metropolitan Children’s Court, mainly related to cases heard in Court No.2 between mid 1937 and the end of 1941. Frequently for the larger courts, agendas of each day’s business and full details of each case brought before the Court are included, while…
These are records created by Minda Children’s Court and held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). The records contain information about children attending hearings at Minda Children’s Court, as well as administrative information, and include depositions, appeal registers, committals for trial, and correspondence. Access Conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New…