This file contains Claims for payment of Child Endowment from the Welfare Branch in Alice Springs for children in the Receiving Home. The forms include background information about children in the Home. Access Conditions ‘Open with exception’. This record has been digitised and is ‘Open with exception’ which means that some parts of the file…
The Lutheran Mission Block was established in Alice Springs in 1938 by the Lutheran Church. In the 1950s Aboriginal children were cared for by an Aboriginal woman in a residential house on the block. In 1963 two cottages were opened. Each accommodated up to 12 children under the supervision of house mothers. Children attending school…
Tambling House opened in 1970 as a government residential home for children at Myilly Point in Darwin. It accommodated both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children who were under the care of government. Tambling House closed in 1975 and was re-opened in 1977 as Tambling House Family Home. Tambling House was opened the Welfare Branch of the…
Clarke Crescent Cottage opened in Rapid Creek in 1971. Run by Somerville Homes Incorporated it was one of six cottages which made up Somerville Cottage Homes. It accommodated up to eight children aged between 4 and 16 years under the supervision of cottage parents. The Cottage closed in 1981. Clarke Crescent Cottage opened in 1971…
Luxton Street Cottage opened in Stuart Park in 1971. Run by Somerville Homes Incorporated it was one of six cottages which made up Somerville Cottage Homes. It accommodated up to eight children aged between 4 and 16 years under the supervision of cottage parents. The Cottage Home closed in 1981. Luxton Street Cottage opened in…
Henry Street Cottage opened in Stuart Park in 1969. Run by Somerville Homes Incorporated it was one of six cottages which made up Somerville Cottage Homes. It accommodated up to eight children aged between 4 and 16 years under the supervision of cottage parents. The Cottage closed in 1981. Henry Street Cottage opened in 1969…
Chapman Road Cottage opened in Rapid Creek in 1969. Run by Somerville Homes Incorporated it was one of six cottages which made up Somerville Cottage Homes. It accommodated up to eight children aged between 4 and 16 years under the supervision of cottage parents. The first group of children in the cottage came from Croker…
Records relating to child care, Somerville Homes, Darwin is a series of files concerning the administration of Somerville Cottage Homes which was run by the United Church, Northern Synod. The files mention the names and addresses of the various cottages and sometimes the names of cottage parents. Some files include information about, and names of,…
Essington House, reports on juveniles is a series of files on individual children. Each file carries the name of a child and the title ‘miscellaneous file’. The files contain correspondence, reports and other documents relating to children in Essington House and in other Homes in the Northern Territory and interstate. Access Conditions Most government records…
Essington House Correspondence Files is a series of files related to children placed in Essington House. The name of the child is written on the front and/or side of each file. The files contain correspondence, reports, forms and other documents. Some include school reports and letters sent to and received from the child. Access Conditions…
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