The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart is a religious order founded in 1866, at Penola in South Australia. Its first member and Superior was Mary MacKillop. The Sisters were active in several Australian states in education and child welfare, establishing several schools, orphanages and babies’ and children’s Homes. The order of the…
The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory was one of two autonomous territories of this world-wide Christian Church in Australia. Its international headquarters are in London, England. The Southern Territory comprised the Salvation Army in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory (Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory made up…
The Stolen Generations are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who, when they were children, were taken away from their families and communities as the result of past government policies. Children were removed by governments, churches and welfare bodies to be brought up in institutions, fostered out or adopted by white families. The removal of…
The Child Welfare Agreement Ordinance 1941 (Act no. 12/1941) was Commonwealth legislation that approved an agreement made between the Commonwealth and the state of New South Wales for the reception, detention and maintenance in institutions in NSW of children committed to those institutions by courts of the ACT. When an ACT court committed a child…
The description of this image provided by Territory Stories reads: “Man and four women standing on a makeshift verandah shaded by corrugated iron roof and some cloth. Behind them doors lead to the interior and louvred shutters or window closings can be seen. The building is on stumps. The caption reads: “This building at Umbakumba…
This is an aerial photo of the Areyonga Aboriginal Settlement in Central Australia.
This is a photograph taken at Port Keats Mission in 1949. It shows a group of women and children lined up outside the mission buildings. A caption on the rear of the image reads “The Girls at Port Keats Mission”.
This is an image of Myilly Point, Kahlin Beach, and the Kahlin Compound in Darwin.
This is an image of the Essington House complex on McMillan’s Road in Darwin, taken in the 1960s.
The Juvenile Justice Act 2002 commenced on 3 July 2002 and was repealed by the Youth Justice Act 2005 which commenced on 1 August 2006.
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