‘General administration files, multiple number, closed series – Department for Community Welfare and successor agencies’ (GRS/2401) is a series of records concerning various subjects such as: minutes of meetings, ministerial enquiries, funding agreements, training programmes etc. related to the work of the Department. These files rarely mention the names of children. Access Conditions A Research…
The Home for Incurables was opened in 1879 in Fullarton. Run by a board of management and funded by charitable donations and government subsidies the Home cared for patients, both adults and children, with diseases and injuries that were considered ‘incurable’. In 1981 the Home was renamed the Julia Farr Centre. Prior to the establishment…
Queen Victoria Hospital was the new name given to the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital in 1966. Run by a committee of management the Hospital provided maternity and other women’s health services. It also operated as an adoption agency. From 1983 some men were also admitted. In 1989 the Queen Victoria Hospital and the Adelaide Children’s…
Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital was the new name given to the Queen’s Home at Rose Park in 1939. Run by a committee of management it provided maternity services for expectant mothers who stayed between 2 and 12 days after the birth of their child. Many women residing at the Kate Cocks Memorial Babies’ Home also…
The Destitute Asylum Act (No 2 of 26 and 27 Vic, 1863) was passed and commenced on 12 November 1863. Its full title was: An Act for the Regulation of the Asylum for the Destitute Poor and other Purposes. The Destitute Asylum Act 1863 established an asylum for the destitute poor. It gave the Government…
The Queen’s Home at Rose Park opened in 1902. Run by a committee of management it provided maternity services for mothers and trained nurses in maternity work. From 1912 to 1914 a Babies Ward operated at the Home for babies under one year old. Many women residing at Kate Cocks Memorial Babies’ Home had their…
The Orphans Act 1848 (No 8 of 11 and 12 Vic, 1848) was passed and commenced on 10 November 1848. Its full title was: Ordinance Enacted by the Governor of South Australia, with the Advice and Consent of the Legislative Council thereof to Provide by Apprenticeship for the Protection, Guardianship, and Advancement in Life of…
This file contains detailed correspondence and reports relating to the management of St Francis House. It sometimes includes the names and circumstances of boys in the Home. Original Title: St Francis House Semaphore, South Australia – Training of half-caste boys from Northern Territory Access Conditions Open. Under the Archives Act 1983, most Commonwealth records in…
These records of the Crippled Children’s Association of SA Inc, held by the State Library of SA, include case files from the Social Workers’ Department together with general organisational files. Please note some of these records are restricted and can only be accessed with written permission from the Medical Director or Clinical Director of Novita…
This file contains detailed correspondence and reports relating to the placement of boys from St Francis House after its closure in 1959. It includes names and circumstances of boys from the Home and information about their placements. Access Conditions Open with exception. Under the Archives Act 1983, most Commonwealth records in the open access period…
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