Archives



Records of the Hospitals Department and Predecessors

The collection Records of the Hospitals Department and Predecessors contains records created by the Hospitals Department and its predecessor agencies. It includes correspondence files (1850-1979) and an index to correspondence files (1895-1959). It also includes a visitors book for Estcourt House. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact State Records South Australia. A…

Records of the Australian Red Cross Society, South Australian Division

Records of the Junior Red Cross Homes are held among general records of the South Australian Division of the Australian Red Cross. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket. Readers Tickets are available from the Library. Records,…

Records of Oodnadatta Children’s Home, State Library of South Australia

The collection Records of Oodnadatta Children’s Home includes some photographs related to the Oodnadatta Children’s Home. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact State Records South Australia. A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very early records relating to children…

Records of Gerard Mission

The collection Records of the Gerard Mission is held at the United Aborigines Mission Archives. It includes various correspondence and some child endowment records. Update on the records of the United Aborigines Mission, July 2022 The Find & Connect web resource contains descriptions of records known to have been held by the United Aborigines Mission….

Records of Colebrook Home, United Aborigines Mission Archives

The collection Records of Colebrook Home held by the United Aborigines Mission Archives includes Children’s records, an Admission register, photographs and various correspondence. Update on the records of the United Aborigines Mission, July 2022 The Find & Connect web resource contains descriptions of records known to have been held by the United Aborigines Mission. These…

Records of Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home, Adoption and Family Information Service

Records of Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home are held by the Adoption and Family Information Service of SA. It is a collection of records that includes photographs from the Methodist Home for Babies and Unmarried Mothers in 1950. Access Conditions All applications for access to records are made under the provisions of the Adoption Act…

Records of Methodist Children’s Home/Lentara

The collection of records relating to Methodist Children’s Homes & Lentara is held by Uniting Communities. The records date 1905 when it was known as the Methodist Children’s Home(s) up until its decentralisation into a series of Cottage Homes in the 1970s-80s. The collection includes one large bound Admission register covering the period 1905-1976, Annual…

Records of Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home, Uniting Communities

The collection of records relating to Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home held by Uniting Communities covers the date range 1930s to the 1970s. The collection includes administrative records such as minutes of meetings, matron’s reports and miscellaneous documents about the running of the home. Unfortunately the collection does not include admission records or personal files…

Records of Koonibba Children’s Home

The collection Records of Koonibba Children’s Home includes personal record cards, a copy of the original register, the church register, copies of the periodical The Australian Lutheran, synodical reports and some photographs. This collection is held by the Lutheran Archives in South Australia. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact Lutheran Archives. Most…

Records of the Aborigines’ Office and Successor Agencies

The collection Records of the Aborigines’ Office and Successor Agencies contains records created by the Aborigines’ Office and its successor agencies. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact State Records South Australia. A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very…