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Register of Admissions

Register of Admissions is a register of patients admitted to the Lying-in Home, Cascades, between March 1890 and November 1894. It includes the patient’s name, age, date and number of admission, and other remarks, including date of birth and sex of the child, name of the child’s father, and date discharged from the home. Access…

Alphabetical Admission Register, Males and Females

Alphabetical Admission Register, Males and Females is a record series held by Tasmanian Archives. These records relate to admissions to the Boys Training School, New Town Infirmary and Consumptive Home, New Town Rest Home, and St John’s Park between 1914 and 1952. Access Open These items have been digitised and are available online via the…

Karinya Young Women’s Shelter

Karinya Young Women’s Shelter is an organisation that provides short term crisis accommodation to young women aged 13 to 20 years old. It was originally established in Launceston in 1979 on a feminist-based collective model. In 2020 Karinya can provide crisis accommodation for up to six young women at a time, and also runs a…

Department of Communities Tasmania

The Department of Communities Tasmania was established in July 2018, taking over the administration of Children and Youth Services from the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services. Through Children and Youth Serices, the Department of Communities facilitated Out of Home Care, child welfare, and custodial youth justice services in Tasmania. It also ran the…

National Archives of Australia – Contact Details

Please contact General Enquiries, National Archives of Australia: Postal Address: PO Box 4924, Kingston, ACT 2604 Phone: (02) 6212 3600 Email: archives@naa.gov.au Website: https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/ask-us-about-collection

Missionaries of the Sacred Heart

The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart are a missionary order of Priests and Brothers of the Roman Catholic Church, founded in France in 1854. The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart came to Australia in 1885, first establishing in Sydney before spreading to other parts of the country. They ran a number of Missions in the…

The King’s Trust

The Prince’s Trust was established in 1976 to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people in the United Kingdom. In 2011 the Trust merged with another charity, Fairbridge, making The Prince’s Trust the contact to access Fairbridge Society’s records. In 2024, The Prince’s Trust was renamed to The King’s Trust.

Supporting Mother’s Benefit

The Supporting Mother’s Benefit was a Commonwealth allowance introduced in 1973 by the Whitlam government. It extended equal access to income support to all single mothers. In November 1977, it was replaced by the Supporting Parent’s Benefit, with sole fathers becoming eligible for payments. This payment made it possible for many single mothers to keep…

Widows’ Pension

The Widows’ Pension was a Commonwealth allowance introduced to enable widows with dependent children to stay at home and look after them, rather than having to go out to work to keep the family from destitution. From October 1942 until 1976, the Widows’ Pension was exempt from income tax. Single mothers, de facto wives and…

Broken Rites

Broken Rites is an organisation formed in 1992 by victims of church-related sexual abuse. About 90 per cent of the men and women who have contacted Broken Rites Australia have been from a Catholic background. The organisation also supports victims from other denominations including the Anglican Church and the Uniting Church. Broken Rites does not…