‘Closed’ Agency and General Correspondence Files are the files and correspondence of the Charities Board (1923 to 1948) and its successors the Hospitals and Charities Commission (1948 to 1978) and the Hospitals Division of the Health Commission. Access Conditions These records are open access. (The word ‘closed’ in the records title does not refer to…
Melbourne City Mission Records is a collection of historical material and memorabilia relating to the organisation’s history as an out of home ‘care’ provider to children, mothers and its adoption service. The Collection contains a small number of personal records relating to former residents of institutions run by Melbourne City Mission (including Elizabeth Fry Retreat,…
Records of Fairbridge Society were digitised as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project. They are microfilm copies of originals held by the Fairbridge Society, London and Liverpool University Archives, UK. This collection has records relating to the Northcote Farm School in Bacchus Marsh, one of the Victorian institutions to receive child migrants. Although Northcote…
St Paul’s Discovery Centre was established in 1979 by the Reverend Ian Paxton of the Mission of St James and St John. It was located on the site of the former St Paul’s Home for Boys at Newhaven, Phillip Island. St Paul’s operated as holiday camp for ‘disadvantaged’ children. St Paul’s Discovery Centre opened in…
The Citizens Welfare Service of Victoria Records document the activities of the Citizens’ Welfare Service (from 1947 to 1968) and of its predecessor, the Charity Organisation Society (established in 1887 to help coordinate Melbourne’s charitable and welfare organisations. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact University of Melbourne Archives. Some records are restricted….
The Glastonbury and Geelong Orphanage Records is a collection held at the Geelong Heritage Centre. The records date from around 1855 to 1992. The collection includes records relating to children in care at Glastonbury Child and Family Services and the organisations which preceded it, such as client records, admission records, Superintendent, Matron and visitor reports,…
The Victorian Crimes Act of 1890, No. 1079, included two sections, 333 and 334, which related to the treatment of young prisoners. There was provision for them to be transferred from gaol to the Department of Reformatory Schools, from where they were placed either in private reformatories or ‘service’. Section 334 gave the authorities the…
Melbourne City Mission [Records] is a collection held at the University of Melbourne Archives. Most of the records date from 1856 to 1974. The collection relates to the activities of the Mission since 1856, and includes client records, financial records, minutes, annual reports and superintendent files from its institutions for women and children. Access Conditions…
Town and City Mission Records are held at the Central Highlands Libraries, Ballarat Library. The records date from around 1892 to c.1974 and relate to the Town and City Mission and its activities, and include annual reports, visitor records, minutes of meetings, financial records, photographs and plans. The collection includes records of the Alexandra Babies’…
The University of Melbourne Archives was established in July 1960, initially to collect and preserve records relating to the University and to business and business people for the purposes of historical research. The University’s own records date from its foundation in 1853 and as well as administrative records, records of student societies and the personal…
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