The Miralee Reception Centre records held by the Victorian Government comprise a number of records series with information about children who stayed at Mildura/Miralee Reception Centre and the departmental administration of the institution. Access Conditions Restricted Access – Records containing personal or private information about children are closed to public access for a period of…
Malmsbury Youth Training Centre records held by the Victorian Government is an archival collection held by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, which was described in the 2016 publication, Finding Records. Access Conditions Restricted Access – Records containing personal or private information about children are closed to public access for a period of 99…
Allambie records held by the Victorian Government contains a number of records series with information about children who lived at Allambie and the departmental administration of the Home. Access Conditions Restricted Access – Records containing personal or private information about children are closed to public access for a period of 99 years. Care Leavers (and…
The Ballarat Reception Centre records held by the Victorian Government comprise a number of records series with information about children who lived at Ballarat/Warrawee Reception Centre and the departmental administration of the Home. Access Conditions Restricted Access – Records containing personal or private information about children are closed to public access for a period of…
Hartnett House and Melbourne City Mission Maternity Home Records is an archival collection held by the Victorian Government. Presumably these records were transferred to the custody of the Victorian government when Hartnett House ceased to be an adoption agency (in 1973) or when the children’s Home closed in around 1982. This collection comprises various records…
The Seventh Day Adventist Welfare Organisation was an arm of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, established in Victoria in 1886. The Seventh Day Adventist Welfare Organisation was one of the 22 private adoption agencies approved by the Adoption Act 1964. There are records relating to adoptions organised by the organisation in the collection of the…
The Children’s Court Clinic was established in 1942 and operated in association with the Central Children’s Court in Melbourne. The Clinic was the investigative arm of the Children’s Court. Many children who were at Royal Park Depot or Turana awaiting a court appearance were seen by the Children’s Court Clinic. In 2016, the Children’s Court…
The Children’s Court of Victoria was established in 1906. Before this time, children were dealt with in the same courts as adults. The Children’s Court heard cases involving children under the age of 17 related to criminal matters (juvenile offending) as well as welfare matters (such as determining if a child was ‘neglected’ or ‘in…
Child Information and Departmental Administration records is an archival collection held by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing. It contains records from the following Victorian institutions: Turana, Baltara Reception Centre, Langi Kal Kal and Malmsbury Youth Training Centres, Melbourne Youth Justice Centre. Access Conditions Restricted Access – Records containing personal or private information about…
Children’s Court Case History Files is an archival series held by the Department of Families, Fairness and housing. It comprises files relating to children’s assessments by the Children’s Court Clinic, and include case histories compiled by social workers, psychologists and other case workers. The files also contain results from tests to assess the child’s literacy,…
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