The Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS) was established in Victoria in 1883. The movement was originally established in England in the 1870s. It had strong links to the Church of England. In Melbourne, the GFS provided accommodation and services to immigrants and female travellers. According to O’Hanlon, the Girls’ Friendly Society ‘operated a system whereby unchaperoned…
The Training Home for Girls was established in around 1880, as an institution where young women received training to become domestic servants. Originally, it was known as the Servants’ Training Institute. The Training Home for Girls was located in Berry Street, East Melbourne (Jolimont). It was run by a committee of management with links to…
Dame Mary Herring Spastic Children’s Hostel in Armadale was a centre that provided residential care to children with cerebral palsy. Run by the Spastic Children’s Society of Victoria, it opened in 1956 and was approved as a children’s home in 1964. Residential accommodation was provided in congregate care form at the Hostel itself, as well…
The Langi Kal Kal records held by the Victorian Government comprise a number of records series with information about children who lived at Langi Kal Kal 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…
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…
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