The Children’s Court Act 1973 ( Vic) ( No. 8477) replaced the Children’s Court Act 1958 on 5 August 1974. The long title was ‘An Act to re-enact with Amendments to the Law relating to Children’s Courts’. The Children and Young Persons Act 1989 ( No.5619) repealed this Act and came into operation on 30…
The Children’s Court Act 1958 (Vic) (No. 6218) repealed the Children’s Court Act 1956 on 1 April 1959. Its long title was ‘An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Children’s Courts’. The Children’s Court Act 1973 ( No.8477) repealed and re-enacted this Act on 5 August 1974.
Olinda Farm Reformatory was established by Max and Louisa Brown in 1893. It was a training farm for up to six boys in South Wandin (now known as Silvan), near Lilydale. It was in operation for less than a decade and closed in around 1900. Olinda Farm Reformatory was a training farm for up to…
Salvation Army Australia, Records of Homes in the former Southern Territory is a collection of records relating to former residents of Salvation Army institutions in South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The Salvation Army in these states was known as the Southern Territory from 1921 until 2018. Care Leavers who apply for access to…
Marian Lodge Training Centre was established by the St John of God Brothers. It was adjacent to St John Of God Training Centre in Cheltenham. Marian Lodge catered for boys described as having moderate intellectual disabilities and being unable to follow a special schooling program, but able to benefit from other training.
Papers of Shirley Steans Beaumont (MS Acc09/195) are held at the National Library of Australia. The collection includes letters received by Shirley Steans Beaumont from former female residents of the Salvation Army Catherine Booth Girls’ Home in East Kew, Melbourne describing their childhood experiences at the Home. There are also photographs of the 2006 reunion…
Ward Index Cards provide a summary record of all interactions of an individual child or young person with the Victorian Social Welfare Department (and its successor departments) from 1960 to 1985. Access Conditions Restricted Access – Records containing personal or private information about children are closed to public access for a period of 99 years….
bestchance Child Family Care holds records from all its predecessor agencies, including: Burwood Boys’ Home; Burwood Children’s Home; and Child and Family Care Network Inc. Access Conditions Conditional Access – For enquiries about accessing client records, former residents can contact the Heritage Officer, and bestchance will do its best to assist.
There is a collection of material donated by Donna Jaggs held at the Australian Orphanage Museum and managed by the Care Leavers of Australasia Network (CLAN). It includes publications, scrapbooks and press clippings relating to the history of child welfare in Victoria.
Cottage by the Sea Queenscliff holds annual reports and a collection of photographs that former residents and their families can view. These records date from 1890.
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