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New South Wales - Organisation
Metropolitan Children's Court (1911 - 1983)
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Nun from the order of Sister of the Good Shepherd escorting a girl, Children's Court Albion Street, Sydney, 25 October, 1963, 25 October 1963, courtesy of National Library of Australia.
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- 1911
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- 1983
- Categories
- Juvenile Justice Centre
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The Metropolitan Children's Court was established in 1911, when the Children's Court moved to Albion Street, Sydney from Ormond House. The courthouse also housed the Metropolitan Shelter for Boys. The Metropolitan Children's Court was criticised for overcrowding, its poor location and facilites and on 29 April 1983 it closed when the Bidura Children's Court opened in Glebe.
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Bidura Children's Court holds records of the Metropolitan Children's Court and can be approached to gain access. Please note that this series of records is incomplete.
Children's Courts
In many instances, especially in the case of smaller Courts, the depositions of proceedings in Children's Courts are interfiled with the adult depositions. There are, however, several designated Children's Courts in NSW: Bidura Children's Court at Glebe (in Sydney's inner west); Cobham Children's Court at Werrington (in Sydney's far west); Worimi Children's Court at Broadmeadow (Newcastle); Minda Children's Court at Lidcombe (in Sydney's west); Campsie Children's Court at Campsie (in Sydney's south west); and Yasmar Children's Court at Haberfield (in Sydney's inner west).
The records listed do not constitute the full extent of the records available. Those listed are the records which appear in the Concise Guide to the State Archives. Since the Guide was last updated it is possible that additional records have been deposited with State Records of New South Wales. In addition, records are still held by the Courts themselves. As all requests for information must be directed through the Clerk of the relevant Court, current information about holdings will be available from the Court.
Timeline
- 1911 - 1983
- Metropolitan Children's Court
- 1983 -
- Bidura Children's Court
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- Records held by Bidura Children's Court (1912 - )
- Date Range
- 1912 -
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- Contact
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Please contact the Clerk, Surry Hills Children's Court:
Street Address: Surry Hills Children's Court, 66-78 Albion Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
Postal Address: PO Box K303, Haymarket NSW 2010
Phone: (02) 8667 2100
Fax: (02) 8667 2130
Email: cc-Surry-Hills@justice.nsw.gov.au
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- Yoonthalla Close interviewed by Anne Monsour in the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project [sound recording]
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5481502
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Postal address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
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- Series Title
- Depositions [Metropolitan Children's Court] (1937 - 1941)
- Date Range
- 1937 - 1941
- Reference
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3420
[State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the The Open Government, Information and Privacy Unit, Department of Communities and Justice:
Postal Address: Locked Bag 5000, Parramatta NSW 2124
Phone: (02) 9716 2662
Email: infoandprivacy@dcj.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.dcj.nsw.gov.au/about-us/gipa/right-to-information-policy.html
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- Depositions [Metropolitan Children's Court] (1950 - 1974)
- Date Range
- 1950 - 1974
- Reference
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3421
[State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the The Open Government, Information and Privacy Unit, Department of Communities and Justice:
Postal Address: Locked Bag 5000, Parramatta NSW 2124
Phone: (02) 9716 2662
Email: infoandprivacy@dcj.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.dcj.nsw.gov.au/about-us/gipa/right-to-information-policy.html
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- Collection Title
- John Mulligan Photograph Collection, ca. 1960-1976 (c. 1960 - c. 1976)
- Date Range
- 1960 - 1976
- Reference
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1585810
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Postal address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
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Nun from the order of Sister of the Good Shepherd escorting a girl, Children's Court Albion Street, Sydney, 25 October, 1963
Children's Court, Sydney