CatholicCare Hunter-Manning holds the known surviving records of several Catholic children's homes and orphanages, namely the Bishop Murray Memorial Home at Campbell's Hill which became the Monte Pio Orphanage, and the Murray Dwyer Boys' Home, Merewether. Murray Dwyer Boys' Home was operated by the Daughters of Charity, and at the time it was taken over by Centacare in the late 1960s had evolved into a series of small group homes. The records are incomplete. In order to facilitate access to this information, CatholicCare Hunter-Manning has developed a database which lists the name of the child in care, their date of admission and discharge, and a cross reference to the surviving original records.
There are a number of CatholicCare and Centacare offices throughout New South Wales, each of which is aligned with its local Catholic Diocese and forms part of Catholic Social Services Australia.
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The Find & Connect Support Service can help people who lived in orphanages and children's institutions look for their records.
Last updated:
13 January 2023
Cite this: http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/nsw/NE01044
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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