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Creator

Department of Families

Title

Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records

Imprint

State of Queensland, 2001

Url

http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/resources/childsafety/foster-care/missing-pieces.pdf

Related Entries

Archival Collections

• Administrative Records, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Albion Lodge, Records, BoysTown Business Centre
• Anglican Children's Home, Records, Brisbane Diocese (1983 - )
• Beemar Yumba Maud Phillips Memorial Children's Shelter, Records (1985 - 2010)
• Ben White House, Records, Save the Children Fund Queensland (1985 - 1991)
• Client Files, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Institution Files, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Mt Maria Re-Education Centre, Records (1933 - 1974)
• Operational Registers, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Presbyterian Children's Homes, Records (1922 - 1977)
• St Joseph's Home, Records, Order of the Sisters of Mercy - Diocese of Rockhampton
• W. R. Black Home, Records (1924 - 1949)
• Westbrook Youth Detention Centre, Records, Queensland State Archives

Archival Series

• Absconding, Escape Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Activities Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Admission Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Advice of Movement Forms, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Appointment Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Bed Lists, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Clinic Reports, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• Commission of Inquiry Exhibits, Queensland State Archives
• Court Reports, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Discharge Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Doctors Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Escort Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Handcuffs Register, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Immunisation Books
• Isolation Registers, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Leave Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• Medical Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Medical Report Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services (1961 - 2001)
• Medication Treatment Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Non Swimmers Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Observation Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Orderlies Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services (1961 - 2001)
• Outfitting/Clothing Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Privilege Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• Punishment Book, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Review Books - Serious Offenders Review Panel, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• Rooms 13 and 14 Misbehaviour Rooms, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• School Roll Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• Searches Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Seclusion Books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Section Report/Sisters Report Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• Self Injuries, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• Tantrum Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• Time Out Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• Treatment/Injuries Book, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Trust Account Records, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Visitors Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General
• Weekly Returns, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services
• Youth Workers, Training Workers Logs, Books, Department of Justice and Attorney General (1961 - 2001)
• Youth workers, training workers logs, books, Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services (1961 - 2001)

Events

• Child and youth migration

Legislation

• Adoption of Children Act 1935, State of Queensland

  p.103

• Adoption of Children Act 1964, State of Queensland

  p.103

• Bail Act 1980, State of Queensland

  p. 104

• Children's Commissioner and Children's Services Appeals Tribunals Act 1996, State of Queensland

  p.104

• Children's Court Act 1907, State of Queensland

  p.102

• Freedom of Information Act 1992, State of Queensland
• Infant Life Protection Act 1905, State of Queensland

  p.102

• Infant Life Protection Act Amendment Act 1918, State of Queensland

  p. 102

Organisations

• Albion Lodge (1965 - 1974)

  p.29

• Alexandra Cottage (1960 - 1993)
• Alkira, Salvation Army Home for Boys, Indooroopilly, The Salvation Army (1922 - 1983)

  p.30

• Anglican Children's Home (1983 - )

  p.31

• The Ark Transition Hostel, Windsor (1977 - 1982)

  p.88

• Aurala (1992 - 2011)

  p.32

• Beemar Yumba Maud Phillips Memorial Children's Shelter, Cherbourg (1985 - 2010)

  p.33

• Ben White House (1980 - 1991)

  p.33

• Bethel Home, Dalby (1952 - 1982)

  p.34

• Bethesda Family Group Home (1980 - 1992)

  p.34

• Beulah Home (1971 - 1974)

  p.35

• Bindari Lodge (1971 - 1995)

  p.35

• Birralee Children's Home (1964 - 1967)
• Birralee Hostel (1981 - 1982)
• Birralee Receiving and Assessment Centre (1967 - 1981)

  p.13

• Blackheath Home, Oxley (c. 1924 - 1963)

  pp. 37-38

• BoysTown (1961 - 2001)

  p.38

• Bundamba Lodge, Bundamba (1983 - )

  p.39

• Buxton Lodge, Redcliffe (1980 - 1983)

  p.39

• Cairns Family Group Home (1980 - 1997)

  p.40

• Carramar Receiving and Assessment Centre (1967 - 1995)

  p.13

• Chester House (1980 - 1996)

  p.40

• Christian Centre Family Group Homes (1976 - )

  p.41

• Cleveland Youth Detention Centre (1980 - )

  p.14

• Crossroads (1980 - 1985)

  p.41

• Dahler Family Group Home (1975 - 1988)

  p.41

• David Henry Transitional Lodge (1975 - 1978)

  p.41

• Diamantina Orphanage (1865 - 1910)
• Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infants' Home (1910 - 1962)
• Dowdle Family Group Home (c. 1963 - 1993)

  p.42

• Endeavour Training Farm, Riverview (1898 - 1977)

  p.42

• Enoggera Boys' Home (1906 - 1978)

  p.44

• Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook (1919 - 1966)
• Fatima Home for Children (1974 - 1995)

  p.45

• First Contact (1994 - 1999)

  pp.45-46

• Frank Gilson House (1970 - )

  p.46

• The Friary (1966 - 1981)

  p.88

• Glen Loeman Family Group Home (1981 - 1990)

  p.46

• Granada Hostel (1979 - 1985)

  p.47

• Gundanah Group Home (1979 - 1987)

  p.48

• Hackwood (1993 - 1996)

  p.48

• Harrison Cottage Group Family Home (1960 - 1981)

  p.48

• Harrison House (1986 - )

  p.49

• Hebron House (1986 - )

  p.49

• Hilldale Village for Boys (1973 - )

  p.50

• Holland Park Family Group Home (1964 - )

  p.50

• Holy Cross Home (1904 - 1973)

  p.51

• Holy Cross Retreat (1888 - 1978)

  p.51

• Home of the Good Shepherd, Nundah (1893 - c. 1933)

  p.52

• Horton House (1945 - 1985)

  p.52-53

• Illoura Family Group Home (1975 - 1990)

  p.53

• Industrial School for Girls, Chelmer (1923 - 1941)

  p.54

• Industrial School for Girls, Clayfield (1903 - 1920)

  p.54

• Industrial School for Girls, Nudgee (1903 - 1942)

  p.54

• Industrial School, Mapoon Mission Station (1901 - 1963)

  p.55

• Industrial School, Purga Mission Station (1915 - 1948)

  p.55

• Industrial School, Yarrabah Mission Station (1914 - )

  p.56

• Irwin Blowers House (1980 - )

  p.56

• Jellicoe Street Family Group Home (1967 - 1994)

  p.56

• Jessie Street Family Group Home (1978 - 1985)
• John Oxley Youth Detention Centre (1987 - 2001)

  p.15

• John Thompson House (1980 - )

  p.57

• Kalimna Vocational Centre, Salvation Army Home for Girls, Toowong (1962 - 1977)

  p.57

• Karrala House (1963 - 1971)

  p.17

• Kelvin Grove Transition Hostel (1973 - 1976)

  p.18

• Kiah Hostel, Norman Park (1978 - )

  p.58

• Kingsbury Cottage Family Group Home, Bardon (1960 - )

  p.58

• Kingswood Lodge (1989 - )

  p.59

• Kunara Family Group Home (1969 - 1989)

  p.59

• Lahey Cottage Family Group Home (1973 - 1985)

  p.59

• Layton House (1980 - 1981)

  p.60

• Leslie Tooth Home (1921 - 1931)

  p.60

• Lewis Cottage Family Group Home (1967 - 1988)

  p.60

• Logan Reserve Lodge (1991 - 2001)

  p.61

• Luther Lodge (1982 - 1996)

  p.61

• Mackay Family Group Home (1976 - )

  p.62

• Mareeba Youth Centre/Farm (1979 - 1982)

  p.62

• Margaret Marr Memorial Home for Boys (1924 - 1973)

  p.62

• Marsden Family Group Home (1974 - )

  p.63

• Marsden Home for Boys, Booval (1962 - 1974)

  p.63-64

• Marsden Home for Boys, Booval (1962 - 1974)

  p.63

• Marsden Home for Boys, Narangba Road, Kallangur (1929 - 1992)
• Mi Gunyah Youth Hostel (1991 - 1999)

  p.66

• Moore Cottage Family Group Home (1962 - 1996)

  p.64

• Morris House (1975 - 1983)

  p.65

• Mt Maria Re-Education Centre, Mitchelton (1933 - 1974)

  p.65

• Nazareth House (1926 - 1982)

  p.66

• Nicklin Cottage Family Group Home (1960 - 1984)

  p.67

• Opal House (1966 - 1974)

  p.68

• Opal Joyce Wilding Home (1970 - 1977)

  p.68

• The Outlook (1976 - 1979)

  p.19

• Pallarenda Family Group Home (1979 - )

  p68-69

• Peim Metta Family Group Home (1982 - )

  p.69

• Petford Training Farm (1978? - 1998)

  p.70

• Primmer Lodge, Taringa (1978 - 1981)

  p.70

• Queen Alexandra Home, Coorparoo (1911 - 1960)

  p.70-71

• Rattray House (1982 - 1993)

  p.71

• Reformatory School for Boys - Hulk Proserpine (1871 - 1881)
• Rob Gill Cottage Family Group Home (1960 - 1981)

  p.71

• Rockhampton Orphanage (1870 - 1894)
• Rockhampton Receiving Depot (1894 - 1964)
• Rowellyn Family Group Home (1965 - 1997)

  p.72-73.

• Salvation Army Home

  p.82

• Salvation Army Home for Girls, Yeronga (1898 - 1942)

  p.83

• Salvation Army Industrial School for Girls (1920 - 1934)

  p.80-81

• Saunders Family Group Home (1973 - c. 1985)

  p.83-84

• Silky Oaks Haven for Children (1940 - )

  p.84-85

• Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Detention Centre (1993 - 2001)
• Specht Family Group Home (1969 - 2000)

  p.85-86.

• St George's Home, Rockhampton

  p.73

• St Joseph's Home, Neerkol (1874 - 1978)

  p.74-76

• St Martin's Centre (1977 - 1991)

  p.77

• St Mary's Home, Toowong (1894 - 1991)

  pp. 77-79

• St Vincent's Home for Children (1835 - 1971)

  p.77-79

• Stanton Lodge (1984 - 1985)

  p.18

• Stewart Cottage Family Group Home (1962 - 1993)

  p.86

• Tainton Cottage Family Group Home (1967 - 1985)

  p.86

• Talera Lodge (1977 - 1988)

  p.87

• TARA (1995 - 2001)

  p.18

• Taringa Transition Hostel (1973 - 1985)

  p.19

• Tarragindi Lodge (1974 - 1991)

  p.87

• Townsville Receiving Depot (1934 - 1964)
• Treacher Family Group Home (1965 - 1995)

  p.89

• Tufnell Home

  p.91

• Tufnell Residential and Community Care (1990 - )
• Tufnell Residential and Community Care, Regents Park

  p.89

• Tufnell Toddlers' Home

  p.91

• Vietnamese Community Family Group Home (1982 - 1991)

  p.92

• W. R. Black Home (1928 - 1965)

  pp.35-36

• Wahroonga Family Group Home (1974 - )

  p.93

• Ward Street Family Group Home (1977 - 1979)
• Warilda Children's Home and Warilda Infants' Home (1964 - 1967)
• Warilda Receiving and Assessment Centre (1967 - 1989)

  p.19

• Westbrook Reformatory for Boys (1900 - 1919)
• Westbrook Training Centre (1966 - 1987)
• Westbrook Youth Centre (1987 - 1993)
• Westbrook Youth Detention Centre (1993 - 1994)
• Wilson Youth Hospital (1961 - 1983)
• Wongabeena Family Group Home (1970 - 1989)

  p.94

• Yuddika Family Group Home (1990 - 2001)

  p.94