The Christian Brothers
This archival collection contains records relating to St Edmund's residential 'home' run by the Christian Brothers. St Edmund's was a residential 'home' for boys aged between 5 and 17 with a visual impairment established in 1951. From1980 onwards St Edmund's became a day school and is as of 2014 co-educational. The records in this collection are held at St Edmund's School.
People wishing to access the records in this archival collection are advised to contact the principle of St Edmund's School.
There is almost no information publicly available about the records in this collection. As such information relating to some individuals who experienced 'care' at St Edmund's may be missing.
Sources used to compile this entry: 'A Piece of the Story': National Directory of Records of Catholic Organisations Caring for Children Separated from Families, Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission & Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, 1999, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/A-Piece-of-the-Story-Directory-of-Catholic-Records-.pdf; St Edmund's School: Wahroonga, with Edmund Rice Education Australia and Edmund Rice Special Education Services, St Edmund's, c. 2014, http://www.stedmunds.nsw.edu.au/; Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf.
Prepared by: Melissa Downing
Created: 10 August 2011, Last modified: 28 January 2015
Last updated: 4 August 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nsw/biogs/NE00820b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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