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Western Australia - Archival Item

Moss John - visiting Child Welfare Expert (1951 - 1953)

National Archives of Australia

From
1951
To
1953
Website
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=4277835
Reference No
PP9/1, 1951/63/1957
Legal Status
National Archives of Australia Reference Number

'Moss John - visiting Child Welfare Expert' is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It documents the arrangements for a 1951-1952 visit to Children's Homes and State child welfare authorities by John Moss CBE, a 'UK Child Expert' who worked for the Home Office in Britain, to assess the conditions in institutions for British child migrants. The file also holds some information from West Australian institutions, supplied for Moss' report. It can be read online.

Details

'Moss John - visiting Child Welfare Expert' documents the arrangements for a visit to Children's Homes and State child welfare authorities by John Moss CBE, a 'UK Child Expert' who worked for the Home Office in Britain. Moss was inspecting institutions which held British child migrants. He was doing this 'unofficially' while on holiday leave in Australia and New Zealand. Much of this file contains correspondence about John Moss' itinerary and travel arrangements for his January 1952 visit to Western Australia.

Notable information in the file includes:

  • Survey questions which were circulated to institutions before Moss' visit (pp.136-137)
  • Response to questions by Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra (pp.39-40)
  • Response to questions by Anglican (Swan Homes) (pp.41-42)
  • Response to questions by Methodist Homes for Children (p.43)
  • Response to questions by the Catholic Episcopal Migration and Welfare Association (pp.47-50)
  • Key officials for the WA institutions and government (pp.22, 59)
  • Minutes of a meeting with representatives of the institutions, Child Welfare Department and Commonwealth Department of Lands and Immigration (pp.44-46)
  • Moss' itinerary as at 16 January 1952 (pp.22-23)

Photos

CEMWA Response to Moss Questionnaire
Title
CEMWA Response to Moss Questionnaire
Type
Document
Date
1951
Source
National Archives of Australia

Details

Enquiry by Mr. John Moss. Points on which information is needed as to provision for the welfare of children emigrating from the United Kingdom to Australia
Title
Enquiry by Mr. John Moss. Points on which information is needed as to provision for the welfare of children emigrating from the United Kingdom to Australia
Type
Document
Date
10 May 1951
Source
National Archives of Australia

Details

Minutes of conference of representatives of institutions accommodating migrant children
Title
Minutes of conference of representatives of institutions accommodating migrant children
Type
Document
Date
25 May 1951
Source
National Archives of Australia

Details

Anglican Homes Response to Moss Questionnaire
Title
Anglican Homes Response to Moss Questionnaire
Type
Document
Date
29 May 1951
Source
National Archives of Australia

Details

Fairbridge Response to Moss Questionnaire
Title
Fairbridge Response to Moss Questionnaire
Type
Document
Date
29 May 1951
Source
National Archives of Australia

Details

Methodist Homes for Children Response to Moss Questionnaire
Title
Methodist Homes for Children Response to Moss Questionnaire
Type
Document
Date
1 June 1951
Source
National Archives of Australia

Details

Prepared by: Debra Rosser