The Sisters of Mercy, Adelaide Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from Argentina via Ireland was established in 1880 in South Australia. They ran the St Vincent De Paul Orphanage and Yoorana Cottage, St Vincent de Paul Group Homes. In 2011, the Sisters of Mercy, Adelaide Congregation was dissolved and merged with 15 former…
Sisters of the Resurrection is a Polish Order of Catholic nuns that was established in Rome in 1891. In Melbourne an order of the Sisters of the Resurrection was established in 1952 and ran ‘Resurrection House’ in Essendon from 1952 to 1971. Between 1956 and 1978, the Resurrection Sisters ran St Stanislaus House in Royal…
St Vincent’s Trust Endowment Society ran St Joseph’s Refuge, Fullarton between 1992 and 2001.
The Adelaide Catholic Archdiocesan Archives holds records created by the successive bishops and archbishops of Adelaide and their associated parishes, diocesan offices and agencies. The Archives holds administrative, historical and photographic records related to Homes run by the Catholic Church. It also holds all issues of The Southern Cross newspaper, 1889 to present. No personal…
The Salesians of Don Bosco are an international organisation of Catholic priests and brothers who work with disadvantaged and marginalised young people. They were founded by the Italian priest Saint John Bosco in the mid nineteenth century. The first Salesians came to the Kimberley region of Australia in 1922 in order to run a mission….
The Salesians of Don Bosco Province Centre Archives holds records related to the work of Salesians across Australia and New Zealand. The collection includes records relating to Boys Town Engadine (NSW), and St John’s Boys Town at Brooklyn Park (SA). Access Conditions The Salesians of Don Bosco Province Centre Archives is located in Ascot Vale,…
The Catholic Order of the Brothers of St John the Baptist was founded by Father John Healy of the Thebarton parish in around 1892. The Order ran a reformatory called St John the Baptist Home for Boys. In 1941, the Salesians of Don Bosco took over management of the St John the Baptist Home for…
The Archives of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan are located in Toxteth House in Glebe (Sydney, New South Wales). The Good Samaritan Archives contain a comprehensive set of records generated by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan and the institutions run by them, such as schools, orphanages, women’s refuges and homes for the aged…
The Catholic Diocese of Port Pirie has been an independent Diocese since 1887. The Port Pirie Catholic Diocese covers most of the state of South Australia, from near Clare up to and including Uluru. The Port Pirie Catholic Diocesan Office holds records of the Sacred Heart Orphanage in Crystal Brook. Access Conditions To enquire about…
The Sacred Heart Orphanage was established in 1940 at Crystal Brook. Run by the Good Samaritan Sisters, it originally catered for children in need whose fathers had been killed during World War II. In the 1970s the orphanage accommodated children between 4 and 15 years of age. The institution closed as an orphanage in 1979….
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