The records of the South Australian Children’s and Youth Courts contain case files and records about children and young people who had cases before the courts. The files can relate to children and young people who were in the process of being made wards of the state, who were being adopted, or who were charged…
State Records of South Australia holds the administrative records created and kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare. The records contain references to children who were in State care, adoption requests, photographs of some children and children’s institutions, and discussions of policy matters relating to child welfare and institutional care. Access…
State Records of South Australia holds the minutes of council and committee meetings that were created and kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare. These minutes include notes on discussion of individual cases, including notes on the conduct and education of State wards, allegations of neglect of State wards, transfers of…
State Records of South Australia holds many records of correspondence written to or by the Social Welfare Departments and its predecessors. The records were kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare. The records include details about children, including references to children being committed to State care, foster and institutional placements or…
State Records of South Australia holds records that contain information about foster mothers and maternity homes. The records were kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare. The records contain details about women who were licensed to be foster mothers for children in State care, details about children who were placed in…
State Records of South Australia holds many records that contain information about South Australian families who had contact with the child welfare system, and relating to the paternity of South Australian children who were born outside of marriage (including for cases where this is not noted on a birth certificate). They may contain some information…
The New South Wales Government Departments for Child and Social Welfare created a collection of about 5000 photographs relating to out-of-home care and state wardship. This collection includes images of individual children who had been placed in government-run Homes and institutions. Some children appearing in photographs have been named, but many have not yet been…
The Koorie index of names is a database created by Public Record Office Victoria which can be searched to locate references to Victorian Aboriginal people who are mentioned in some archival records that relate to Aboriginal affairs (1839-1946). This database is not accessible online and is only searchable on-site at the Victorian Archives Centre in…
State Records of South Australia holds a large collection of Client Files and Family Files that were kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare, as well as indexes that provide reference to these files. These files contain information about children in the child welfare system and their families, and include files…
Access Conditions People mentioned in these records have a right to access information about themselves. If applying for records about a family member, please specify your relationship when making an application. Please provide evidence of your authority if you are acting on behalf of a former resident. BUSHkids aims to provide any information found as…
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