‘Bringing Them Home after the Apology oral history project [sound recording]’ is a collection of interviews undertaken by the National Library of Australia. These interviews follow an earlier project that included oral histories from Indigenous people, missionaries, police and administrators who were ‘involved in or affected by’ the removal of Indigenous children from their families….
Uniting Church [Private Archives] is a collection of records held in the Battye Library’s Private Archives Collection at the State Library of Western Australia. The collection contains a range of records, some which are restricted to protect people’s privacy. The items in this collection include baptismal certificates and may include other personal information. The collection…
The collection held by the Uniting Church Archives in Perth dates from around 1918 to the 1980s. The collection includes information about Children’s Homes run by the Methodist and Presbyterian churches and, after 1977, the Uniting Church. Most of the information in the collection is about fundraising for the Homes, or copies of newsletters. There…
The Salvation Army ran a Maternity Home in North Fremantle from 1903 (the Open Door) but by the 1920s it was known as Hillcrest. The records in the Hillcrest collection date from 1912 until the Home closed in 1974. Any records about adoption are protected by the requirements of the Adoption Act 1994 (WA) and…
Uniting WA records is a collection of records and historical information that may be relevant to people who were placed in Homes run by Methodist Homes for Children, UnitingCare Child and Family Care Services, and Mofflyn Child and Family Care Services, including: Allandale Cottage; Bourkedale; Carine House; Collins House; Cooinda; Kingsway; Marangaroo; Meribah; Methodist Children’s…
Anglicare WA, records is a collection of records and historical information that may be relevant to people who were placed in residential programs run by Anglicare including: Anglicare Emergency Foster Scheme; Anglicare Fostering Futures; Anglicare Homesharers; Anglicare Youth House; Armadale Youth Accommodation Service; Chesterfield House and Rockingham Youth External Accommodation Project; and Yes! Housing. Anglicare…
Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia, Records is a collection of records and historical information that may be relevant to people who were placed in Homes including: Anglican Farm School, Stoneville, Forrest River Mission; Padbury Boys’ Farm School, Parkerville Children’s Home; Perth Boys’ Orphanage and Perth Girls’ Orphanage; Redhill; Seaside House, Coogee; Swan Boys’ Orphanage;…
Centrecare is the organisation that has inherited the history and any existing records of Centrecare Family Services and Centrecare Marriage and Family Services. It is also the custodian of existing records from Centrecare Children’s Cottages, which was re-named Djooraminda in August 1992. The exact holdings are unknown, but there may be information relevant to people…
Wanslea Family Services Records is an archival collection of records dated between 1940 to 2004. It includes records about the Wanslea Hostel, Cottesloe and the Wanslea ‘Community Care Program’ (‘foster care program’). Wanslea Family Services has paper files, microfilm, photographs and digital files that include admission records, case notes, letters, and annual reports. Access Conditions…
Records of the Department of Child Protection and Family Support, and predecessors is a collection dating back to 1894. It is held by Child Protection and Family Support (CPFS). The collection includes records from the Government Receiving Depot, the State Children’s Department, the Child Welfare Department and more recent departments which have been known at…
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