Archives



Records of the Babies Home, Walkerville (Adelaide, S.Aust)

Records of the Babies’ Home, Walkerville, comprises minute books, inventory book, certificate of title, committee and membership lists, child endowment schedule of admissions and discharges, nursery times, plan of proposed Mothercraft Training Centre, financial records, list of children’s clothes and Annual Report for 1945. Access Conditions For access to many Anglican records held at the…

Poonindie Mission [records]

Records of the Anglican Church’s Poonindie Mission (based around St Matthew’s Church), comprising financial records, records relating to wool sales, monthly pay sheets, reports from the medical officer and school master, annual reports and balance sheets, quarterly native residents’ returns, correspondence and printed reports. Access Conditions For access to many Anglican records held at the…

Records of Adelaide Children’s Hospital

As Estcourt House, Mareeba Babies’ Hospital and the Queen Victoria Convalescent Home for Children were at various times controlled by the Adelaide Children’s Hospital, it is possible that further records related to these institutions may be held in records of the Hospital. A review of these records has not yet been conducted. Access Conditions For…

Records of Umeewarra Mission, Children’s Home

The collection Records of Umeewarra Mission, Children’s Home, contains records related to the Umeewarra Mission, Children’s Home 1937-1964. Access Conditions These records are held privately by the Umeewarra Nguraritja – an association of former residents of the Home. To access these records please contact Umeewarra Nguraritja. Access is restricted to former residents of the home….

Records of St John’s Boys Town

According to the Archivist, the Salesians of Don Bosco Province Centre Archives holds only limited information regarding the running of St John’s Boys Town, and no personal records of former residents of the Home. The Archivist regrets that he does not know of the location of personal files relating to former residents. Access Conditions The…

St Mary’s Mission of Hope Records

St Mary’s Mission of Hope Records is a collection of records created between 1903-1990 by staff and officers of St Mary’s Home for Children and St Mary’s Mission of Hope. The records include committee minutes; matrons’ reports; visitors’ reports; secretary’s reports; financial records; correspondence and working papers of the committee; building and architectural records; annual…

St Francis House Records

St Francis House Records is a collection of records created by the staff and officers of St Francis House and the Church of England Hostel for Inland Children during the period 1946-1961. The records include committee minutes, visitors’ book, financial records, correspondence, and news cuttings. Access Conditions Former residents of the children’s Homes of the…

Lady Victoria Buxton Girls Club records

This collection of records of the Lady Victoria Buxton Girls Club comprises one minute book (1944 – 1954), miscellaneous correspondence about the Hostel of the Holy Name (1955 – 1960), annual reports (1948/49, 1953/54, & 1954/55), financial records (1960), and a record of office bearers. Access Conditions For access to many Anglican records held at…

Kennion House Records

Kennion House Records is a collection of records from Kennion House (1955-1982) and its predecessors, The Church of England Boys’ Home at Walkerville (1903-1955) and The Children’s Home at Walkerville (1886-1904). The records in this collection were created by the staff and officers of the Homes, between 1886-1983. This collection includes minutes and associated working…

Records of Karingal Youth Hostel

Records of Karingal Youth Hostel is a small collection of records created by staff of the Church of England Karingal Youth Hostel. The records date from 1954 to the hostel’s closure in 1964, and are held in the Anglican Archives at the Diocesan Archives Centre, Adelaide. The collection includes minutes of meetings of the management…