Wimmera UnitingCare Records relate to the programs run by Wimmera Family Group Homes, Wimmera Community Care and Wimmera UnitingCare. These programmes included family group homes, Residential Care, foster care, Shared Family Care, and Adolescent Community Placement. Access Conditions Former residents (and their families) should contact the Uniting Heritage Service to find information, and access personal…
Salvation Army Australia, Records of Homes in the former Southern Territory is a collection of records relating to former residents of Salvation Army institutions in South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. The Salvation Army in these states was known as the Southern Territory from 1921 until 2018. Care Leavers who apply for access to…
Papers of Shirley Steans Beaumont (MS Acc09/195) are held at the National Library of Australia. The collection includes letters received by Shirley Steans Beaumont from former female residents of the Salvation Army Catherine Booth Girls’ Home in East Kew, Melbourne describing their childhood experiences at the Home. There are also photographs of the 2006 reunion…
bestchance Child Family Care holds records from all its predecessor agencies, including: Burwood Boys’ Home; Burwood Children’s Home; and Child and Family Care Network Inc. Access Conditions Conditional Access – For enquiries about accessing client records, former residents can contact the Heritage Officer.
There is a collection of material donated by Donna Jaggs held at the Australian Orphanage Museum and managed by the Care Leavers of Australasia Network (CLAN). It includes publications, scrapbooks and press clippings relating to the history of child welfare in Victoria.
Cottage by the Sea Queenscliff holds annual reports and a collection of photographs that former residents and their families can view. These records date from 1890.
There are records related to St Cuthbert’s at the Anglican Diocese of Ballarat archives, however it is not known exactly what is there. It appears that there are few records, however care leavers are encouraged to contact the Anglican Diocese of Ballarat Director of Professional Standards directly, and every effort will be made to assist…
The collection at Nazareth House, Camberwell includes some personal records for some of the children who were at Nazareth House, as well as information recorded in admission and discharge registers. Access Conditions Conditional Access – Former residents and their families seeking information in the records can write to the Sisters of Nazareth Archive Department. Records…
Records held by the Uniting Church Archives is a collection of records dating from 1923 to 1994, and includes information about children’s Homes run by the Methodist and Presbyterian churches and, after 1977, the Uniting Church. The collection consists of records about the administration of the Homes: including minutes of management committees, annual reports and…
The GordonCare for Children Records date back to around 1951. The collection relates to the Gordon Homes for Boys, the Gordon Homes for Boys and Girls and GordonCare for Children (which ceased providing out of home care for children in 2012). The records include admission registers, client files, school records, medical records and referrals. Access…
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