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Glastonbury and Geelong Orphanage Records

The Glastonbury and Geelong Orphanage Records is a collection held at the Geelong Heritage Centre. The records date from around 1855 to 1992. The collection includes records relating to children in care at Glastonbury Child and Family Services and the organisations which preceded it, such as client records, admission records, Superintendent, Matron and visitor reports,…

Melbourne City Mission [Records]

Melbourne City Mission [Records] is a collection held at the University of Melbourne Archives. Most of the records date from 1856 to 1974. The collection relates to the activities of the Mission since 1856, and includes client records, financial records, minutes, annual reports and superintendent files from its institutions for women and children. Access Conditions…

Records, 1896-1985, [manuscript], Children’s Protection Society (Vic.)

Records, 1896-1985, [manuscript], Children’s Protection Society (Vic.), MS 10384, are held at the State Library of Victoria. The records date from 1896 to 1985. They include children’s case histories for the Central and Barwon regions, financial records, press cuttings and some photographs. Access Conditions Any person wishing to view material must contact the Children’s Protection…

Records of Nyandi Training Centre

The State Records Office of Western Australia (SROWA) holds a collection of records created by Nyandi Training Centre. The records cover the dates 1970 – 1992, from the opening of Nyandi until its initial closure, and as such include records of both girls and boys housed there, as well as those of young people on…

Records of Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, and its predecessor, the Perth Children’s Hospital. The collection includes a number of records relevant to children admitted to the hospital, such as admission and discharge registers, visitors books, operation journals and registers, anaesthetic registers,…

Records of Sunday Island Primary School

The State Records Office of Western Australia (SROWA) holds a collection of records created by Sunday Island Primary School. Sunday Island Primary School was a government run school that took over the education of children on Sunday Island in 1955 following the closure of the United Aborigines Mission school at Sunday Island Mission. The collection…

Records of Forrest River Mission School

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Forrest River Mission School. Children from Forrest River Mission attended this school. The collection includes records about children’s admission to the school, records about punishment of school children, and journals of the head teacher. Access Records in this collection are open…

Records of Cundeelee Mission School

The State Records Office of Western Australia (SROWA) holds a collection of records created by Cundeelee Mission School. Children from Cundeelee Mission attended this school. The collection includes records about children’s admission to and attendance at school, journals of the head teacher, and reports of the district superintendent’s inspections of the school. Access Some records…

Records of Mogumber Agricultural School

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Mogumber Agricultural School/Mogumber Mission Farm School. Children from Mogumber Mission attended this school. This collection includes records of children’s admission to and attendance at the school, reports about the school, journals recording school events and activities, and farm work diaries. Access…

Records of Wandering Mission School

The State Records Office of Western Australia holds a collection of records created by Wandering Mission School. Children from Wandering Mission attended this school. The collection includes records about children’s admission to the school, records about punishment of school children, and journals of the head teacher. Access Records in this collection are open access. For…