Visit to Australia of Major-General Hawthorn, director and secretary of Fairbridge Society is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It is part of the correspondence files of the Commonwealth Immigration Department. It contains information about the activities of the Fairbridge Society in Australia. Access Conditions Open access. Records The hard copy file…
Sister Edie Owens diary, 1940-1941 is a diary created by a Methodist Sister of the People who worked at the United Aborigines Mission, Gnowangerup. The hand-written diary gives Sr Edie Owens’ (later Cowdell) impressions of daily life at the mission. It is held by the State Library of Western Australia. The diary has entries for…
Show us a light [videorecording]: the art of Carrolup is a videocassette recording about the Aboriginal ‘child artists’ at the Carrolup settlement during the 1940s and1950s. It was produced for the Marribank Family Centre in the 1980s. This item is held at the State Library of Western Australia. Access Conditions Open. Please apply to the…
M903 [2] Big Brother Movement of Tasmania contains correspondence between the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department and the Big Brother Movement. It names some of the boys who emigrated to Tasmania under the auspices of the Movement. There are a few letters from boys and their parents. The file also contains newspaper cuttings with…
Training, Riverview Farm, Salvation Army, is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It contains a copy of an article from the War Cry dated 12 February, 1927. The article focuses on the Salvation Army’s child migration scheme and talks about the function of the Riverview Training Farm in Queensland. Access Conditions This…
Autobiography, 1983 is a manuscript by Former Child Migrant, Graham Budd. It describes his early life in England; arrival in Melbourne, 6 January 1939; life at Northcote School, Bacchus Marsh; farm labouring in Queensland and Victoria; the establishment of a soldier settlement block on the Warrowie Estate near Colac in 1961; and subsequent life to…
[Personal records of Prime Minister Hawke] Alternative employment, homeless children, kibbutz development is a file at the National Archives of Australia. There is a digital copy of the file available from the NAA website. The file contains information relating to the New South Wales Homeless Children’s Association. Prime Minister Hawke was a member of the…
Derby Leprosarium/ Hansens Disease/ Patients Monthly Return is a record within the Series titled ‘Files – Hospitals’, created by the Public Health Department of Western Australia and held by the State Records Office of Western Australia. This record contains financial returns information for the Derby Leprosarium, and possibly contains names of individual patients. Access Access…
M2726 Roland Boys Home – Sheffield is an item within the Migrant Files series held by Tasmanian Archives. It contains information about the Roland Boys’ Home in 1951 and the application for the home to be approved to receive child migrants. Access Open This item has been digitised and is available online Records This file…
Phillip Creek Native Settlement Daily Journal is an archival item held by the National Archives of Australia. Access Conditions Open
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