M3793 Fact Finding Mission on Child Migration contains the itinerary and correspondence between the Director of the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department and John Moss about the Fact Finding Mission on Child Migration’s visit to Tasmania in 1955 and 1956. It also reports some of the comments made at a meeting with officials in…
M3157 John Moss (Child Welfare Expert of U.K) contains an itinerary and correspondence between the Director of the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department and Moss about his visit to Tasmania in 1951. Access Conditions Open These records have been digitised and are available online.
M133 Legal Guardianship Migrant Children contains correspondence about the guardianship of migrant children between 1945 and 1951. The Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Bureau created the records. Access Conditions Open These records have been digitised and are available online.
M1283 [2] St John Bosco Boys Town contains correspondence between Boys’ Town and the Social Services Department. The topic of the correspondence includes the extension of the school buildings to make room for British migrant boys, some limited information about the boys who were at Boys’ Town before the migrants, Commonwealth and state payments towards…
M3846 Fairbridge Society of Tasmania mostly concerns the parent following scheme run by the Fairbridge Society. Under that scheme the children migrated to Tasmania first and their parents arrived later. The Tasmanian Government Tourism and Immigration Department created the records. Access Conditions Closed C50 years C50 means that, except to particular groups, these records are…
M1283 [1] St John Bosco Boys Town contains correspondence between Boys’ Town and the Social Services Department. The correspondence is about psychological testing of boys, with their names, the lack of feminine influence at Boys’ Town and attempts to improve it, and Fathers Coles’ application to send some boys to West Australia. The file also…
M365 British Evacuee Children Nominated to Australia – Overseas League, contains correspondence between the Tasmanian government and the Overseas League between 1947 and 1950. The correspondence concerned the League’s scheme to bring British child migrants to Tasmania. The file also contains some newspaper clippings. There are no names of children. Access Conditions Open These records…
M440 Young Men’s Christian Association – Youth Migration Scheme contains correspondence between the Commonwealth Minister for Immigration, the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department, and the Young Men’s Christian Association about the possibility of bringing British boys, aged between 14 and 16, to Tasmania as migrants. The correspondence suggests that this never happened. Access Conditions…
M903 [3] Big Brother Movement of Tasmania contains correspondence between the Big Brother Movement, the Social Services Department and its successor, the Social Welfare Department, and the Tasmanian Government Tourist and Immigration Department. It provides information about the formation of the Big Brother Movement in Tasmania and some of its early difficulties. The file contains…
General Correspondence – 21-38 contains the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the State Farm and School for Boys, Deloraine, dated 1925. The General Correspondence – 21-38 is an item within the Chief Secretary’s Correspondence series. Access Conditions Open
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