Johnston, John, Historian, Item ID PRCOS257-7, contains news clippings and photographs collected by John Johnston that relate to the following institutions: Boys Home Enoggera, Brisbane Female Refuge, Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute, Home of the Good Shepherd, Nundah (State Orphans), Lytton Reformatory, OPAL (One People Australian League), St. Michael’s Industrial School, Clayfield, Sandeman Nursery Wynnum,…
Miscellaneous, Item ID SSFRS165-3, is an archival item related to the Society of St Francis Religious Order. The collection consists of General Correspondence, News Clippings, Notebooks, Books, Loose Photographic Prints and Legal Documents. Part of the collection includes general historical material related to St Christopher’s Lodge and The Friary. Access Conditions Access to some of…
The Visiting Justice’s Minute Book, Series ID 1773, relates to the Reformatory School for Boys – Hulk Proserpine, Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton, Diamantina Reformatory School for Boys and Westbrook Reformatory for Boys. It records cases of serious misdemeanour heard before a Visiting Justice (Magistrate) from the Court of Petty Sessions, Toowoomba. Misdemeanours included: indecent…
Enoggera Boys’ Home is an archival item at the Anglican Records and Archives Centre, Brisbane. It consists of loose notes and loose photographic prints, titled ‘Photographs 1950’ and ‘Histories 1906 – 1994’. Access Conditions Open access. Note: This webpage is no longer in operation. This URL is taken from the Wayback Machine and is dated…
The Admissions Register of the Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women (South Sydney Women’s Hospital) are two volumes of registers. The registers contain pre-printed forms requesting personal details of pregnant women who were admitted. Details on the firms include the mother’s medical history, current circumstances, and additional notes relating to outcomes after the…
Born in Sydney, Weston speaks of his family background, childhood, break up of parents’ marriage, life in Sydney, being placed in Westmead [St Vincent’s] boys home by his mother, being classed as “a naughty boy”, conditions, life and work, education, in home ; running away and his life out of care, including marriage. Access Conditions…
Anne’s Story (MS 11591) is a manuscript held at the State Library of Victoria. It recounts the life story of Anne Ramsay (nee Spear), including her birth in Fitzroy in 1865; the early death of her parents; her childhood in the Melbourne Orphan Asylum with her two brothers; her work as a domestic servant; her…
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