‘John Moss Report on Child Migration – Implementation of Recommendations’ is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. The file documents the responses from Children’s Homes, State child welfare authorities, sending and receiving agencies to recommendations made by Mr John Moss CBE a ‘UK Child Expert’ who worked for the Home Office in…
‘Interview with Beryl Grant, Matron of Ngala, 1959-1980’ is an oral history held by the State Library of Western Australia. In the interview Beryl discusses Ngala, the development of facilities and the roles of staff and the committees. She also mentions Ngala as a mothercraft training centre, a Day Care Centre and a place where…
This is a collection of records of the Anglican Church in Western Australia that is held in the Battye Library. It contains items from Anglican churches, parishes and institutions around the State. The collection is arranged by location and there is a summary of each of the items in the collection. There may be information…
“Care for Children – Committees (Boarding Out Committee (Perth and District)) – Agendas, Minutes and Working Papers – JULY 1908 to MAY 1935” contains a file called Minutes of the Perth and District Boarding Out Committee. The records in the file are arranged in chronological order, beginning in 1908. Entries contain information such as who…
Form Manual contains samples of forms used by the Child Welfare Department and the Department of Native Welfare. The file is divided into three sections. Section 1 contains Department of Native Welfare forms. Section 2 contains forms from other Western Australian departments, including the Children’s Court. Section 3 contains forms from Commonwealth departments. There is…
‘Wards Resident in Institutions – Vocational Guidance Reports – Policy & General Correspondence’ is a file held by the State Records Office of Western Australia, within the series titled ‘Files – Community Welfare (“A” Series)’. It was created on the 16 March 1950 with a letter from Father Cyril Stinson of the Catholic Episcopal Migration…
Burnbrae (late Byford Presbyterian Children’s Home) – attendance file mostly contains letters to and from the Education Department about the use of the Burnbrae School (also known as Glen Burnbrae School) and headmaster’s quarters. This school was located on the site of the Burnbrae Presbyterian Children’s Home and children from the Home attended the Burnbrae…
Burnbrae – buildings and works is a general maintenance and building works file about the school which was on the same site as the Burnbrae Presbyterian Children’s Home. It also contains letters, notes and memos about the school operations and disposal of the school buildings. Access Conditions Open Records The ‘Burnbrae building and works’ file…
Item 070 – School Journal is a foolscap size book, hand-written by the Head Teacher of the Burnbrae School. It has information about the Burnbrae Presbyterian Children’s Home and the children from that Home. The journal starts at the opening of the government school on 2 February 1948. This school building was on land leased…
Item 069 – school journal is a foolscap size book, hand-written by the Head Teacher of the Burnbrae School. It has information about the Burnbrae Presbyterian Children’s Home and the children from that Home. The journal starts at the opening of the government school in a cottage at Burnbrae Presbyterian Children’s Home, on 9 June…
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