These registers record details about children admitted to the Townsend Pre-School for Hearing and Hearing Impaired Children. Information recorded includes child’s name, gender, admission date, date of birth, religion, parent’s names and occupations, address, and reason for leaving school. It is not clear if this register includes details about children who lived at Townsend House,…
This admission and discharge book contains details about children and young people admitted to the Central Norther Region Assessment Unit, which was also known as the Gilles Plains Assessment Unit or the Northern Metro Assessment Unit. It contains information such as child’s name, date of birth, endowment/DSS number, age, cultural group, sex, date of admission,…
These two admission books record details about children and young people admitted to the Western Region Admission Unit at Somerton Park, which was initially known as the Central Region Admission Unit. Information recorded in the books includes child’s name, admission number, admission date, their age, date of birth, name of their Community Welfare Worker or…
The Correspondence files of the Education Department contain letters and memorandum received and sent by the South Australian Education Department, including some that relate to schools at Point Mcleay Mission Station, Point Pearce Aboriginal Station, the Salvation Army Probationary School, Mount Barker (Eden Park), and Townsend House School for Deaf and Blind Children. The correspondence…
This book was created by the Superintendent of Ooldea Mission (Harrie E. Green), and contains details about residents of the mission. It includes information about births, baptisms, marriages, and deaths of Aboriginal people living at the Mission, as well as a list of residents. It also contains the Superintendent’s notes about cultural customs, totems, and…
This series contains photographic slides, and some photographs, taken by staff at the Glandore Boys’ Home. The images show children, staff, and buildings, and activities such as Christmas parties, excursions, and daily routine at the Home. Some slides have captions which include the names of children and staff. Some, but not all of the slides…
These observation logs for Slade Cottage at Glandore and Somerton Park contain notes made by staff at the cottage. The notes include information about the movements, activities, and appointments of children living at the cottage, and include the names of individual children. No further information about these logs have been published in the State Records…
This series of records contain information about wages paid to girls living at the Allambi Girls Hostel, and payments made by the girls ti the Hostel in boarding fees, between 1948 and 1951. No further description of these records has been provided in the State Records of South Australia catalogue. Access Conditions Access to these…
These Admission books contain information about children who were admitted to the Woodville Assessment Unit and Woodville Community Unit. They include the child’s admission number, name, age, date of birth, ‘order’ (possibly reason for admission), their previous placement, discharge date, where they were discharged to, and administrative reference numbers used by the Department. The book…
The Registers of Patients contain information about people admitted to Ru Rua Nursing Home between 1974 and 1989. Information recorded in the registers includes patient registration number, date of admission, name, sex, date of birth, birthplace, marital status, previous address, information about pensions and medical benefits, previous admissions, referrals, medical information, religion, name and contact…
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