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Admission registers – Estcourt House

These Admission registers from Estcourt House record information about children who were admitted to Estcourt House. They are in two volumes and run from 1941 until 1978 (the period Estcourt House was in use by Adelaide Children’s Hospital). The registers document name of patient, address, date of birth, admission date, discharge date, parents’ names, ailment,…

Rehabilitation Committee minutes, Australian Red Cross SA Division

The series Rehabilitation Committee minutes includes: Minutes of the Rehabilitation Committee meetings and predecessor/related committees – Social Service Committee (to 1944), Social Service Case Work Committee (1944), Social Services (incorporating Soldiers’ Welfare Committee) Sub-committee and Social Service (incorporating Soldiers’ Welfare) Case Work Sub-committee. Also includes reports from the South Australian Rehabilitation Committee, April – June…

Records of St Stanislaus House

The Records of St Stanislaus House contains very limited records related to St Stanislaus House. It is known to contain one manilla folder titled ‘Polish Orphanage’, containing a single document, a quote for building maintenance in 1955. Some records were held at the Home prior to its demolition in 2012. It is thought that these…

Album of views of Mareeba Babies’ Hospital

Album of views of Mareeba Babies’ Hospital is part of The Babies’ Hospital Association collection at State Library of South Australia. According to Finding Your Own Way the album contains many photographs of babies, including Aboriginal children. Some photographs are labelled with names, others are not. Quantity: 1 album. Access Conditions Researchers can have access…

Annual Reports of the Babies Hospital Association, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Reports give numbers of children admitted to Mareeba Babies Hospital and details about the kind of work being done there. Some reports include photographs. Date range – 1915-1951 with gaps. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket….

Correspondence, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Most correspondence relates to staff and maintenance. Includes one list of admissions and discharges for 1932 with no names. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket. Readers Tickets are available from the Library. Records, recordings and transcripts…

Minutes of the Babies Hospital Association, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Only volumes 1 and 2 contain entries relating to the establishment of the Mareeba Babies hospital and discussion regarding staffing and equipment. Quantity: 5 volumes. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very early records relating to children in care…

Minutes of the Babies Hospital House Committee, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Minutes mostly include discussion relating to staffing of hospital and purchase of equipment. Minutes also include matron’s monthly reports with numbers of babies admitted, discharged and deceased. No names given. Some names appear in relation to grants of milk and food to certain babies. Quantity: 4 volumes. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents,…

Australian Red Cross, South Australian Division – Photographs

This collection (SRG 770/40) of over 900 photographs includes some images of the Junior Red Cross Homes. The majority of these photographs have been digitised and can be viewed online. Undigitised can only be viewed at the State Library Reading Room. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at…

Scrapbooks, Junior Red Cross Homes

Scrapbooks of news clippings from South Australian newspapers which may contain clippings related to the Junior Red Cross Home. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket. Readers Tickets are available from the Library. Records, recordings and transcripts…