The Adelaide Catholic Archdiocesan Archives hold a small number of photographs of the orphanage at Largs Bay. Access Conditions The Adelaide Catholic Archdiocesan Archives is open to the public from 9.30 to 4.30 Monday to Friday, but access to the Archives is by appointment only. Students and researchers may be allowed access to the Archives…
Annual Reports – Morialta Protestant Children’s Home comprises yearly reports about homes under the control of the Department of Social Welfare, and its predecessors. Access Conditions These records are open access and can be viewed by any member of the public. To arrange access to these records please contact State Records of South Australia.
Miscellaneous documents including correspondence, reports and news clippings relating to establishment, rules and regulations of home. Many later documents concern transfer of home from Brothers of St John the Baptist to Salesians of Don Bosco. No documents concern individual admissions or provide names of boys. Access Conditions Please contact the Professional Standards Office Records Service…
This register records details about boys admitted to the Roman Catholic Boy’s Reformatory at Brooklyn Park, also known as St John’s Home. Entries span across two pages in the register. Left hand page: (1) Number, (2) Name, (3) Age, (4) Date of birth, (5) Late place of residence, (6) What relatives in the colony, (7)…
Correspondence dockets comprising files of letters and other documents related to a particular subject, filed chronologically. Most of this correspondence is not yet indexed but dockets relate to many different subjects and include correspondence related to homes run by the Catholic Church, and the Salvation Army, under the control of the Department. Some dockets relate…
These lists include the names of state wards at the Boys Training School Magill, the Home of the Good Shepherd, and Vaughan House. Access Conditions Access to these records is restricted for 100 years in order to protect personal privacy. People mentioned in these records have a right to access information about themselves. To request…
The Archival Series titled ‘Reformatory, St John’s via Kapunda, 1897 – 1909, is a manila folder containing miscellaneous correspondence relating to closure of the Catholic Girls Reformatory, and the removal of children to other institutions. No names of children are mentioned in these records. Access Conditions Please contact the Professional Standards Office Records Service for…
The Archival Series, Annual Reports of the State Children’s Council and the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Department, is made up of yearly reports containing updates on developments at Homes under the control of the State Children’s Council and its successor, the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Board. Some information on Cottage Homes can also…
These correspondence files cover all aspects of the State Children’s Department’s business and include information on the maintenance of state wards, the placement of children, the suitability of foster homes, absconded state wards, applications by parents for the return of children, applications by state wards for their wages, and more. They also contain some correspondence…
‘Minutes – State Children’s Council, later the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Board’ is a series of 20 large volumes of handwritten and then typed minutes of meetings of the State Children’s Council. Contents – Minutes include discussions of the establishment of children’s homes and arrangements made between the Board and the homes. Information about…
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