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Bye-laws relating to the Admission and Removal of Children

This 1-page digitised document is an extract from the annual report of the Ballarat District Orphan Asylum for the year 1866.

Foundling Hospital and Infants’ Home, Blank Admittance Form

This image shows a blank Admittance Form, used by the Foundling Hospital and Infants’ Home. Typical information recorded about an infant in its Admittance Form included: Name of child; Date of admission; Details of parents or guardian. The institution used this format, with Admittance Forms bound in a ‘red book’, from 1940 to 1974. Typical…

Melbourne Orphan Asylum

This 4 page digitised document is an appeal for benefactors to donate to the Melbourne Orphanage.

Melbourne Orphan Asylum, Fifteenth Annual Report

This 22 page digitised document is a copy of the Melbourne Orphan Asylum’s Annual Report for 1866.

CRISSP Forum for Senior Sector Managers and DHS, Notes

Notes of a Meeting on Monday 22 September 2008 relating to the roll-out of CRISSP. This webpage is no longer in operation. This link has been taken from the Wayback Machine and is dated 1 March 2011.

Ballarat Orphanage Interments

In February 2008, a memorial service commemorated children formerly residing at Ballarat Orphanage who now rested at a grave site in the Ballarat New Cemetery, Private F Section. The names of these children are displayed on a memorial plaque at the grave site. This document shows the names of the children, their ages at the…