Please contact the Freedom of Information Team at the Department for Child Protection:
Phone: (08) 8226 4399
Postal address: GPO Box 1072, Adelaide SA 5001
Email: DCP.FOI@sa.gov.au
Website, Out-of-Home Care information: https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/research-and-publications/freedom-information/provision-information-care-leavers
Website, Adoptions information: https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/support-and-guidance/adoption-processes/applying-for-adoption-information
Quote this number to access your records: SRSA Agency Number GA2634
These records are held by State Records of South Australia (1919 - current).
These are records created by Morialta Protestant Children’s Home that are held by State Records of South Australia. The records contain information about children living at the Home, and include children’s files, photographs, adoption forms, annual reports, a film made about the Home, visitor’s books, and administrative records such as reports, meeting minutes and regulations.
Access to these records is restricted for 100 years in order to protect personal privacy. Some of these records are still restricted, while others over 100 years old are open and can be viewed by any member of the public. People mentioned in these records have a right to access information about themselves. To request access to restricted records please contact the Department for Child Protection Freedom of Information team. To arrange access to open records please contact State Records of South Australia.
The following records in this collection contain information about children who lived at the Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, or contain contextual information about the Home that may be of interest to former residents and their families. More information about these records has been published on the State Records of South Australia catalogue, and can be accessed via the links below. Records from Morialta Children’s Home that relate only to staff members, or contain more general administrative or financial information, have not been included in this list, but are listed on the State Records of South Australia catalogue.
Records about children:
Children’s files – Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, 1943-1973 (GRG29/142). Restricted access
Consent to adoption form – Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, 1953 (GEG29/158). Restricted access
Miscellaneous files including children’s releases – Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, 1960-1970 (GRG29/143). Restricted access
Visitors’ books – Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, 1926-1973 (GRG29/146). Restricted access
Photographs – Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, 1924-1957 (GRG29/150). Restricted access
The Open Door [Motion Picture], Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, c.1948-c.1950 (GRG29/176). Restricted access
Administrative and contextual records:
Annual Reports – Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, 1925-1976 (GRG29/153). Open access
Annual general meetings minutes and related correspondence – Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, 1946-1950 (GRG29/175). Open access
Minutes of the Board of Governors – Morialta Protestant Children’s Homes, 1942-1969 (GRG29/144). Restricted access
Minutes, correspondence etc – Women’s Guild, Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, 1955-1975 (GRG29/155). Open access
Newspaper cuttings – Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, 1928-1968 (GRG29/147). Open access
Constitution and regulations – Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, 1946-1948 (GRG29/157. Open access