Archives



Register of Cases admitted to the New Norfolk Asylum on the Authority of the Colonial Secretary

Register of Cases admitted to the New Norfolk Asylum on the Authority of the Colonial Secretary is a record series held by Tasmanian Archives. It lists the patients admitted to the New Norfolk Asylum between 1864 and 1879 It includes information such as the patient’s name, the ship they arrived on, district where they lived,…

M2726 Roland Boys Home – Sheffield

M2726 Roland Boys Home – Sheffield is an item within the Migrant Files series held by Tasmanian Archives. It contains information about the Roland Boys’ Home in 1951 and the application for the home to be approved to receive child migrants. Access Open This item has been digitised and is available online Records This file…

Applications for Admission and associated Papers

Applications for Admission and associated Papers is a record series held by Tasmanian Archives. It includes applications for the admission of children to the Queen’s Orphan Asylum from 1859 to 1879. Access Open These items have been digitised and are available online via the Tasmanian Archives website. Records The details contained in these records include…

Register of Admissions

Register of Admissions is a register of patients admitted to the Lying-in Home, Cascades, between March 1890 and November 1894. It includes the patient’s name, age, date and number of admission, and other remarks, including date of birth and sex of the child, name of the child’s father, and date discharged from the home. Access…

Alphabetical Admission Register, Males and Females

Alphabetical Admission Register, Males and Females is a record series held by Tasmanian Archives. These records relate to admissions to the Boys Training School, New Town Infirmary and Consumptive Home, New Town Rest Home, and St John’s Park between 1914 and 1952. Access Open These items have been digitised and are available online via the…

Karinya Young Women’s Shelter

Karinya Young Women’s Shelter is an organisation that provides short term crisis accommodation to young women aged 13 to 20 years old. It was originally established in Launceston in 1979 on a feminist-based collective model. In 2020 Karinya can provide crisis accommodation for up to six young women at a time, and also runs a…

Case study 42: The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

Case Study 42: Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, was a public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, held in Newcastle and Sydney in August and November, 2016. It inquired into the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, and included the experiences of former child residents at St Alban’s Boys’ Home, St Alban’s…

Archives of the Australian Red Cross Society, New South Wales Division, 1914-2014

The Archives of the Australian Red Cross Society, New South Wales Division, 1914-2014, is a collection at the State Library of New South Wales. These records were donated to the State Library in 2014, as part of the centenary of the Australian Red Cross Society’s ‘gift to the nation’, donating its archives and heritage collections…

Department of Communities Tasmania

The Department of Communities Tasmania was established in July 2018, taking over the administration of Children and Youth Services from the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services. Through Children and Youth Serices, the Department of Communities facilitated Out of Home Care, child welfare, and custodial youth justice services in Tasmania. It also ran the…

Records of the Institute of Early Childhood Development Graduates Association

Institute of Early Childhood Development Graduates Association is a collection held by University of Melbourne Archives. It contains records relating to Forest Hill Emergency Kindergarten. Access Conditions This collection is open access. To access these records please contact the University of Melbourne Archives. Records This collection includes records relating to Forest Hill Emergency Kindergarten, such…