This is a photograph of the Benedictine Mission site at New Norcia. The photo was taken overlooking crops and gardens, with mission buildings including the church, convent, and monastery in the background. On the far left of the photo the St Joseph’s Orphanage/St Joseph’s College, which housed Aboriginal girls, is visible. St Mary’s School, which…
This is a photograph of St Joseph’s College at New Norcia Mission, which housed Aboriginal girls who had been placed at the Mission. It shows a long, single-storey stone and brick building with a decorative stepped roofline. Although this appears to be the front face of the building, there is no visible door or entrance-way….
Please contact the Freedom of Information Department, Health Information Services, The Royal Women’s Hospital: Postal address: Locked Bag 300, Parkville VIC 3052 Phone: 03 8345 2610 Email: foi@thewomens.org.au Website: https://www.thewomens.org.au/patients-visitors/patient-record-requests
The Royal Women’s Hospital holds patient records which can be accessed by a request using the Freedom of Information Act 1982. Records relating to adoptions of babies born at the Hospital were transferred to the Victorian government in 1987, when the Women’s ceased to be an approved adoption agency. Contact Adoption Services to apply for…
This is an image taken at New Norcia Mission in October, 1986. It shows the building known as St Mary’s, which housed Aboriginal boys who had been placed at the Mission. The photo shows St Mary’s as a long, single-storey stone and brick building, painted red with white windows, doors, and foundations. The building looks…
Model legislation to harmonise adoption laws in all Australian jurisdictions was an initiative of the Australian Commonwealth in the 1960s. One pressing issue behind this move towards uniformity in adoption legislation in Australia was the lack of recognition of interstate adoption legislation. Jurisdictions all took different approaches to maternal consent and to processes such as…
This is a copy of a black and white photograph of an empty bedroom. There are two single beds. On one bed there is a doll, a card and a toy collie dog.
This is a copy of a black and white photograph of an empty dining room with three sets of tables and chairs. A kitchen area is visible through a serving window.
This is a copy of a black and white photograph of the exterior of Winlaton. There are four cars parked and a driveway, with three lamposts.
This is a copy of a black and white photograph of the exterior of the Remand Office at Winbirra, showing the driveway and stairs leading up to the two entrances.
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