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General Correspondence Batches – Agent A223 Labour and Industry Department 1

This series contains correspondence received and sent by the Departments responsible for Labour, Industry, and Tourism. It contains a small number of files relating to institutions where children were accommodated, including Wilson Youth Hospital, Westbrook Reformatory for Boys, and Karrala House. These files do not contain references to individual children living at these institutions, but…

Annual Reports – Warilda

This series contains the annual reports of the Warilda children’s Home. The reports include information about the running of the home such as statistics and finances. Some reports between 1973 and 1983 also include lists of children living at the Home. There is also a list of children at Warilda for the 1967-1968 financial year,…

General Files – Warilda

This series consists of general information about the operation of Warilda. They include files such as correspondence records, meeting agendas and minutes, staffing information, memorandums, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous administrative records. They may include information about individual children. Access Conditions Access to this series is restricted for 100 years to protect personal privacy. To apply…

Policy Documents – Warilda

This series consists of Warilda’s policy documents, including the Charter of Service, policies and procedures, guidelines, agendas and minutes of meetings, operational flowcharts, details of special programs, staff training programs, comparisons with other similar facilities, an overview of the development of Warilda, and documents pertaining to the future directions and proposed organisational structure of Warilda….

Corporal Punishment Registers [Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook]

This register records instances of corporal punishment administered by the Head Teacher to children at the Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook (not Wilson Youth Hospital School, as stated in the title provided by Queesnland State Archives). The register includes information such as date of punishment, name of the child/children receiving punishment, reason for punishment, and…

Case Files – Maternal and Child Welfare Home, Sandgate

This series contains information about investigations and complaints relating to admissions to the Sandgate Maternal and Child Welfare Home. Correspondence within this series states that files pre-dating those in this series were destroyed in the 1974 Brisbane floods. Access Conditions Access to this series is restricted for 100 years in order to protect personal privacy….

Sandgate Maternal and Child Welfare Home Files

This series contains correspondence files and administrative records containing information about the running of Sandgate Maternal and Child Welfare Home, including information relating to individual mothers and children admitted to the Home. The types of files within this series includes requests for care, letters of appreciation from mothers, letters of complaint from parents about their…

Admission Cards – Maternal and Child Welfare Home, Sandgate

This series contains cards recording details about children admitted to the Maternal and Child Welfare Home, Sandgate. The cards include information such as child’s name, date of admission, age, date of birth, home address, previous illnesses, immunization details, parent’s remarks, habits, parent’s names, parent’s health information, information about the child’s siblings, reason for admission, and…

Nursing Home Roll Registers – State Children Department

This series contains two registers which record details of children up to six years of age who were in care in Nursing Homes registered under the Infant Life Protection Act. The registers include information such as child’s name, biographical information (e.g. date of birth), parent/guardian details, payment details, discharge or death information, and reporting or…

Case Books – Female – Ipswich Special Hospital

This series contains details of female patients admitted to the Ipswich Special Hospital and Ipswich Mental Hospital. It includes information such as the patient’s name, date of admission, form of mental disorder and its causes, patient’s age, marital status, social condition, children, occupation, place of birth, religion, duration of attack, previous attack, date of last…