The Records of the Convent of the Good Shepherd, “The Pines” is held by the Good Shepherd Archive in Abbotsford, Victoria. The collection contains various records relating to ‘The Pines’, including admission and discharge registers, individual files, some photographs of the site and building. Access Conditions Care leavers (and their families) wanting to find information…
State Records of South Australia holds many records that contain information about children in the child welfare system. The records were kept by the State departments responsible for child and social welfare. The records contain details about children placed under state care, including when their wardship commenced, the child’s placements in institutions and in foster…
This private collection of records containing information about St Francis House was assembled by John P McD Smith, whose father Percy McD Smith established St Francis House during 1946-1947. It contains photographs, news clippings, a film titled The Live Heart, a blank application form for St Francis House, and Percy Smith’s memoirs and other writings…
Records related to Church of England Social Welfare Bureau is a collection of records consisting of personal files relating to clients of the Church of England and Anglican Social Welfare Bureaus. This collection includes case registers and index cards which record information about all people assisted by the Bureau. Most children admitted to Anglican homes…
The collection Records related to former Church of England Children’s Homes held at the Anglican Archives dates from the 1860s to 1990. The records were created by the children’s Homes and other residences such as Farr House, St Mary’s Mission of Hope, and relate to children who were placed in them. The types of records…
The Orphan Home Inc collection includes Minute books of committee meetings, Matron’s reports, Admission records, Records book of Orphan Home residents, Letter books, Matron’s gift book, Visitor’s books, Lists of subscribers, Annual reports, Plans for alterations and additions and Financial records. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact the State Library of South…
Records of the Babies’ Home, Walkerville, comprises minute books, inventory book, certificate of title, committee and membership lists, child endowment schedule of admissions and discharges, nursery times, plan of proposed Mothercraft Training Centre, financial records, list of children’s clothes and Annual Report for 1945. Access Conditions For access to many Anglican records held at the…
Boy Farm Apprenticeship Scheme South Australia is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. This file informs us about the attitudes in the 1920s towards youth migration between South Australia and Britain. Quantity: 11 pages. Access Conditions Open. This record is open but not digitised. Records Premier, South Australia to Prime Minister, 9…
This file contains correspondence between the Prime Minister’s Department, the Commonwealth Immigration Office and the Premier’s Department, South Australia, relating to the scheme to introduce 6 000 British boys for farm work, 2 000 per year for three years, commencing in 1922. Quantity: 65 pages. Access Conditions Open. Under the Archives Act 1983, most Commonwealth…
Records of the Anglican Church’s Poonindie Mission (based around St Matthew’s Church), comprising financial records, records relating to wool sales, monthly pay sheets, reports from the medical officer and school master, annual reports and balance sheets, quarterly native residents’ returns, correspondence and printed reports. Access Conditions For access to many Anglican records held at the…
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