The Goodwood Orphanage Oral History Series contains seventeen interviews (25 hours and 10 minutes) commissioned by the Libraries Board of SA concerning the experiences of children, nuns and priests living and working at Goodwood Orphanage, also known as St Vincent De Paul Orphanage. Tapes and full transcripts are available for research. Some restrictions apply to…
This is a three-page list of children who were transferred from the Adelaide Destitute Asylum to the St Vincent de Paul Catholic Orphanage. It includes basic information about the children, including their admission number, name, age, nationality, date forwarded, where gone to, and date. Access Conditions This record is open and can be accessed by…
Miscellaneous records in manila folders, including historical summaries and news clippings about Refuge. Correspondence and reports relate to health, redevelopments and additions, financial matters, legal issues, staff salaries and the transfer of the home to the Daughters of Charity. Very little correspondence concerns individual women and/or their children. Access Conditions Please contact the Professional Standards…
Some admission records from St Stanislaus House have been retained by the Sisters of the Resurrection (based in Essendon, Victoria). The records comprise system cards filed alphabetically in a large metal file box labelled: DZIECI W INTERNACIE [translation from Polish: Children in Boarding School]. Access Conditions Please contact the Professional Standards Office Records Service for…
Small set of file cards labelled on top, Perms – Permanent residents, long term. Cards record information on front and back. Front: (1) Date, (2) Name in full, (3) Married/single, (4) Admitted, (5) Religion, (6) Nationality, (7) Date of birth, (8) Where from, (9) Father’s name, (10) Mother’s maiden name, (11) Address of parent or…
Wooden box with small key containing small cards, filed alphabetically. Contents – Printed cards with: (1) Name, (2) Where from, (3) Occupation, (4) Next of kin, (5) Address of next of kin, (6) Admitted, (7) Left, (8) Age, (9) Place of birth, (10) Religion, (11) Nationality, (12) Marital status, (13) EDC, (14) Hospital, (15) Putative…
Printed columns and headings across two pages with title on top of each page, Register Private Hospitals and Maternity Homes. Entries handwritten. Left hand page: (1) Number, (2) Full name of patient, (3) Age, (4) Residence, (5) Admitted, (6) Medical attendant, (7) Discharged, (8) Died. Right hand page: (9) Midwife or nurse, (10) Date of…
Cards record information on front and back. Front: (1) Date, (2) Name in full, (3) Married/single, (4) Admitted, (5) Religion, (6) Nationality, (7) Date of birth, (8) Where from, (9) Father’s name, (10) Mother’s maiden name, (11) Address of parent or guardian, (12) Baptised, (13) Confirmed, (14) Married, (12) Left, (16) Remarks. Back: Information re…
Each page has printed columns and headings with handwritten entries: (1) Name and usual residence of woman confined, (2) Date of confinement, (3) Name of Doctor or midwife who attended during confinement, (4) Here state with whom the child leaves the home – if with other, enter where gone to; if placed with Licensed Foster-mother…
Purpose printed volume produced for State Children’s Department. Each page carries title, Pursuant to “The State Children’s Act, 1895” Lying-in Home Register and has printed columns and headings with handwritten entries: (1) Name and usual residence of woman confined, (2) Date of confinement, (3) Name of Doctor or midwife who attended during confinement, (4) Here…
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