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…
Each right hand page records admissions for one calendar month and is hand-drawn into columns with handwritten entries: (1) Number, (2) Date, (3) Name, (4) Left. From Jan 1969 a further column appears between ‘Name’ and ‘Left’, titled ‘Known as’, giving a Christian, or shortened name as a pseudonym, for some women. Quantity: 1 book…
Begins with index on tabbed letter pages, giving surname, number and page number. Handwritten entries follow under printed columns on one page: (1) Date, (2) Number, (3) Name in full, (4) Age, (5) Where from, (6) When left, (7) Where gone to, (8) Married or Single, (9) Remarks. Notes on contents – (9) Remarks: Not…
Begins with index on tabbed letter pages, giving surname, number and page number. Handwritten entries follow under printed columns on one page: (1) Date, (2) Number, (3) Name in full, (4) Age, (5) Where from, (6) When left, (7) Where gone to, (8) Married or Single, (9) Remarks. Notes on contents – (9) Remarks: Many…
The Adelaide Catholic Archdiocesan Archives hold a small number of photographs of the orphanage at Largs Bay. Access Conditions The Adelaide Catholic Archdiocesan Archives is open to the public from 9.30 to 4.30 Monday to Friday, but access to the Archives is by appointment only. Students and researchers may be allowed access to the Archives…
According to the Archivist, the Salesians of Don Bosco Province Centre Archives holds only limited information regarding the running of St John’s Boys Town, and no personal records of former residents of the Home. The Archivist regrets that he does not know of the location of personal files relating to former residents. Access Conditions The…
Miscellaneous documents including correspondence, reports and news clippings relating to establishment, rules and regulations of home. Many later documents concern transfer of home from Brothers of St John the Baptist to Salesians of Don Bosco. No documents concern individual admissions or provide names of boys. Access Conditions Please contact the Professional Standards Office Records Service…
This register records details about boys admitted to the Roman Catholic Boy’s Reformatory at Brooklyn Park, also known as St John’s Home. Entries span across two pages in the register. Left hand page: (1) Number, (2) Name, (3) Age, (4) Date of birth, (5) Late place of residence, (6) What relatives in the colony, (7)…
Correspondence dockets comprising files of letters and other documents related to a particular subject, filed chronologically. Most of this correspondence is not yet indexed but dockets relate to many different subjects and include correspondence related to homes run by the Catholic Church, and the Salvation Army, under the control of the Department. Some dockets relate…
These lists include the names of state wards at the Boys Training School Magill, the Home of the Good Shepherd, and Vaughan House. Access Conditions Access to these records is restricted for 100 years in order to protect personal privacy. People mentioned in these records have a right to access information about themselves. To request…
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