The State Library of Queensland was established in 1896 and opened in 1902. The State Library is the legal deposit library for Queensland, the main reference and research library of Queensland and its primary role is to ensure Queensland’s documentary heritage is collected, preserved and made accessible to the public. The Library holds some records…
Adoption Services Queensland (ASQ) is part of the Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety, Queensland Government. ASQ is responsible for administering adoption legislation. ASQ provides services in Queensland to: parent/s considering adoption for their children children requiring adoptive placements people seeking to adopt children people seeking information about a past adoption people…
The Children’s Services Department was established in 1966 to promote, safeguard and protect the well-being of the children and youth of the state through a comprehensive and coordinated program of child and family welfare. Previously, child and family welfare was the responsibility of the State Children Department, a sub-department of the Labour and Industry Department….
Records of Mt Maria, Home of the Good Shepherd is a collection relating to the Good Shepherd Home for Girls (also known as the Industrial School for Girls, Mitchelton, 1933-1966), the Mt Maria Re-education Centre (1966-1973) and the Mt Maria Youth Centre (1973-1974). Access Conditions Care leavers (and their families) wanting to find information about…
The Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton was run by the State Government of Queensland. Boys under the age of 18 years were sentenced to a term of confinement at the reformatory by Children’s Courts. It opened 1881 when inmates from the hulk Proserpine were transferred to the new land-based reformatory. It closed 1899 when the…
This Handcuff Register is a record that was kept by staff at Westbrook Youth Detention Centre. The Register records the name of each child who was escorted from the institution while wearing handcuffs. The date, time, name of escort, as well as the time when the handcuffs were removed are also recorded. Each entry was…
The W. R. Black Home and Blackheath Home Records are held by the Presbyterian Church of Queensland. These records contain some basic information about children who lived at these Homes. Access Conditions The Presbyterian Church of Queensland Archives will provide information from these records to former residents. Access to some information may be restricted to…
The Enoggera Boys’ Home Records held by the Anglican Records and Archives Centre consists of records dated between 1906 and 1978. Access Conditions Due to the potentially private and personal nature of the records in this collection, it is open only to people who have experienced ‘care’ at Enoggera Boy’s Home. People may need to…
Administrative Records, Queensland Government-run Institutions is a collection of records identified in the publication Missing Pieces (2001) as being held by the Departments responsible for child welfare. Missing Pieces Describes these records as containing information about the administration of child welfare institutions including their financial and human resources, buildings and equipment. In a number of…
Operational Registers are records that were kept in Queensland government-run institutions, including juvenile justice institutions, and were later transferred to the custody of the Departments responsible for Child Welfare. The publication Missing Pieces (2001) used the term ‘Operational Registers’ to describe records of an institution’s day-to-day operations and routine activities, as well as specific matters…
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