The Aborigines Protection Association was set up in 1881 to both control Aboriginal people and ‘protect’ them from the effects of white society. It was inspired by Christian missionary work conducted by Daniel Matthews at Maloga and Reverend J.B. Gribble at Warangesda and later expanded to include Brewarrina. In 1897 it was wound up and…
The Prince of Wales Hospital was established in 1953 as an annex of Sydney Hospital and is on the Randwick Campus of the South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Health Service. This campus includes Sydney Children’s Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women. The Prince of Wales Hospital holds records of a number of maternity hospitals…
The Adoption Information Act 1990 (63/1990) was ‘An Act to allow greater access to information relating to adoptions’. It was an important piece of legislation that reversed much of the secrecy relating to adoptions. This act improved the rights of all people involved in adoption to access information and created registers so adoptees and relinquishing…
The Deserted Wives and Children Act (17/1901) was ‘An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to Deserted Wives and Children.’ It was created to ensure men supported their wives and children. Deserting a wife or child was made a criminal offence in the Crimes Act 1900. Initially this Act permitted orders to be made for…
The Liverpool Asylum was an asylum operated by the Benevolent Society of New South Wales from 1851 to 1862. It was for infirm and destitute men. It was taken over by the New South Wales Government in 1862 and renamed the Liverpool Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute. Records of the Hospital and Home were…
Our Boys’ Home was established in 1890 in Camden by the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children. It was a farm training home for boys between nine and fourteen years old. Initially the home was intended to accommodate 12 boys, however from at least 1915 there were an average of 20 boys in residence….
Leith House was established around 1960 in Pennant Hills as a children’s home by the Baptist Homes Trust. In 1986 Baptist Homes Trust changed its name to Baptist Community Services. Leith House operated as a medium to long term supported care facility for youth aged 14 to 18. Leith House closed on 30th September 2013.
Carramar, also called Carramar Maternity Home and Carramar Hostel, was an Anglican home for unmarried mothers that opened at Turramurra in 1961. It was run by the Home Mission Society and at its peak held up to 27 women. Mothers who kept their babies were sent to a post-natal cottage at Berowra. Its staff also…
Registers Of Committals relates to boys who were committed to attend the Mittagong Farm Home for Boys between 1907 and 1921. The registers include information about the child, their personal history and maintenance orders. Access Conditions These records are Open access. To access these records please contact Museums of History NSW. Information from this register…
The Registers of Inmates record details of children admitted into the asylums managed by the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children. The information in the registers varies. The earlier entries, from the 19th century, record: name and age of child; date of admission; religion of parents; reason for admission; and discharge details including date,…
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