Central Juvenile Court Index is a card index that was compiled from statistical report forms on juveniles who appeared before the Children’s Court and were born between July 1957 and May 1960 and between July 1964 and June 1965. It provides information on the person and their court appearance(s). Access Conditions These records are held…
The Inspectors’ Diaries are the registers and diaries of the daily routine of the Inspector, School Attendance Officer and Probation Officer, Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders Act, in the State Children Relief Branch of the Department of Public Instruction. The diary is a daily record of the cases of non-attendance, neglected children, etc. examined by…
The Dependent Children Registers relate to children who were admitted to State care between 1883 and 1923. They record where the dependent children were placed (whether with foster parents or guardians). Some of the children were eventually adopted. The registers give: name of child; age; religion; where received; name and known address of parents and…
The Sobraon Training Ship replaced the Nautical School Ship Vernon as a reformatory in 1892. It was three times the size of the Vernon and housed more than 200 boys at a time. After the Neglected Children’s and Juvenile Offenders’ Act of 1905 introduced probation, numbers declined on the Sobraon. Boys were either discharged to…
The Property Register – Aboriginal reserves was created by the Aborigines Welfare Board. The Register contains standard forms giving the property or reserve name and location, details of dwelling(s) erected such as contractor’s name, date, cost, correspondence, file number (‘C’ file). Some forms give tenant’s name, occupation, year of birth, monthly payment or rental and…
The Property Cards – Reserves records were created by the Aborigines Welfare Board and the Aborigines Welfare Directorate. This series comprises 2 boxes of cards, arranged alphabetically by the name of the town in which the Aboriginal reserve was located. In cases where there are individual dwellings involved there is a card for each one….
Lisgar Hostel at Arncliffe was a hostel for young women operated by the Church of England Deaconess Institution (now known as Anglican Deaconess Ministries) from 1953. It was initially located in the grounds of the Pallister Girls’ Home on River Road, Greenwich, however following a fire in 1955 it relocated to Knight Street, Arncliff, where…
The Deaconess Children’s Home in Strathfield, also known as Lisgar House and Agincourt, was established by the Church of England Deaconess Institution in a house called Agincourt in Albert Street. Girls from the Deaconess Children’s Home Lisgar, in Marrickville, were moved there in 1929. This property was renamed Pallister Church of England Girls’ Home in…
Lisgar Training Home for Domestic Servants was begun in Ashfield by Captain David and Mrs Maria Scott in 1870 and became part of the Church of England Deaconess Institution in 1893. It trained young women in domestic service, including state wards aged 14, and some Aboriginal girls. From 1900 The Deaconess Children’s Home was co-located…
Anglican Deaconess Ministries Ltd was founded in 1891 as the Church of England Deaconess Ministries. Its name changed in the 1980s. Its record collection is limited but it does hold annual reports and some records of children’s homes operated by the Deaconesses, including some photographs. Records include: Deaconess Children’s Home and Domestic Training School annual…
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