Forest River Mission records is a collection of records held by the State Library of Western Australia. The collection includes a range of records relating to the running of the Forest River Mission and the people who lived there, including attendance registers, admission and discharge records, baptism, marriage, and death records. These records are not…
The King Edward Memorial Hospital holds records of its activities from 1916 onwards. The type and quantity of records varies depending on the year and records available. Access conditions An Access to Health Information & Freedom of Information form must be completed to request records. If requesting on behalf of someone else, written authorisation must…
Please contact the Freedom of Information Officer, King Edward Memorial Hospital: Postal Address: PO Box 134, Subiaco, WA, 6904 Phone: (02) 6162 5800 Email: foi.kemh@health.wa.gov.au Website: https://www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/Patients-and-Visitors/FOI
This book records punishments delivered to children at Weroona. Although no details about this book have yet been published by State Archives NSW, it is likely to contain the name of the child being punished, the reason they are being punished, the type of punishment delivered, and the date it was delivered. Access Conditions Access…
This is a series of photographs held by Museums of History NSW (State Archives). It’s provenance is not yet certain, however it is believed to show people at Bomaderry Children’s Home. Access Conditions Access to these photographs is restricted to protect the privacy of the individuals depicted in them. Persons wishing to view these records…
Uniting Photographs Collection [Methodist and Presbyterian Babies’ Homes] is a collection of around 6,000 photographs, donated to Uniting by former mothercraft trainees who worked at the Methodist and Presbyterian Babies’ Homes. The photographs are of named babies and young children. The majority of the images are from the 1960s and 1970s. Access Conditions Access is…
The Mornington Island Mission was established by the Presbyterian Church in 1914. The island is located in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Children on the Mornington Island Mission lived in dormitories, nearly totally isolated from their families. The children’s dormitories closed around the late 1960s. Mornington Island was self-managed from 1978, when the Mornington Island Shire…
Baptist Mission Australia is the new name of Global Interaction, formerly the Australian Baptist Mission Society. Baptist Mission Australia holds records of Baptist missionary activity in Australia.
The Northcote Children’s Home Act, no 8921, was passed in 1976 following the passing of the Northcote Trust Fund Act in 1975. Its primary purpose was to designate current employees of the Northcote Farm School as public servants and so that their employment continued as the Victorian Government took over the running of the Home….
This series contains Institutional case files (“B” files) for children who spent time at Worimi Shelter. Departmental Institutional “B” files for children in out-of-home care and youth justice systems vary from person to person, but often contain records such as reports on children, court orders, correspondence about the child, and details about the child, their…