• Archival Collection

Protestant Federation Children's Home records

To access these records

Please contact the Care Leaver Records Access Unit, Community Services:

Postal Address: Care Leaver Records Access Unit, Community Services, Department of Communities and Justice, Locked Bag 5000, Parramatta NSW 2150

Phone: 1300 137 160 or (02) 9716 2500

Email: CareLeaverRecordsAccessUnit@facs.nsw.gov.au

Website: https://dcj.nsw.gov.au/children-and-families/out-of-home-care/about-out-of-home-care/accessing-your-care-records.html

Details

The Protestant Federation Children’s Home (PFCH) records is a collection of records created by the Protestant Federation Children’s Home.

The records include:

  • Basic admission information
  • “Roll Call” books which kept admission and discharge information from 1964-1980
  • Minutes of the Protestant Federation Children’s Home Board of Management 1975-1982 which include admission and discharge information. These records occasionally have more details about children’s time in care or their family circumstances.
  • Some later records include additional information about the child’s time in care, or social worker or psychologist reports on the child’s family.

In 1980, at the closure of the Protestant Federation Children’s Home, Church of England Homes relocated the children and took custody of the home’s records. Some of the children who had been at PFCH entered care with Church of England Homes. In these cases, their records from their time at PFCH may have been incorporated into their Church of England Homes records. In these cases, please contact Anglicare for access to the Church of England Homes records.

In July 2025, the records of the Protestant Federation Children’s Home were transferred to the Department of Communities and Justice and are available through the Care Leavers Records Access Unit.

 

  • From

    1953

  • To

    1980

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