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New South Wales - Organisation
St Joseph's Orphanage, Goulburn (1864 - 1975)
- From
- 1864
- To
- 1975
- Categories
- Children's Home, Orphanage, Home, Catholic, Receiving Home
- Alternative Names
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- St Joseph's Girls' Home
- Kenmore Girls' Orphanage
St Joseph's Orphanage, run by the Sisters of Mercy, was located in Clinton Street, Goulburn from 1864 until 1905 when the children were moved to a new site in Kenmore. It provided care for girls aged 5 to 16 years. In 1976 the Home amalgamated with St John's Home, and the children were moved to two cottages and to St John's Home. St John's Home closed in 1984 and the cottages closed in 1987.
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St Joseph's Orphanage, Kenmore, was mentioned in the Lost Innocents Report (2001) as an institution that was potentially involved in the migration of children to Australia.
In 2019, the former orphanage is known as Liminis House. A former resident of the orphanage visited the site in 2015 and described what it was like:
'Memories came flooding back as I walked down these now quiet and lonely hallways and it was I who ended up being the tour guide [for the new owners], describing the many aspects of our daily lives when I lived here as a child.
As I stood in the entry hallway I could still see myself kneeling down with a toothbrush in hand, scrubbing the intricate parquetry tiles before having to operate the monstrous polisher that was twice my size, being ever so careful as it would throw you around the room like a rag doll while trying to operate it.'
Locations
- 1864 - 1905
- Location - St Joseph's Orphanage was situated on Clinton Street, Goulburn
- 1905 - 1975
- Address - St Joseph's Orphanage was situated at 153 Taralga Road, Kenmore (Goulburn)
Timeline
- 1864 - 1975
- St Joseph's Orphanage, Goulburn
- 1976 - 1987
- St John's Home, Auburn Street Goulburn
- Series Title
- Notifications of Reception, St Josephs' Orphanage, Goulburn (1917 - 1959)
- Date Range
- 1917 - 1959
- Reference
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Series 002
[ISMAPNG Archives Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Archivist, ISMAPNG Archives and Heritage - Sydney.
Postal Address: PO Box 284 Petersham, NSW 2049
Email: ismapngarchives@ismapng.org.au
Website: https://institute.mercy.org.au/about-us/archives-and-heritage/
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- Series Title
- Notifications of Discharge, St Joseph's Orphanage, Goulburn (1923 - 1969)
- Date Range
- 1923 - 1969
- Reference
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Series 004
[ISMAPNG Archives Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Archivist, ISMAPNG Archives and Heritage - Sydney.
Postal Address: PO Box 284 Petersham, NSW 2049
Email: ismapngarchives@ismapng.org.au
Website: https://institute.mercy.org.au/about-us/archives-and-heritage/
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Notices of Reception, Discharge, Death or Admission to Hospital of a Child (1970 - 1977)
- Date Range
- 1970 - 1977
- Reference
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Series 003
[ISMAPNG Archives Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Archivist, ISMAPNG Archives and Heritage - Sydney.
Postal Address: PO Box 284 Petersham, NSW 2049
Email: ismapngarchives@ismapng.org.au
Website: https://institute.mercy.org.au/about-us/archives-and-heritage/
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Admission Registers, St Joseph's Orphanage, Goulburn (1940 - 1963)
- Date Range
- 1940 - 1963
- Reference
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Series 001
[ISMAPNG Archives Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Archivist, ISMAPNG Archives and Heritage - Sydney.
Postal Address: PO Box 284 Petersham, NSW 2049
Email: ismapngarchives@ismapng.org.au
Website: https://institute.mercy.org.au/about-us/archives-and-heritage/
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Catholic Children's Homes Registers (c. 1888 - c. 1990)
- Date Range
- 1888 - 1990
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact Family Spirit Adoption Services:
Postal address: Suite 301, Level 3, 2-14 Meredith Street, Bankstown NSW, 2220
Phone: (02) 8709 9333
Email: adoptions@familyspirit.org
Website: https://www.familyspirit.org/
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St Joseph's Orphanage (Goulburn)
