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New South Wales - Organisation
St Brigid's Girls' Home, Ryde (1898 - 1978)
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St. Brigid's Convent and Orphanage, Ryde, New South Wales, 1920 - 1945, courtesy of National Library of Australia.
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- From
- 1898
- To
- 1978
- Categories
- Children's Home, Home, Catholic, Receiving Home
- Alternative Names
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- St Brigid's Convent and Orphanage
- St Brigid's Orphanage
St Brigid's Girls' Home opened in 1898 at Ryde and was operated by the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation. It housed girls aged 5 to 15 years. St Brigid's Girls' Home closed in 1978.
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St Brigid's Girls' Home was opened, under the patronage of Cardinal Moran, on 17 June 1898.
Records of the Home are held by the Convent of Mercy Archives in Parramatta. Copies of records from 1929-1935 are held by the Catholic Children's Homes Enquiry Service.
St Brigid's Girls' Home was mentioned in the Lost Innocents Report (2001) as an institution involved in the migration of children to Australia.
Locations
- 1898 - 1978
- Location - St Brigid's Girls' Home was situated at Victoria Road, Ryde
- Collection Title
- Records held by the Convent of Mercy Archives (1898 - )
- Date Range
- 1898 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Congregation Leader at Sisters of Mercy, Paramatta Congregation:
Postal address: PO Box 2012, North Parramatta NSW 1750
Phone: (02) 9683 2555
Email: enquiries@parrasom.org.au
Website: http://www.parramattamercy.org.au/
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. Brigid's Convent and Orphanage, Ryde, New South Wales
St Brigid's Girls' Home
