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New South Wales - Organisation
Dr Barnardos in Australia (1966 - 1995)
- From
- 1966
- To
- c. 1995
- Categories
- Non Government Organisation, Non-denominational, Care Provider
- Alternative Names
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- Barnardos
- Barnardo's
- Dr Barnardos
- Dr Barnardo's
- Location
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Dr Barnardos in Australia was, from 1966, the name used by Dr Barnardo's Homes (Australia Branch). In 1964 Dr Barnardo's Homes had stopped its child migration scheme and began to offer a broad range of services to children and families. The name change reflected this shift to family services. Around 1995, the agency became known as Barnardos Australia.
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After Dr Barnardo's Homes changed its name to Dr Barnardos in Australia in 1966, it developed its local services, and began to move into providing family-based care for children; it established the Find-A-Family scheme in 1975.
Dr Barnardos in Australia ran a number of family group homes in New South Wales, most of which had been established before 1966: Greenwood (1951-1966); Tarana at Belmont South (1959-1977); Hartwell House Kiama (1960-1970); Atherstone House Cronulla (1962-1977); Rickard House West Ryde (1962-1982); Illawong at Keiraville (1962-1975); Ladd House and Fairfax House at Normanhurst (1966-1976), Karingal House, Lindfield (1960-1984) and Mackay House (1970?-1973?).
Barnardos Australia holds the records for Dr Barnardos in Australia and Dr Barnardo's Homes (Australia Branch).
According to the Barnardos Australia website, Barnardos now recognises that its programmes of child migration were damaging, and it works actively with the Child Migrants Trust and its UK sister organisations to support former child migrants and their families.
Timeline
- 1883 - 1966
- Dr Barnardo's Homes (Australia Branch)
- 1966 - 1995
- Dr Barnardos in Australia
- 1995 -
- Barnardos Australia
- Series Title
- Dr. Barnardo's in Australia, records (c. 1921 - c. 1978)
- Date Range
- 1921 - 1978
- Reference
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MLMSS 3467 (MLK 756-MLK 955)
[State Library of New South Wales - Manuscripts & Pictures Call Number]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at State Library of New South Wales:
Postal address: 1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: (02) 9273 1414
Email: library@sl.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/research-and-collections/ask-librarian
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Registers Of The Arrival And Discharge Of Immigrant Children [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services] (1953 - 1964)
- Date Range
- 1953 - 1964
- Reference
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14783
[State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Care Leaver Records Access Unit, Community Services:
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://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/families/out-of-home-care/about-out-of-home-care/were-you-in-out-of-home-care
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Miscellaneous Correspondence Files Relating To Immigrant Children [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services] (1971 - 1974)
- Date Range
- 1971 - 1974
- Reference
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14784
[State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Care Leaver Records Access Unit, Community Services:
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://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/families/out-of-home-care/about-out-of-home-care/were-you-in-out-of-home-care
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Barnardos Australia, Records (c. 1883 - )
- Date Range
- 1883 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact Barnardos Australia (Aftercare Office):
Postal Address: Barnardos After Care, GPO Box 9996, Sydney NSW 2001
Phone: (02) 9281 2300
Email: aftercare@barnardos.org.au
Website: https://www.barnardos.org.au/services/
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Commonwealth Records relating to Child and Youth Migration (c. 1911 - 1983?)
- Date Range
- 1911 - 1983
- Reference
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- Contact
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DETAILS
- Series Title
- Immigrant Children's Registers [School Attendance/Licensing Branch, Department of Community Services] (1967 - 1970)
- Date Range
- 1967 - 1970
- Reference
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NRS-19993
[State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the Care Leaver Records Access Unit, Community Services:
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://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/families/out-of-home-care/about-out-of-home-care/were-you-in-out-of-home-care
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