Barnardos Australia, Records (1883 - )

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Access Conditions

Care leavers and their relatives should contact Barnardo's Australia to access these records. Care leavers may be required to provide proof of identity to protect the privacy of people who may be mentioned in these records. Relatives may also need to provide evidence of their relationship to a care leaver.

Records

This collection of records relates to multiple homes, and the Child Migration Scheme that involved or where run by Barnardos Australia and Barnardos UK. Homes include:

• Atherstone House (1962 - 1977);
• Barnardo House, Ashfield (1924 - 1960s);
• Fairfax House (1968 - 1976);
• Greenwood (1951 - 1968);
• Hartwell House (1960 - 1970);
• Hohnen House (1988 - );
• Illawong (1963 - 1974);
• Kingston House (1987 - );
• Ladd House (1968 - 1976);
• Mowbray Park (1929 - 1959);
• Rickard House (1962 - 1978);
• Scone Farm School (c. 1959 - 1982); and
• Tarana (1960 - 1977).

Records in this collection may also relate to the Temporary Family Care (1978 - ), Boarding Out Family Grant Scheme (c. 1964 - ), and Find-A-Family (1975- ) programs.

Welfare support and After Care

Barnardos Australia has a Welfare Director and an Aftercare Co-ordinator who deal with enquiries from ex-clients of Barnardos. They are available to visit clients (where practical), to correspond with clients, to provide welfare and migration advice, counselling and referral to appropriate services where necessary. Barnardos Aftercare Services for ex-child migrants is operated through Barnardos' Head Office at Bay St. Barnardos recognises its responsibility to adults who have been past clients of the agency and provides ongoing support, information and counselling.