Please contact the Post Adoption Information Unit:
Postal address: Locked Bag 5000, Parramatta NSW 2124
Phone: 1300 799 023 or (02) 9716 3005 (from overseas)
Quote this number to access your records: State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number, 14657
These records are held by Museums of History NSW (June 1961 - current).
This archival series, Private Adoption files [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services] contains records dated between 1956 and 1967. The records in this collection relate to private applications to the Supreme Court for the adoption of children referred to the Department for report. The records in this series are mainly reports about applicants by the Department sent to the Chief Justice in Equity.
Access to this series is restricted to protect personal privacy. People wishing to access the records in this series will need to contact the Post Adoption Information Unit.
The records in this series are mostly reports by the Department sent to the Chief Justice in Equity. The reports include basic information about the applicants who wish to adopt such as their names, education, family situation, their home, occupation and financial situation. These reports may also contain some information on the child the applicants wish to adopt such as name and date of birth.
Presumably these reports were used to make decisions about whether to proceed with an adoption. The reports are based on District Officers reports which are far more comprehensive particularly in regard to information about the birth families and individuals who may be adopted.
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