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Queensland - Organisation
Townsville Receiving Depot (1934 - 1964)
- From
- 1934
- To
- 1964
- Categories
- Orphanage, Government-run, Home, Receiving Home
The Townsville Receiving Depot was previously known as the Townsville Orphanage. The Townsville Receiving Depot was a government-run institution, and filled the role of reception, care and boarding out of children to foster homes. In 1964, it became known as Carramar Children's Home.
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The 1999 report of the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions referred to the poor condition of the buildings at Townsville Receiving Depot in the 1960s (children moved into new buildings in 1966, at which time it was known as Carramar Children's Home).
A witness to the inquiry, placed at the Depot in 1957, recollected it as 'large, unfriendly and impersonal' (p.76). Another witness described how girls from the Home wore gingham dresses to school, rather than the regulation State school uniform, making them easily identifiable as 'Home kids' (p.85).
Locations
- 1934 - 1964
- Address - The Townsville Receiving Depot was situated at 42 Warburton Street, North Ward
Timeline
- 1878 - 1934
- Townsville Orphanage
- 1934 - 1964
- Townsville Receiving Depot
- 1964 - 1967
- Carramar Children's Home
- Series Title
- Treatment Books, Townsville Orphanage (1916 - 1935)
- Date Range
- 1916 - 1935
- Reference
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5148
[Queensland State Archives Series ID]
- Contact
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Please contact Queensland State Archives:
Postal Address: PO Box 1397, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109
Phone: (07) 3037 6777
Email: info@archives.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/archives/contacts
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Admission Registers, Townsville Orphanage and Townsville Receiving Depot (1879 - 1949)
- Date Range
- 1879 - 1949
- Reference
-
5152
[Queensland State Archives Series ID]
- Contact
-
Please contact Queensland State Archives:
Postal Address: PO Box 1397, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109
Phone: (07) 3037 6777
Email: info@archives.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/archives/contacts
DETAILS
- Series Title
- Monthly Reports, Townsville Orphanage and Townsville Receiving Depot (1930 - 1934)
- Date Range
- 1930 - 1934
- Reference
-
5145
[Queensland State Archives Series ID]
- Contact
-
Please contact Queensland State Archives:
Postal Address: PO Box 1397, Sunnybank Hills QLD 4109
Phone: (07) 3037 6777
Email: info@archives.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/archives/contacts
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Operational Registers, Queensland Government-run Institutions (c. 1870 - c. 2001)
- Date Range
- 1870 - 2001
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Right to Information Unit, Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs
Postal address: RTI, Privacy, Records Management and Redress
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs
Locked Bag 3405
Brisbane Qld 4001
Phone: 1800 809 078 (freecall)
Email: rti@cyjma.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.cyjma.qld.gov.au/about-us/our-department/right-information
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Administrative Records, Queensland Government-run Institutions (c. 1865 - 2001)
- Date Range
- 1865 - 2001
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Right to Information Unit, Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs
Postal address: RTI, Privacy, Records Management and Redress
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs
Locked Bag 3405
Brisbane Qld 4001
Phone: 1800 809 078 (freecall)
Email: rti@cyjma.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.cyjma.qld.gov.au/about-us/our-department/right-information
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Client Files, Queensland Government-run Institutions (c. 1865 - 2001)
- Date Range
- 1865 - 2001
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Right to Information Unit, Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs
Postal address: RTI, Privacy, Records Management and Redress
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs
Locked Bag 3405
Brisbane Qld 4001
Phone: 1800 809 078 (freecall)
Email: rti@cyjma.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.cyjma.qld.gov.au/about-us/our-department/right-information
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Carramar Records (1878 - 1995)
- Date Range
- 1878 - 1995
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Right to Information Unit, Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs
Postal address: RTI, Privacy, Records Management and Redress
Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs
Locked Bag 3405
Brisbane Qld 4001
Phone: 1800 809 078 (freecall)
Email: rti@cyjma.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.cyjma.qld.gov.au/about-us/our-department/right-information
DETAILS
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