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Victoria - Archival Series
Children's Overseas Reception Board Files (1940 - 1946)
- From
- 1940
- To
- 1946
- Location
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Children's Overseas Reception Board Files comprises client files of children evacuated to Australia from the United Kingdom during World War Two and a few files relating to the administration of the scheme. Upon arrival in Victoria the children were boarded out with families. The Children's Welfare Department oversaw the welfare of the children from when they arrived in Australia.
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Access Conditions
Access to these files is restricted (the Department calls them 'closed' files) to protect the privacy of individuals. Care leavers and their families can contact the Care Leaver Records Service, Freedom of Information Unit, Department of Health and Human Services to access records about their time in 'care'.
Records
Most of the files comprise case documentation including:
- application of the custodian to accept evacuated children
- evacuation and travel reports re the children (e.g. Vaccinations, medical condition)
- Departmental inspectors reports (e.g. Health, behaviour, adjustment, suitability of nominators)
- school reports
- social worker reports.
The case files appear to have been initially arranged in numerical order by a UK Childrens Overseas Reception Board (C.O.R.B.) client number. Some files relate to individual children while others document the arrangements for several children from a single family. In 1997 the files were re-arranged alphabetically by client surname and listed by the Department of Health and Human Services. Custodians' family names were recorded during this process.
- Contact
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Please contact the Care Leaver Records Service:
Phone: (03) 9096 8449
Email: clrs@dffh.vic.gov.au
We do not currently have any records linked to this organisation, but records may exist.
The Find & Connect Support Service can help people who lived in orphanages and children's institutions look for their records.
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The Find & Connect Support Service can help people who lived in orphanages and children's institutions look for their records.
