Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records

Publication Resource Details

Author
Department of Families
Publication Date
2001
Publisher
State of Queensland
Description
Missing Pieces was published in 2001 by the Department of Families. In 2014, the online version of this publication was removed from the Queensland government website. A PDF version of Missing Pieces (2001) is available on the Find & Connect web resource.

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Administrative Records, Queensland Government-run Institutions (c. 1865 - 2001) Relevance: pp.9-10
Adoption of Children Act 1935, Queensland (1936 - 1965) Relevance: p.103
Adoption of Children Act 1964, Queensland (1965 - 2010) Relevance: p.103
Albion Lodge (22 July 1965 - 28 November 1974) Relevance: p.29
Albion Lodge, Records (1965 - 1974) Relevance: p.29
Alexander Cottage (1991 - ) Relevance: p.84
Alexandra Cottage (1960 - 1993) Relevance: p.30
Alford House (6 April 1966 - 1976) Relevance: pp. 52-53
Alkira, Salvation Army Home for Boys (September 1969 - 1983) Relevance: p.30
Anglican Children's Home (1983 - ) Relevance: p.31
Anglican Children's Home, Records, Tufnell Residential and Community Care (1990 - 1996) Relevance: p.31
Ascot Family Group Home (March 1978 - c. 1990) Relevance: p.80
Aurala (1992 - 2011) Relevance: p.32
Avila Family Group Home (1972 - 1996) Relevance: p.80
Bail Act 1980, Queensland (1980 - ) Relevance: p.104
Balmoral Cottage (1977 - March 1993) Relevance: p.84
Bay Cottage (1970 - January 1998) Relevance: p.84
Beemar Yumba Hostel Aboriginal Corporation (c. 1985 - 2010)
Beemar Yumba Maud Phillips Memorial Children's Shelter, Cherbourg (1985 - 2010) Relevance: p.33
Beemar Yumba Maud Phillips Memorial Children's Shelter Records (1985 - 2010) Relevance: p.33
Ben White House (February 1980 - May 1991) Relevance: p.33
Ben White House Records (1985 - 1991) Relevance: pp.33-34
Bethel Home, Dalby (1952 - May 1982) Relevance: p.34
Bethesda Children's Centre Committee (1980? - 1992?) Relevance: p.34
Bethesda Children's Home (1977 - September 1979) Relevance: p.82
Bethesda Family Group Home (1980 - 1992) Relevance: p.34
Bethesda Hospital and Hostel (1968 - 1970) Relevance: p.82
Bethesda Hostel (1970 - 1976) Relevance: p.82
Bethesda Hostel and Children's Home (1976 - 1977) Relevance: p.82
Bethesda Mothers' Hospital (1938 - 1968) Relevance: p.82
Beulah Home (1960 - 7 September 1974) Relevance: p.35
Bindari Lodge (1971 - 1995) Relevance: p.35
Birralee Children's Home (1964 - 1967) Relevance: p.13
Birralee Hostel (1981 - 1982) Relevance: p.13
Birralee Receiving and Assessment Centre (1967 - 1981) Relevance: p.13
Blackheath Home, Oxley (c. 1924 - 1963) Relevance: pp.37-38
Boopa Werem Kindergarten Association (1982? - 2001?) Relevance: p.69
BoysTown (1961 - 2001) Relevance: p.38
Bundamba Lodge (1983 - ) Relevance: p.39
Buxton Lodge (1980 - 1983) Relevance: p.39
Cairns Family Group Home (1980 - 1997) Relevance: p.40
Carramar Children's Home (1964 - 1967) Relevance: pp.13-15
Carramar Receiving and Assessment Centre (1967 - 1995) Relevance: p.13
Centacare Brisbane (1984 - ) Relevance: p. 58
Chester House (1980 - 1996) Relevance: p.40
Children's Commissioner and Children's Services Appeals Tribunals Act 1996, Queensland (1996 - 2000) Relevance: p.104
Children's Court Act 1907, Queensland (1907 - 1966) Relevance: p.102
Christian Centre Family Group Homes (1976 - 2001?) Relevance: p.41
Church of England Rescue Home (21 September 1894 - 1898)
Cleveland Youth Detention Centre (1980 - ) Relevance: pp.14-15
Client Files, Queensland Government-run Institutions (c. 1865 - 2001) Relevance: pp.4-6
Cooinda Salvation Army Home for Boys (1968 - September 1969)
Crossroads (15 March 1980 - November 1985) Relevance: p.41
Crossroads Community Youth Organisation (1972 - 1986?) Relevance: p.41
Dahler Family Group Home (1975 - 1988) Relevance: pp.41-42
David Henry Transitional Lodge (1975 - 1978) Relevance: p.41
Diamantina Orphanage (1865 - 1910) Relevance: p.19-21
Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infants' Home (1910 - 1962) Relevance: pp.19-21
Dowdle Family Group Home (c. 1963 - 1993) Relevance: p.42
Durak Cottage (1981 - 1993) Relevance: p.84
Endeavour Training Farm (1969 - 1973) Relevance: p.43
Enoggera Boys' Home (1906 - 1978) Relevance: p.44
Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook (30 October 1919 - 26 May 1966) Relevance: pp.21-23
Fatima Home for Children (1974 - 1995) Relevance: p.45
First Contact (1994 - 1999) Relevance: pp.45-46
Frank Gilson House (1970 - 2001?) Relevance: p.46
Freedom of Information Act 1992, Queensland (1992 - 2009)
Glen Loeman Family Group Home (1 November 1981 - 1990) Relevance: p.46
Good Shepherd Home for Girls, Mitchelton (1930 - 1966) Relevance: p.52
Granada Hostel (18 August 1979 - 1 December 1985) Relevance: p.47
Grey Cottage (1960 - 1991) Relevance: p.84
Gundanah Group Home (3 September 1979 - 3 February 1987) Relevance: p.48
Hackwood (1993 - 1996) Relevance: p.48
Handcuff Register - Westbrook (25 November 1993 - 4 July 1994)
Harrison Cottage Family Group Home (1960 - 1981) Relevance: p.48
Harrison House (1986 - ) Relevance: p.49
Hebron House (19 February 1979 - 2013) Relevance: p.49
Heytesbury Family Group Home (21 April 1968 - 2011) Relevance: pp.69-70
Hillsdale Village for Boys (c. 1973 - c. 1977) Relevance: p.50
Hocking House (6 April 1966 - 1976) Relevance: pp.52-53
Holland Park Family Group Home (April 1964 - 2001?) Relevance: p.50
Holy Cross Home (1965 - 1973) Relevance: p.51
Holy Cross Retreat (13 October 1889 - 1978) Relevance: p.51
Home for Boys, Riverview (1956 - 1966) Relevance: p.43
Home of the Good Shepherd, Nundah (June 1893 - 1901) Relevance: p.52
Home of the Good Shepherd, Ormiston (1897 - c. 1913) Relevance: p.52
Horton House (1963 - 1976) Relevance: pp.52-53
Horton Village (1976 - 1985) Relevance: pp.52-53
Illoura Family Group Home (1975 - 1990) Relevance: p.53
Industrial School for Boys, Riverview (1 October 1898 - 1926) Relevance: p.43
Industrial School for Girls, Chelmer (1920 - 1941) Relevance: p.54
Industrial School for Girls, Clayfield (1903 - 1920) Relevance: p.54
Industrial School for Girls, Nudgee (1903 - 1942) Relevance: p.54
Industrial School for Girls, Toowong (1907 - 1956) Relevance: p.57
Industrial School for Girls, Wooloowin (1904 - c. 1966)
Industrial School, Mapoon Mission Station (1901 - 1963) Relevance: p.55
Industrial School, Purga Mission Station (c. 1920 - 1948) Relevance: p.55
Yarrabah Mission (1892 - 1960) Relevance: p.56
Infant Life Protection Act 1905, Queensland (1905 - 1966) Relevance: p.102
Infant Life Protection Act Amendment Act 1918, Queensland (1918 - 1966) Relevance: p.102
Institution Files, Queensland Government-run Institutions (c. 1871 - c. 2001) Relevance: pp.7-8
Irwin Blowers House (1980 - 2000s) Relevance: p.56
James Horton Industrial School for Girls (1947 - 1953) Relevance: pp. 52-53
James Horton Memorial Home (1942 - 1947) Relevance: pp.52-53
James Horton Memorial Home for Girls (1953 - 1954) Relevance: pp.52-53
James Horton School for Girls (1954 - 1963) Relevance: pp.52-53
Jellicoe Street Family Group Home (1967 - 1994) Relevance: p.56
Jessie Street Family Group Home (1978 - 1985) Relevance: p.75
John Oxley Youth Detention Centre (1987 - 2001) Relevance: pp.15-17
John Thompson House (1980 - 1998?) Relevance: p.57
Kalimna Vocational Centre for Girls (1962 - 1977) Relevance: p.57
Karrala House (1963 - 1971) Relevance: p.17
Kelvin Grove Transition Hostel (1973 - c. 1977) Relevance: p.18
Kiah Hostel (c. 1973 - 2003) Relevance: p.58
Kingsbury Cottage Family Group Home, Bardon (1960 - c.2019) Relevance: p.58
Kingswood Lodge (1993 - ) Relevance: p.59
Kunara Family Group Home (c. 1969 - 1989) Relevance: p.59
Lahey Cottage Family Group Home (1973 - 1985) Relevance: p.59
Layton House (1980 - 1981) Relevance: p.60
Leslie Tooth Home (1921 - 1931) Relevance: p.60
Lewis Cottage Family Group Home (1967 - 1988) Relevance: p.60
Logan Reserve Lodge (1989 - 3 December 2001) Relevance: p.61
Loreto Family Group Home (October 1964 - 1971) Relevance: p.80
Lovett Street Family Home (1968? - 2000) Relevance: pp.85-86.
Luther Lodge (1982 - 1996) Relevance: p.61
Mackay Family Group Home (1976 - 2000?) Relevance: p.62
Mareeba Youth Farm (December 1979 - 1982) Relevance: p.62
Margaret Marr Memorial Home for Boys (1924 - 1973) Relevance: p.62
Marsden Family Group Home (1974 - 2001?) Relevance: p.63
Marsden Home for Boys, Booval (1962 - 1974) Relevance: p.63
Marsden Home for Boys, Kallangur (1929 - 1992) Relevance: p.63
Mercy Centre (1977 - )
Mi Gunyah Youth Hostel (1991 - 1999) Relevance: p.66
Moore Cottage Family Group Home (1962 - 1996) Relevance: p.64
Morris House (1975 - 1983) Relevance: p.65
Mt Maria Re-Education Centre, Mitchelton (1966 - 1973) Relevance: p.65
Mt Maria Youth Centre (c. 1973 - 1974) Relevance: pp.65-66
Narnia Family Group Home (1996 - 1996) Relevance: p.80
Nazareth House, Wynnum North (1926 - 1982) Relevance: p.66
Nicklin Cottage Family Group Home (1 September 1960 - ) Relevance: p.67
OPAL House (1962 - 1985?) Relevance: p.68
OPAL Joyce Wilding Home (1970 - c.2021) Relevance: p.68
Operational Registers, Queensland Government-run Institutions (c. 1870 - c. 2001)
Pallarenda Family Group Home (1979 - 1994) Relevance: pp.68-69
Peim Metta Family Group Home (1982 - 2001?) Relevance: p.69
Peirson Memorial Trust Home, Bundaberg (1 November 1983 - c. 1990) Relevance: p.69
Petford Training Farm (1978? - c. 1999) Relevance: p.70
Petford Training Farm Aboriginal Corporation (1983 - 1998?) Relevance: p.70
Presbyterian Children's Homes Records (October 1922 - May 1977) Relevance: p.36
Primmer Lodge, Taringa (1978 - c. 1981) Relevance: p.70
Queen Alexandra Home for Children (1910 - 1960) Relevance: pp.70-71
Rattray House (1982 - 1993) Relevance: p.71
Records of Mt Maria, Home of the Good Shepherd, Queensland (1933 - 1974)
Redcliffe Home, Goodwood (1955 - c. 1990) Relevance: p.69
Reformatory School for Boys - Hulk Proserpine (15 March 1871 - 16 February 1881) Relevance: p.21
Riverview Training Farm (1926 - 1956) Relevance: p.43
Robgill Cottage Family Group Home (1960 - 1981) Relevance: p.71
Rockhampton Orphanage (1870 - 1894) Relevance: p.13
Rockhampton Receiving Depot (1894 - 1964) Relevance: p.13
Rowellyn Family Group Home (1965 - 1997) Relevance: pp.72-73.
Salvation Army Girls' Home, Toowong (1956 - c. 1961) Relevance: p.57
Salvation Army Home for Girls, Yeronga (1898 - 1942) Relevance: p.83
Salvation Army Industrial School for Girls (1920 - 1934) Relevance: p.80-81
Saunders Family Group Home (1973 - c. 1985) Relevance: p.83-84
Silky Oaks Haven for Children (1940 - ) Relevance: pp.84-85
Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre (1983 - 1993)
Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Detention Centre (1993 - 2001) Relevance: pp.23-27
South East Queensland Aboriginal Community Care Agency (1997 - 1999?) Relevance: p.66
St George's Family Group Home, Elphinstone Street (1978 - 1980)
St George's Family Group Home, Mason Street (1978 - 25 June 1982)
St George's Homes, Rockhampton (1922 - 1979) Relevance: p.73
St George's Orphanage, Rockhampton (26 October 1917 - 17 November 1922)
St Joseph's Home, Neerkol (1885 - 1978) Relevance: pp.74-76
St Joseph's Home Records (c. 1882 - c. 1985) Relevance: pp. 74-77
St Martin's Centre (1977 - 1991) Relevance: p.77
St Mary's Home (1898 - 1919)
St Mary's Home, Toowong (1919 - 1991) Relevance: pp.77-79
St Vincent's Home for Children (1935 - 1971) Relevance: pp.77-79
St Vincent's Orphanage (1867 - 1935)
Stanton Lodge (10 May 1984 - 30 June 1985) Relevance: p.18
Stewart Cottage Family Group Home (1962 - 1993) Relevance: p.86
Tainton Cottage Family Group Home (1967 - 1985) Relevance: p.86
Talera Lodge (1977 - 1988) Relevance: p.87
Taringa Transition Hostel (1973 - c. 1985) Relevance: p.19
Tarragindi Lodge (1974 - 1991) Relevance: p.87
The Ark Transition Hostel (1977 - 1982) Relevance: p.88
The Committee of St Mary's Church of England Home (1907 - 1991) Relevance: p.73
The Friary (1966 - 1981) Relevance: p.88
The Outlook (1976 - 1979) Relevance: p.19
Therapeutic Adolescent Residential Assessment Unit (1995 - 2001) Relevance: p.18
Toowoomba Aboriginal Corporation for Cultural and Recreational Activities (1990? - 1997?) Relevance: p.66
Townsville Receiving Depot (1934 - 1964) Relevance: p.13
Training Farm for Boys (1966 - 1969) Relevance: p.43
Treacher Family Group Home (1965 - 1995) Relevance: p.89
Tufnell Home (1901 - 1993) Relevance: p.91
Tufnell Residential and Community Care, Daisy Hill (December 1990 - 1994) Relevance: pp.90-91
Tufnell Residential and Community Care, Regents Park (1996 - ) Relevance: p.89
Tufnell Toddlers' Home (1947 - c. 1975) Relevance: p.91
Vietnamese Community Family Group Home (1982 - 1991) Relevance: p.92
Virginia Share House (1978? - ) Relevance: p.80
W. R. Black Home (24 November 1928 - 1965) Relevance: pp.35-36
W. R. Black Home and Blackheath Home Records (c. 1923 - c. 1951) Relevance: pp.35-36
Wahroonga Family Group Home (1974 - 1993) Relevance: p.93
Ward Street Family Group Home (1977 - 1979) Relevance: p.74
Warilda Children's Home and Warilda Infants' Home (1964 - 1967) Relevance: pp.19-21
Warilda Receiving and Assessment Centre (1967 - 1989) Relevance: pp.19-21
Westbrook Reformatory for Boys (5 May 1900 - 30 October 1919) Relevance: pp. 21-23
Westbrook Training Centre (26 May 1966 - 1987) Relevance: pp.21-23
Westbrook Youth Centre (1987 - 1993) Relevance: pp.21-23
Westbrook Youth Detention Centre (1993 - 30 June 1994) Relevance: pp.21-23
Wilson Youth Hospital (1961 - 1983) Relevance: pp.23-27
Wongabeena Family Group Home (1970 - 1989) Relevance: p.94
Yuddika Family Group Home (1990 - 2001) Relevance: p.94

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