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New South Wales - Archival Series

Notifications of Discharge (incomplete) (1931 - 1979)

St Joseph's Home, Croydon

From
March 1931
To
1979

Notifications of Discharge (incomplete) is an archival series relating to St Joseph's Home, Croydon. It comprises carbon copy forms. They are declarations by the custodian to the Director of the Child Welfare Department that custody of the child is being relinquished. The forms record: the name of the child; the address of the custodian; to whom the child was discharged (e.g. parent) and their address; the relationship of the future custodian to the child; and the date of discharge.

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Access Conditions

Physical access to the original records is not possible due to their fragility. For access to information held within these records, please contact Family Spirit.

Records

The Archives of Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph held the records of St Joseph's Home Croydon until April 2013, when the records were moved to CatholicCare Adoption Services Bankstown, now known as Family Spirit.

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Sources used to compile this entry: Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf.

Prepared by: Melissa Downing and Naomi Parry