Benevolent Society of New South Wales
Index To Admissions And Discharges record the name, age, religion, date of admission and discharge reason (e.g. to boarding out officer, to family, to another institution, to billet, with permission, absconded, expelled or deceased).
An online search for this index can be accessed through https://sydneybenevolentasylum.com/index.php?page=search-index.
The volumes index admissions and discharges at:
The series is incomplete and there are no records between May 1865 and February 1875. The records are arranged alphabetically by date of admission and there are 12 volumes.
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
Created: 10 August 2011, Last modified: 24 July 2023