Please contact National Archives of Australia – Darwin Office:
Postal Address: PO Box 24, Nightcliff NT 0814
Phone: (08) 8924 7666
Email: archives@naa.gov.au
Quote this number to access your records: National Archives of Australia Reference Number, F1, 1972/4158
These records are part of Correspondence files, annual single number series, Northern Territory Administration (1915 - 1978).
Palmerston House – Receiving Home for Adolescent Girls, Darwin is a Welfare Branch file. It contains correspondence and other documents related to the Adolescent Receiving Home and Palmerston House.
‘Open with exception’.
This record is ‘Open with exception’ which means that some parts of the file are open and other parts are not. The website of the National Archives provides more information about access to records, or you could contact them and ask about this record.
The documents on this file reveal the changes in location of Palmerston House during the late 1950s and early 1960s. They also often refer to conditions within the Home. Memorandums and reports provide information about the aims and policies of the Welfare Branch in relation to the running of Palmerston House. Some documents include the names and backgrounds of girls resident in the Home.