The Records of the Home of the Good Shepherd Industrial School for Girls is an archival collection held by the Good Shepherd Archives in Abbotsford, Victoria.
Care leavers (and their families) wanting to find information about their time in care, or access personal files can contact Good Shepherd Archives.
All requests for personal information must be accompanied by some form of personal identification such as a copy of your birth certificate or a copy of your current driver's licence. If you are applying for information about another person, their permission is required. If you are applying for information about a person who is deceased, proof of death is required. Proof of your relationship to the deceased person is also required.
The core records in this collection relating to Care Leavers are:
Supplementary records include:
The Good Shepherd Archive also has contextual information about the history of the Good Shepherd Sisters in Western Australia, including books, newsclippings collection and photographs of the site and buildings.
Sources used to compile this entry: This entry has been updated with information received from the record holders as part of the Records Access Documentation grants. The source documents are held in the eScholarship Research Centre files at the University of Melbourne.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 18 August 2017, Last modified: 24 August 2017
Last updated: 17 October 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/wa/biogs/WE01538b.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011
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