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Samaritans Foundation

The Samaritans Foundation was established on 14 October 1984 to undertake the social welfare work of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle. Previously it was known as the Newcastle Anglican Board of Social Work.

The Infants’ Home, Ashfield, Records

The Infants’ Home, Ashfield, Records is three collections of records created by The Infants’ Home between 1874 and 2002 and held by the State Library of New South Wales. These collections consists of registers and lists of resident children, children’s admission and discharge information, child health records, family records files, historical and operational records and…

Australian Indigenous Ministries Aggregated Collection of Records and Pictorial Material, 1903-2003

Australian Indigenous Ministries Aggregated Collection of Records and Pictorial Material, 1903-2003 is an aggregated collection held by the State Library of New South Wales. It comprises a large amount of records created between 1903 and 2003 by the Australian Indigenous Ministries and its predecessor, the Aborigines Inland Mission. The aggregated collection is created from four…

Care Leavers Records and Archives – Contact Details

Please contact the Care Leavers Records and Archives: Phone: 0437 870 478 Email: careleaversarchive@anglicare.org.au Website: https://www.anglicare.org.au/resources/policies-and-information/care-leavers-records/

Anglicare Out of Home Care Records

The Anglicare Out of Home Care Records comprise records relating to children and young people in foster care and residential care programs run by Anglicare. After a young person has been discharged, Anglicare Out of Home Care Services keeps their records in this collection for 1 to 2 years. Following that period, the records are…

Department of Education and Communities, State Government of New South Wales

The Department of Education and Communities was established in 2011. Previously it was the Department of Education and Training.

Depositions [Metropolitan Children’s Court]

Depositions [Metropolitan Children’s Court] are the records of the daily proceedings in the Metropolitan Children’s Court No. 2. Frequently for the larger courts, agendas of each day’s business and full details of each case brought before the Court are included, while for the smaller courts, depositions of proceedings are sometimes interfiled. There are gaps in…

Paul Street Adolescent Program

Paul Street Adolescent Program, in Blacktown, was established in July 2000. Previously, the service was known as the Kingsleigh Group Home. Run by Anglicare, the Paul Street Adolescent Program provides accommodation for up to 5 teenaged boys. It was intended to provide support to children who had experienced significant trauma and had higher needs, and…

Care Leavers Records and Archives, Anglicare

Care Leavers Records and Archives is part of Anglicare. It stores, maintains and provides access to records from children’s Homes and other institutions run by Anglicare and its predecessors.

Peat Island Centre

Peat Island Centre was a government run institution established in July 1989. It was previously known as Peat Island Hospital. In 2001, responsibility for the facility was transferred to the Department of Ageing and Disability. Peat Island Centre closed in 2010. In 1995, there were a number of allegations raised in the media of extensive…