Please contact the Archivist, ISMAPNG Archives and Heritage – Sydney. Postal Address: PO Box 284 Petersham, NSW 2049 Email: ismapngarchives@ismapng.org.au Website: https://institute.mercy.org.au/about-us/archives-and-heritage/ NOTE: According to the ISMAPNG website, the Archives are currently closed to the public, with the exception of requests of medical or care leaver records. Their website states: “No external research requests or inquiries…
This series of records was created by St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bathurst (Girls’ Home). The series is made up of two volumes, arranged alphabetically by surname, containing originals and photocopies of approximately three hundred and twenty assorted Certificates of Birth, Baptism, First Holy Communion and Confirmation of former residents of the orphanage. The Certificates are managed…
This series of records was created by St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bathurst (Girls’ Home). The series is made up of two volumes covering 1924-1974 and contains handwritten entries of details of children admitted to the Orphanage during that period. They contain information including: year of Roll, name, date of admission, date of leaving and with whom….
The Notification of Reception Books is a series of records created by St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bathurst (Girls’ Home). The series is made up of one volume containing handwritten completion of forms to comply with the provisions of the Infant Protection Act, No 27, 1904. The records contain information including: Name of Place; Address; Date of…
This series of records was created by St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bathurst (Girls’ Home). The series is made up of one volume containing handwritten completion of forms to comply with the provisions of the Child Welfare Act 1939–Regulations 47A(w) and 47b(g), at the time of the closure of the Orphanage in 1975. These records are managed…
Record Cards is a series of records created by St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bathurst (Girls’ Home). The series is made up of photocopies of forty record cards. The records only relate to girls admitted between May 1962 and July 1968. The information includes: Name; Date of Birth; Date of Admission; Details of Parents; Details of other…
Mangrove Mountain Crown Reserve for Homeless and Needy Young Persons was located at Mangrove Mountain near Gosford. It was on a site that formerly acommodated the Forest Farm Community, a project of the New South Wales Homeless Children’s Association in around 1983 and 1984. Wesley Mission (NSW) ran the Trust from 1990 until 2010. In…
The Homeless Children’s Association Refuge was located at 429 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst. It was run by the New South Wales Homeless Children’s Association from May 1981 until July 1983. Also known as 429, it was a shelter for homeless children and youth and hundreds of young people passed through its doors. By July 1983, the…
The New South Wales Homeless Children’s Association was formed in 1980. It was an advocacy body for homeless youth and ran a shelter for homeless children and youth in Darlinghurst from 1981 until 1983, and a number of other projects in inner city Sydney. The Association established the Forest Farm Community at Mangrove Mountain near…
Please contact the Family Records Unit, Department of Aboriginal Affairs: Postal Address: PO Box 207, Mascot NSW 1460 Phone: 1800 019 998 Email: familyhistory@aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au Website: https://www.aboriginalaffairs.nsw.gov.au/healing-and-reparations/family-records-service/
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