This archival series, Private Adoption files [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services] contains records dated between 1956 and 1967. The records in this collection relate to private applications to the Supreme Court for the adoption of children referred to the Department for report. The records in this series are mainly reports about…
This series, Private adoption agency contact files [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services], held by the State Records Authority of New South Wales, contains records relating to private agency adoptions between 1950 and 1975 in New South Wales. Many of the records in this series are from the Queen Victoria Hospital for…
This archival series, Applications and adoption files for state wards [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services], relates to adoptions of State Wards through the New South Wales state government. The records in this series are dated between 1940 and 1961 and are mostly created by the New South Wales state government Child…
This archival series, Adoption Files [Dependent Children and Adoptions Branch, Department of Community Services], relate to adoptions where the New South Wales state government department in charge of child ‘welfare’ and ‘services’ at the time was the intermediary between the adoptive and birth parents. The records in this series are dated from 1947 to 1974…
Affiliation Files relate to action taken to obtain maintenance payments from the fathers of ‘ex-nuptial’ children (children born outside of marriage). Access Conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South Wales, records relating to individuals, such as case files and correspondence are closed to public access for 100 years. Records such as…
The Department of Family and Community Services holds some records relating to Adoption. Note that other records are held at the State Records Authority of New South Wales. Contact the Adoption Information Unit for more information and to apply for access. Access Conditions Access to these records is restricted. Contact the Adoption Information Unit within…
Boarding Out Registers (also known as Ward Registers) comprise 30 volumes that record the following information: name of child; place of birth; date of birth; religion; name and known address of parents; number of papers; particulars of foster parents or guardians (i.e. names, addresses); dates when received and how placed; and Boarding Out Register number….
The Dependent Children Register Cards are arranged alphabetically by surname. These cards relate to children born between 1945 and 1972 who were admitted to State care (there are some exceptions). They record the name of the child, registration number (State ward ‘B’ file number), date and place of birth, religion, parent’s name and address, allowance…
Ward Maintenance Files (sometimes referred to as ‘M’ files) relate to action taken to obtain maintenance (i.e. payments) – by agreement or by court proceedings – in respect to children and young persons up to eighteen years of age admitted or committed to the care of the Minister to be dealt with as State wards…
The admission books contain the following information: date of admission; name of child; child’s date and place of birth; child’s health on admission; reason for admission and other details; name, occupation and address of mother; name and address of father; whether father was paying maintenance; subsequent information; discharge date; and details of to whom discharged….
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