The Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Darwin holds extensive records relating to the care of children in the Northern Territory. These include records related to a number of Catholic mission stations, residential care facilities, schools and other services for children. The Diocese holds a collection of baptismal records dating from the 1880s and is the…
Please contact the Library & Archives NT: Email: ask@lant.nt.gov.au Darwin Office: Postal Address: GPO Box 874, Darwin NT 0801 Phone: (08) 8924 7677 or 1800 019 155 Alice Springs Office: Postal Address: PO Box 8225, Alice Springs NT 0871 Phone: (08) 8951 566
Please contact General Enquiries, National Archives of Australia: Postal Address: PO Box 4924, Kingston, ACT 2604 Phone: (02) 6212 3600 Email: archives@naa.gov.au Website: https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/ask-us-about-collection
Please contact the Archivist at Baptist Mission Australia: Postal Address: PO Box 3085, Auburn VIC 3123 Phone: 1800 329 165 Email: info@baptistmissionaustralia.org Website: https://www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/Contact
Please contact the Head Office, Anglicare NT: Postal Address: PO Box 36506 Winnellie NT 0821 Phone: (08) 8985 0000 Email: anglicare@anglicare-nt.org.au Website: https://www.anglicare-nt.org.au/contact-us/
The Bagot Aboriginal Reserve was established in 1938. All the residents of the Kahlin Compound were moved to this new reserve in 1939. The Retta Dixon Home was located at Bagot Aboriginal Reserve. In the late 1970s the Bagot Aboriginal Reserve was handed over to Aboriginal custodians and became known as the Bagot Aboriginal Community….
This digitised file contains correspondence between the Aboriginal Inland Mission (AIM) and various government departments relating to the running of the Retta Dixon Home in Darwin. Subjects covered in the correspondence include recreational activities at the Home, lists of children, staff lists, the accommodation of State Children, purchases, funding and information on the move of…
The Darwin Correctional Centre at Berrimah in Darwin opened in 1979 to replace the Fannie Bay Gaol. It housed minimum and maximum security prisoners, sentenced and on remand. It had separate sections for young people and women. The number of young people accommodated decreased during the 1980s to 1990s. In 2013 Berrimah was scheduled to…
The file, Aborigines’ Inland Mission, Retta Dixon Home – Northern Territory, contains correspondence relating to the Retta Dixon Home. It includes letters regarding the setting up of the Home, financial assistance from the government to the Aborigines’ Inland Mission, the war-time evacuation of children from Retta Dixon to Balaklava in South Australia and many other…
The file Northern Territory, Plymouth Brethren Mission, contains correspondence related to this mission which was established in Darwin in 1910. The letters include applications from the mission for land, reports and other correspondence. The file contains correspondence related to the Northern Territory Administration’s rejection of the mission’s appeal for land. The file also contains the…
Dec 18, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
