Correspondence files relating to the alleviation of distress with “A” prefix is a series of files concerning the provision of welfare services of many different types to individuals and families. Each file carries the name of an individual or a family and includes letters and other documents related to applications for emergency assistance. Access Conditions…
Correspondence files, Welfare Branch is a large series of correspondence files on many different types of welfare related subjects. This series also includes many files on individuals assisted by the Welfare Branch, including children under the care of the Branch. The files relate to both Aboriginal and non Aboriginal children and families. Access Conditions Most…
The series Fostering files with ‘F’ prefix consists of files relating to fostering and/or adoptions of children. The files were created to record information related to applications from prospective foster/adoptive parents. The files include a range of documents related to the process of fostering and adoption of children, including assessments, agreements, correspondence and legal documents….
The Methodist Overseas Mission, a department of the Methodist Church of Australia, was established around 1930. Previously it was known as the Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia. It established missions and Homes in the Northern Territory and Western Australia during the early and mid twentieth century. The Methodist Overseas Mission became part of the Uniting…
This State Children’s Council file contains correspondence and copies of Minutes of Council meetings relating to the establishment of the first Government run Receiving Home in Darwin. Documents on the file also concern the fire which destroyed the Fannie Bay Receiving Home in May 1957 and arrangements made for re-establishing the Home at an alternative…
Palmerston House – Receiving Home for Adolescent Girls, Darwin is a Welfare Branch file. It contains correspondence and other documents related to the Adolescent Receiving Home and Palmerston House. Access Conditions ‘Open with exception’. This record is ‘Open with exception’ which means that some parts of the file are open and other parts are not….
The Adolescent Receiving Home was opened by the government in Darwin in 1961 as a temporary Receiving Home for older girls, mostly those in the care of the State. The run-down premises accommodated up to seven girls. In 1963 the Home closed and the girls were transferred to Palmerston House. The need for a separate…
Port Keats Mission Station is a correspondence file kept by the Office of the Administrator of the Northern Territory. It contains letters, memorandums and reports related to the mission at Port Keats. The file mainly includes correspondence between the Roman Catholic Church, the mission, and the Northern Territory administration. The file begins with correspondence about…
Port Keats, Catholic Mission – Northern Territory is a correspondence file kept by the Commonwealth Department of Territories. It contains letters, memorandums and reports related to the mission at Port Keats. The file includes correspondence between the Roman Catholic Church, the mission, and the Northern Territory administration. Access Conditions ‘Open with exception’. This file has…
St Mary’s Hostel – Alice Springs – Australian Board of Missions – Institution for half-caste children is a file containing documents related to the beginnings of the St Mary’s Home for Children in 1946. The Home was also referred to as St Mary’s Hostel and, when it was first established, as the Mount Blatherskite Hostel…
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