This is a copy of a photograph held by the State Library of South Australia. The caption reads: “South Terrace, 11th July 1958. Right side of Quambi Hospital abuts west side of Louisa Street. Frontage: 19 yards. For a view of building after alteration see B 14207. Quambi Hospital specialised in maternity concerns”.
This is a copy of a photograph of the former site of the Klemzig Family Home (1973-1980), published on a real estate website when the property was on the market in 2013.
The Adelaide City Mission was established in 1867, its principal aim being the “evangelisation of the neglected classes“. The Mission was involved in various charitable activities with Adelaide’s poor, and also organised religious activities such as gospel meetings (The Register, 20 July 1927). In 1926, the Adelaide City Mission opened the Aboriginal Women’s Home in the…
Visit to Australia of Major-General Hawthorn, director and secretary of Fairbridge Society is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It is part of the correspondence files of the Commonwealth Immigration Department. It contains information about the activities of the Fairbridge Society in Australia. Access Conditions Open access. Records The hard copy file…
Adoption is the legal process by which a person legally becomes a child of the adoptive parent(s) and legally ceases to be a child of his/her existing parent(s). The first adoption law to be passed in Australia was in the Colony of Western Australia in 1896, and other jurisdictions followed with their own legislation. However,…
This is an image showing the front of the Lady Hore-Ruthven Junior Red Cross Home at Henley Beach, South Australia. It was originally published in the March-April 1951 issue of the Australian Red Cross Junior Magazine.
This is an image showing the from of the Lady Norrie Junior Red Cross Home, also referred to as Brighouse. It was originally published in the March-April 1947 issue of the Australian Red Cross Junior Magazine.
This is an image showing the exterior of one of the buildings at the Lady Hore-Ruthven Junior Red Cross Home. It was originally published in the March-April 1947 issue of the Australian Red Cross Junior Magazine.
Annexe is a term used to describe a smaller residential facility that is part of a larger institution. For example, the Victoria Park (Riverbank) Annexe was part of the youth detention facility, Riverbank, even though it was located many miles distant. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
Custodial Care describes a model that was historically used on many people with intellectual disabilities or mental illness. In a custodial care model, a person was not given any treatment to help them improve from their condition at admission. Many children with intellectual disabilities in psychiatric hospitals up to the 1960s suffered as a result…
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