Archives



Records related to former Church of England Children’s Homes

The collection Records related to former Church of England Children’s Homes held at the Anglican Archives dates from the 1860s to 1990. The records were created by the children’s Homes and other residences such as Farr House, St Mary’s Mission of Hope, and relate to children who were placed in them. The types of records…

The Orphan Home Inc. (Adelaide, S. Aust.)

The Orphan Home Inc collection includes Minute books of committee meetings, Matron’s reports, Admission records, Records book of Orphan Home residents, Letter books, Matron’s gift book, Visitor’s books, Lists of subscribers, Annual reports, Plans for alterations and additions and Financial records. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact the State Library of South…

Records of the Babies Home, Walkerville (Adelaide, S.Aust)

Records of the Babies’ Home, Walkerville, comprises minute books, inventory book, certificate of title, committee and membership lists, child endowment schedule of admissions and discharges, nursery times, plan of proposed Mothercraft Training Centre, financial records, list of children’s clothes and Annual Report for 1945. Access Conditions For access to many Anglican records held at the…

Boy Farm Apprenticeship Scheme South Australia

Boy Farm Apprenticeship Scheme South Australia is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. This file informs us about the attitudes in the 1920s towards youth migration between South Australia and Britain. Quantity: 11 pages. Access Conditions Open. This record is open but not digitised. Records Premier, South Australia to Prime Minister, 9…

Immigration encouragement – Government schemes – South Australia – Settlement of 6000 boys

This file contains correspondence between the Prime Minister’s Department, the Commonwealth Immigration Office and the Premier’s Department, South Australia, relating to the scheme to introduce 6 000 British boys for farm work, 2 000 per year for three years, commencing in 1922. Quantity: 65 pages. Access Conditions Open. Under the Archives Act 1983, most Commonwealth…

Poonindie Mission [records]

Records of the Anglican Church’s Poonindie Mission (based around St Matthew’s Church), comprising financial records, records relating to wool sales, monthly pay sheets, reports from the medical officer and school master, annual reports and balance sheets, quarterly native residents’ returns, correspondence and printed reports. Access Conditions For access to many Anglican records held at the…

Album of views of Mareeba Babies’ Hospital

Album of views of Mareeba Babies’ Hospital is part of The Babies’ Hospital Association collection at State Library of South Australia. According to Finding Your Own Way the album contains many photographs of babies, including Aboriginal children. Some photographs are labelled with names, others are not. Quantity: 1 album. Access Conditions Researchers can have access…

Annual Reports of the Babies Hospital Association, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Reports give numbers of children admitted to Mareeba Babies Hospital and details about the kind of work being done there. Some reports include photographs. Date range – 1915-1951 with gaps. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket….

Correspondence, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Most correspondence relates to staff and maintenance. Includes one list of admissions and discharges for 1932 with no names. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at the State Library of South Australia on presenting their Readers Ticket. Readers Tickets are available from the Library. Records, recordings and transcripts…

Minutes of the Babies Hospital Association, Mareeba Babies Hospital

Only volumes 1 and 2 contain entries relating to the establishment of the Mareeba Babies hospital and discussion regarding staffing and equipment. Quantity: 5 volumes. Access Conditions A Research Centre Members card, obtainable at the Archives, is required to research records held at State Records. Although some very early records relating to children in care…