These three minute books relate to the business and meetings of the Board of Governors of the Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, and also refer to the business of the Home’s Admission Committee. Names of children are occasionally mentioned in this committee’s report when seeking Board’s approval for admission or for prospective adoption, although the reports…
This series contains a variety of different records from the Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, including records relating to the admission and discharge of children, minutes of committee meetings, general correspondence, and terms of employment for staff. Files relating to children’s admission can include information regarding a child’s parents, background to child’s situation and admission, and…
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…
This series of records from Morialta Protestant Children’s Home contains individual children’s files, including admission forms and correspondence. Admission forms give (1) Name, (2) Date of birth, (3) Religion, (4) Sex, (5) Eyes, (6) Hair, (7) Colouring, (8) Special marks, (9) Date of admission, (10) Father, (11) Address, (12) Mother, (13) Address, (14) Custody or…
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….
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…
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…
Minutes mostly include discussion relating to staffing of hospital and purchase of equipment. Minutes also include matron’s monthly reports with numbers of babies admitted, discharged and deceased. No names given. Some names appear in relation to grants of milk and food to certain babies. Quantity: 4 volumes. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents,…
This collection (SRG 770/40) of over 900 photographs includes some images of the Junior Red Cross Homes. The majority of these photographs have been digitised and can be viewed online. Undigitised can only be viewed at the State Library Reading Room. Access Conditions Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts held at…
The Correspondence files of the Aborigines Office and its successors are the major series of correspondence of the state government department responsible for the administration of Aboriginal affairs in the period 1866 through to 1969. This includes the Aborigines Office from 1866 to 1912, the Aborigines Department, 1912-1962 and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs, 1962-1969….
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