This is a small collection of microform records about St Augustine’s Orphanage, Geelong, held by the State Library of Victoria. It includes copies of the Admissions and Discharges register dated 1857-1878, which contains the names and brief details about children admitted to and discharged from the orphanage during that period. It also includes copies of…
Access Conditions Records more than 99 years old are restricted from public access. Contact the Care Leavers Records Service. Records Ballarat Town and City Mission records is a collection of records that relate to a number of institutions in Ballarat: Alexandra Babies’ Home, Mission Rescue and Children’s Home, Canadian, George Street Children’s Home and Ballarat…
This is a copy of a photo of the Canadian Rescue and Children’s Home from around 1917.
This is a copy of a photograph of the George Street Children’s Home.
This is a copy of a photograph from the collection of the Whitehorse Historical Society, showing the nursery at Forest Hill Residential Kindergarten.
This is a copy of a photograph that appears on p.17 of a publication, “Forest Hill Residential Kindergarten 1926-1976”. It shows the building that was on the site before it was replaced in 1936.
Records of Jigsaw is a collection of records from the Victorian branch of the adoption support agency, Jigsaw, held by the University of Melbourne Archives. Jigsaw Victoria, also known as the Adoptees Liberty Movement Association, was established in the 1970s and advocated for people who had been involved in adoptions to be able to access…
This is a copy of a photograph of the Royal Women’s Hospital in Carlton, from around 1970. It is published on the Finding Records website.
This is a copy of a photograph of Burton Hall Training Farm at Tatura, Victoria.
The Melbourne Jewish Orphan and Neglected Children’s Aid Society was established in 1882. Its objects were to provide for destitute orphan or neglected Jewish children until they turned 16 and to find employment or promote the future welfare of children in its care. In the annual report for 1883, the secretary of the Department of…
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