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Northern Territory Administration – Welfare Branch – interstate visits 1961-1966 [reference copy]

Northern Territory Administration – Welfare Branch – interstate visits 1961-1966 [reference copy] is a file held by National Archives of Australia. It is located at the Darwin office. The records relate to the Part Aboriginal Education Scheme, an initiative of the Northern Territory Welfare Branch. After the passage of theĀ 1953 Welfare Ordinance the Director of…

Alexandra Toddlers’ Home

This is a copy of a photograph showing new signage being erected at the entrance of the Alexandra Toddlers’ Home, run by the Ballarat Town and City Mission.

St. Augustine’s Orphanage, Geelong, Victoria [microform]

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…

Ballarat Town and City Mission records

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…

The Canadian Rescue and Children’s Home

This is a copy of a photo of the Canadian Rescue and Children’s Home from around 1917.

George Street Children’s Home

This is a copy of a photograph of the George Street Children’s Home.

Mission Rescue and Children’s Home, Canadian: Opening Celebration

This is a digital copy of a document from 1907, to publicise an event to celebrate the new opening of a new building at the Mission Rescue and Children’s Home, Canadian. It includes pictures of the Home before and after the additions in 1907.

Forest Hill Residential Kindergarten – Nursery, c.1938

This is a copy of a photograph from the collection of the Whitehorse Historical Society, showing the nursery at Forest Hill Residential Kindergarten.

The original holiday home

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 [Victoria]

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…