The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory was one of two autonomous territories of this world-wide Christian Church in Australia. Its international headquarters are in London, England. The Southern Territory comprised the Salvation Army in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory (Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory made up…
MacKillop Family Services was established in 1997 to continue the services (foster care, residential care and specialised home-based care services) to children, young people and families previously undertaken by the Sisters of Mercy, the Christian Brothers, and the Sisters of St Joseph. It is a provider of services for children, young people and families in…
The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Generations survivors or Stolen Children) are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were forcibly removed or separated from their families and communities by governments, churches and welfare bodies using official laws, practices and policies that legitimised compulsion, duress or undue influence. Each of the terms ‘compulsion’, ‘duress’…
The Child Welfare Agreement Ordinance 1941 (Act no. 12/1941) was Commonwealth legislation that approved an agreement made between the Commonwealth and the state of New South Wales for the reception, detention and maintenance in institutions in NSW of children committed to those institutions by courts of the ACT. When an ACT court committed a child…
This photograph shows the C.W.A Girls’ Hostel, Bunbury (also known as Heath House) in 1957. The hostel is shown as a single-storey cottage located on a small hill. The photograph shows a neighbouring cottage to the right of the hostel, and what appears to be a large water tower behind it. This photograph was published…
This is a small collection of photographs showing the exterior and interior of Catherine House in Broome. The photos include the plaque unveiled on the opening of Catherine House, children playing on the front verandah, kitchen, dining room, play room, bathroom, bedrooms, and lounge room. These photographs were contained within a file from the Department…
This is an image of the six commissioners of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse with Dr Marie-Louise Ayers (centre), displaying the Message to Australia book. This image was published on the Royal Commission’s website.
This is an image of the published Final Report of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. It shows all 17 volumes of the final report. This image was published on the Royal Commission’s website.
This is a photograph taken at the Mount Margaret Mission around 1935. It shows boys at the mission standing in front of, and sitting and standing in the windows of, the boys’ dormitory, which is under construction.
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