Connecting kin : guide to records : a guide to help people separated from their families search for their records / written by Kristy Thinee and Tracy Bradford
- Bib ID:
- 676511
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Thinee, Kristy
- Online Access:
- http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/document/ckguide2.pdf
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- Edition:
- 1st ed. printed September 1998.
- Description:
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- [Sydney] : New South Wales Dept. of Community Services, 1998
- 382 p. : 2 maps, 2 ports. ; 30 cm.
- ISBN:
- 073104262X
- Technical Details:
- Also available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/document/ckguide2.pdf
- Summary:
-
In NSW more than 100,000 children, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal have been made wards of the State since 1924. Thousands more have been placed with other families under adoption or other arrangements. This book is a guide to available records of government & non-government welfare agencies, hospitals and government non-welfare agencies.
- Partial contents:
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- Brief history of child welfare in New South Wales
- Chronology of key events in New South Wales child welfare
- Listing of records: NSW Government welfare agencies; Non-Government agencies; Public hospitals; NSW Government non-welfare agencies
- Appendices. Appendix 1. Services and other sources of information. 2. Chronological summary of child welfare legislation in New South Wales. 3. Brief history of missions in New South wales. 4. Brief history of Aboriginal reserves in New South Wales.
- Notes:
-
- Catalogued from inside cover.
- "... the first NSW listing of records relating to all people, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, separated from their families. It provides information about where records are kept and how to access them."--Foreword.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Birthparents -- New South Wales -- Identification
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Child welfare -- History
- Aboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- Child welfare -- Archival resources
- Child welfare -- New South Wales -- Archival resources
- Child welfare -- New South Wales -- History
- Children -- Institutional care -- New South Wales -- Archival resources
- Child welfare - Adoption and fostering
- Archives and archiving - Manuscripts and records
- Child welfare
- Child welfare - Children's homes
- History - Genealogy and family history
- Settlement and contacts - Government settlements, reserves
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation - Stolen generations
- Religions - Christianity - Missions
- New South Wales (NSW)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
-
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2048 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1998
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