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Melbourne City Council & Catholic Family Welfare Bureau - Canning Street Emergency Child Care Unit

Summary

  • Melbourne City Council & Catholic Family Welfare Bureau - Canning Street Emergency Child Care Unit

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List of records held by the department

For information relating to the central management of care leavers and wards of state, please consult the guide to Central department wardship and out-of-home care records. These collections date back to the 1860s and include ward registers, index cards and ward files.


Voluntary children's home files (c.1930-c.85)

File; Permanent (VPRS Number 18069 / P0001)

Content: The files record interaction between the various voluntary homes and the government. This filing system was created in 1975, combining earlier correspondence and other records to create one system with VH prefixes.

The specific file(s) relating to this home are dated 1976–84 and include:

  • notes and correspondence regarding proposed development of urban emergency care program 1976–84
  • early operation of the centre
  • newspaper clippings 1976.

Reviewed 22 August 2016