Library: South Australia

ID Code Title Author Description Home(s)
13832 SA1 Allambi, Allambi
13833 SA2 Barton Vale House, Enfield, South Australia Various, includes Enfield and Districts Historical Society General information and history on the House. Barton Vale House or Barton Vale Girls' Reformatory later known as Vaughan House run by Salvation Army
13834 SA3 Brookway Park – Methods & Procedures for the Operation of Brookway Park Children's Welfare & Public Relief Dept, 1970 Information regarding description of the institution, admission, routine in the institution, punishment, meals, activities, visitors/letters, outings, records, supplies, accounts and staff. Brookway Park
13835 SA4 Catholic Girls’ Home, Parkside 1930-1943 - General information & history. Catholic Girls' Home, Parkside
13836 SA5 Church of England Boys’ Home, Walkerville - Photocopies of photographs. Church of England Boys' Home, Walkerville
13837 SA6 Coventry Boys’ Home, Armidale
13838 SA7 Davenport, Davenport
13839 SA8 Fullarton Girls Home, Fullarton
13840 SA9 Glandore Remand Home: Statement of Evidence F.J. McNally
13841 SA10 The Glandore Story – From Hulk to Haven Charles Morley, Glandore Community Centre Inc., 1995 A story built around the history of the site of the Glandore Community Centre. Glandore State Home, Glandore
13842 SA11 Goodwood Orphanage, South Australia - Images, general information, newspaper clippings and a submission to the Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care from Denise Brooks an ex resident of Goodwood Orphanage. Goodwood Orphanage
13843 SA12 Hay Cottage
13844 SA13 Home of the Good Shepherd (Plympton)
13845 SA14 Homes run by The Government of SA
13846 SA15 Homes run by the Salvation Army in South Australia - General information & histories. Barton Vale, The Bridge Rescue Home, McBride Maternity Hospital, The Salvation Army Boys Home Eden Park, The Salvation Army Boys' Home Kent Town, The Salvation Army Girls' Home Fullarton, Sutherland Lodge Young Women's Hostel
13847 SA16 Kennion House – A Hundred Years of Children Elizabeth Bleby, Anglican Child Care Services, A Pagel Production, 1986 In celebration of it's Centenary is a written history of Kennion House. Church of England Boys' Home Walkerville
13848 SA17 Kent Town Boys Home, Kent Town
13849 SA18 Lentara (Methodist Children’s Home), Magill, South Australia - General information, history, letters from the year 1955 written to the Superintendent of Methodist Children's Homes, Annual Report of 1942 and newspaper clippings. Lentara
13850 SA19 Magill Methodist Boys’ Home, Annual Reports 1913-1930 - Annual Reports for each year accompanied with a Secretary's Report of 1912. Magill Methodist Boys' Home
13851 SA20 Magill Methodist Boys’ Home, Annual Reports 1931-1940 - Annual Reports and photocopies of images. Magill Methodist Boys' Home
13852 SA21 McNally Training Centre Magill Compiled by Brian Dickey & Penny Baker Department of Social Welfare South Australia A history of the site and a report on the Training Centre. McNally Training Centre
13853 SA22 Methodist Children’s Home Magill Annual Reports 1941-1953 - Annual Reports. Methodist Children's Home Magill
13854 SA23 Morialta Children’s Home
13855 SA24 Seaforth I’ Home, Seaforth
13856 SA25 St Johns Reformatory (Kapunda)
13857 SA26 St Joseph’s Orphanage, Largs Bay - General information, history, a newspaper clipping and photocopies of images. St Joseph's Orphanage run by the Sisters of St Joseph
13858 SA27 St. Stanislaus Orphanage, Royal Park
13859 SA28 St. Vincent de Paul Orphanage 1866-1975 also known as Goodwood Orphanage Researched and compiled by Denise Brooks Folder contains the orphanage history, building projects, the building, the gardens and information on the children who lived there. Goodwood Orphanage
13860 SA29 The Salvation Army Boys’ Home Eden Park, Mount Barker - General information and history. Eden Park Boys' Home run by the Salvation Army also known as Salvation Army Probationary School for Boys, Mount Barker
13861 SA30 Vaughan House Assessment Procedures Department of Social Welfare, 1970 Consists of Assessment Schedule to assist in planning a more effective individual training programme for each girl admitted. Vaughan House
13862 SA31 Windana Remand Home, Windana
13863 SA32 Wanslea Children’s Home Adelaide & Adelaide Central Methodist Mission Largs Bay Annual Reports - Annual Report from 1910-1911 and front pages of Annual Reports from 1961-1962, 1962-1963, 1964-1965, 1965-1966, 1966-1967. Wanslea Children's Home Adelaide & Adelaide Central Methodist Mission Largs Bay
13864 SA33 The Boy – Story About Morialta Children’s Home South Australia Malcolm King, Spindrift Publications, 1981 The book is about Morialta Children's Home. Morialta Children's Home
13865 SA34 Goodwood Orphanage Adelaide Beth M Robertson Written oral histories on lived experiences growing up at Goodwood Orphanage. Goodwood Orphanage Adelaide
13866 SA35 SA35
13867 SA36 Children in State care Commission of Inquiry – Issues upon which the Commission seeks submissions 15th Feb 2007 A 71 page document of the Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry reports on the evidence received, the many issues identified during the course of the Inquiry, response to sexual abuse of children, the amount of hearings conducted and how many people have contacted the Commission etc. -
13868 SA37 Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry – Allegations of sexual abuse and death from criminal conduct Presented to South Australian Parliament by the Hon. E.P. Mullighan QC, March 2008 A Final Report that includes statistics, allegations of sexual abuse, state response, deaths of children in care, keeping adequate records and appendices. Eden Park, Salvation Army Boys' Home, Gerard Mission Children's Dormitory, Colebrook Home, Campbell House Farm School, Oodnadatta Children's Home, Otherway House, Lochiel Park Boys Training Centre, Minda
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13870 SA39 SA39
13871 SA40 A Generation of Legacy Service – South Australia and Broken Hill since 1945 Brian Dickey assisted by Pauline Payne, Legacy Club of Adelaide Inc., 1997 The book is a story about the Legacy Club of Adelaide, a special welfare agency. -
13872 SA41 A Reason to Live Janet Crease, Elvis Press Adelaide, 2005 Janet Crease takes us inside the mind of a child, victimised by her paedophile father who allowed fellow paedophiles to abuse and use her in the city of Adelaide. The Pines
13873 SA42 Adelaide Sketchbook Text by Max Lamshed & Drawings by Jeanette McLeod, Rigby Limited, 1967 The book gives an artist's and writer's view of Adelaide. -
13874 SA43 Behind the Wall – The Women of the Destitute Asylum Adelaide 1852-1918 Mary Geyer, Axiom Publishers in association with the Migration Museum, 1994 The book is about the women who lived, worked, gave birth and died at the Destitute Asylum. Destitute Asylum Adelaide
13875 SA44 Dear Little Boy You’re Coming Home Bill Wilson A story of a State Ward from 1953-1970. Seaforth Girls Home, Glandore Children's Orphanage, Windana Remand Home, Brookway Park Boys' School & McNally Training Centre
13876 SA45 Ever Yours, C. H Spence Edited by Susan Magarey with Barbara Wall, Mary Lyons & Maryan Beams, Wakefield Press, 2005 Catherine Helen Spence's An Autobiography (1825-1910), Diary (1894) and some correspondence (1894-1910). Magill, Fitzjames Hulk, The Destitute Asylum
13877 SA46 Far From a Low Gutter Girl – The forgotten world of state wards: South Australia 1887-1940 Margaret Barbalet, Oxford University Press, 1983 A story of South Australian state wards. Magill Industrial School for destitute children & Redruth Girls' Reformatory
13878 SA47 Fire in the Mist Peter Scottney-Turbill, 1994 The author traces the history of the Morialta house and the children that lived there. The book focuses on life in the home such as the children's daily routine, diet, health and sickness etc. Morialta Children's Home
13879 SA48 Geoffrey Manning’s A Colonial Experience Geoffrey H Manning Articles from Geoffrey H Manning's A Colonial Experience with references from newspaper articles. St Vincent de Paul Goodwood, Magill, Walkerville Children's Home, Church of England Orphans Home, House of Mercy
13880 SA49 Giving a Hand – A History of Anglicare SA since 1860 Brian Dickey, Anglicare, 2003 The book focuses on the contribution of non-government Anglican welfare agencies to the quality of care delivered in the community of South Australia Farr House, Children's Home Walkerville, St Mary's Mission of Hope, Babies' Home Walkerville ran by the Anglican Church
13881 SA50 Halfway to Justice – One man’s fight to bring his daughter’s killer to justice Ken Turner & Lesley Turner, New Holland Publishers, 2005 Describes Ken Turner's experience during the police investigation into his daughters murder and his ongoing pursuit of justice after the acquittal of the alleged killer.
13882 SA51 Just Us Gabrielle Carey, McPhee Gribble/Penguin Books, 1984 Just Us is a moving account of a love affair, a totally honest portrait of two people and a fierce indictment of our prisons and the ways we choose to punish people. Mount Barker (Eden Park) & Magill Reformatory
13883 SA52 Mission Story (Adelaide Central Mission) – The Story of the Adelaide Central Mission Ivor Bailey The story of the Adelaide Central Mission, a story of faith in action. Greenslade and Cann Homes
13884 SA53 Mother of God and Mother of Men – Record of Marian Congress Adelaide, 1851 Unknown A commemorative booklet of the events of the Marian Congress that took place on the 24th-28th October 1851. -
13885 SA54 Noble Spirit Paul Noble, 2006 An autobiography of Paul Noble's life growing up in SA institutions, life as young man and later as a father & husband. Kanaka Boys Home, Windana Remand Centre, Magill Reformatory
13886 SA55 Rations, Residences, Resources – A History of Social Welfare in South Australia since 1836 Brian Dickey with contributions from Elaine Martin & Rod Oxenberry, Wakefield Press, 1986 A history of social welfare in South Australia since 1836. The book is a comprehensive history of welfare at state level and deals with the history of welfare provision and policy in South Australia. The book demonstrates that the Government has been the dominant provider of welfare services since the beginning of white settlement. Magill Industrial School & Reformatory, St Vincent de Paul Orphanage, Seaforth Home, Vaughan House Girls' Training School
13887 SA56 Someone Else’s Child Debbie Bell, 2010 A personal account of Debbie Bell's life growing up in foster care. -
13888 SA57 South Australia Revisited Various authors Photocopies of general information, newspaper clippings and images. St Vincent de Paul's Orphanage Goodwood, Largs Bay Orphanage
13889 SA58 The December Boys Michael Noonan, University of Queensland Press, 1990 A tale about a group of boys who leave the dusty outback orphanage where they've grown up in for a summer holiday. -
13890 SA59 The First Hundred Years of the Orphan Home, Adelaide Inc – Farr House Miss Mabel Hardy, The Griffin Press, 1960 A short history of Farr House to mark the celebration of 100 years. Farr House
13891 SA60 Think of the Ravens – The Sisters of St Joseph in Social Welfare South Australia 1867-1980 Marie Therese Foale, Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart Inc, 2001 A history of the Sisters of St Joseph in South Australia. Chapter four is entitled 'The Orphan'. St Vincent's Orphanage Walkerville, Goodwood Orphanage, St Joseph's Orphanage Largs Bay, Magill, St John's Reformatory Kapunda, Fullerton Refuge, Girls' Reformatory Redruth, Salvation Army Girls' Home Barton Vale
13892 SA61 Women on the Move – Mercy’s Triple Spiral Anne McLay, Sisters of Mercy Adelaide, 1996 A history of the Adelaide Sisters of Mercy Ireland to Argentina 1856-1880 to South Australia 1880. A chapter from the book named Goodwood Orphanage 1890-1975 from pages 199-219. Adelaide Sisters of Mercy, Goodwood Orphanage, St Joseph's Orphanage Largs Bay
13893 SA62 Adelaide Central Mission – A Photographic Exhibition 1901-2001 Adelaide Central Mission, Oct 2001 A short booklet of photographs of the Adelaide Central Mission. -
13894 SA63 Homes run by the Government of South Australia - General information and photocopies of photos of various Homes. Allambie Girls' Hostel, Barton Vale School, Sea Forth Home, Magill, Grace Darling Hotel, Redruth Girls' Reformatory, Edwardstown Industrial School, Windana Remand Home and more.
13895 SA64 A Mother’s Song Michael Finaghty, Vivid Publishing, 2011 A love lost-re-found narrative of peace activist Ruby Penfold who was fostered in the late 1960s. -
13896 SA65 Every Childhood Lasts A Lifetime Jan Owen, Australian Association of Young People in Care, 1996 A series of personal stories from the frontline of family breakdown. Victoria - Alambie, Baltara, Adelaide -Allambi Girls' Hostel, Vaughan House, Seaforth Children's Home & Windana
13897 SA66 He Came from Ireland – The life story of the Rev. Samuel Forsyth, O.B.E. Ida Forsyth Photocopies Chapters titled ‘The Children Next Door' and ‘The Presidential Year' that provide insight into the Forsyth Home. Forsyth Home
13898 SA67 A Tormented Soul L.K. Clavell, Sid Harta Publishers Pty Ltd, Jan 2011 The tragic life of Glen Sabre Valance the last man to be hanged in South Australia in 1964. Eden Hills Boys' Home run by the Salvation Army
13899 SA68 A History of the South Australian Youth Training Centre Edited by Fiona McLean A history of SAYTC drawn from old departmental publications and personal recollections of Bernie Abrahams. South Australian Youth Training Centre, Magill Reformatory School and McNally Training Centre
13900 SA69 Ways of the Wicked Witch Deidre Michell, People's Voice Publishing, 2012 A forgotten Australian is taken into state care in the 1960s and spends her childhood in a foster home. -
13901 SA70 The Foundling – A tale of the Burra Burra Mine Mary Talbot Cross, Shalimar Press, 1998 The Foundling paints a vivid picture of a woman's journey of self-discovery and of a wide-ranging group of immigrants. -
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13903 SA72 A Humbler Mankind – A hypo-thesis into the male myth David O'Brien, People's Voice Publishing, 2012 The author spent his childhood in an orphanage. David writes a stunning collection of poems and urges men to transcend the myth of the ‘male dominance' and deepen their connection with their inner selves. -
13904 SA73 44 – A Tale of Survival Graham Rundle, The Five Mile Press, 2014 This book vividly portrays what happened to Graham over the eight years he spent at Eden Park Boys' Home. Eden Park Boys' Home run by the Salvation Army
13905 SA74 City of Evil Sean Fewster, Hachette Australia, 2010 The truth about Adelaide's strange and violent underbelly. -
13906 SA75 Speaking of the Past – Voices of South Australia Elizabeth Warburton, Burnside City Council, 1986 Chapters on village life and growth, education, young people at work, young people in trouble, sport and entertainment and animals. Magill Orphanage, Central Mission Adelaide, Lentara Homes, Grace Darling Home
13907 SA76 The Glandore Story – From Hulk to Haven Charles Morley Contains a brief typical day in the life in the Home, a map and photocopies of images. Glandore Children's Home
13908 SA77 Red Tape Rape – The Story of Ki Meekins Self published Ki Meekins, 2008 The story of Ki Meekins who grew up in foster care and institutions where he experienced sexual abuse. Magill Orphanage, Windana Home, Seaforth Institution
13909 SA78 Church of England Boys’ Home Walkerville 71st Annual Report 1956 The Church of England Report and Trove newspaper clippings. Church of England Boys' Home, Walkerville Boys' Home
13910 SA79 Church of England Boy’s Home Walkerville 71st Annual Report 1956 The Church of England A short booklet on the 71st Annual report. Church of England Boys' Home, Walkerville Boys' Home
13911 SA80 Jae-Dee Survives the Home of many mothers Jae-Dee Lee, Balboa Press, 2018 A fictional story inspired by a memoir of a girl raised in an all girls orphanage in the 1950s and 1960s. -
13912 SA81 St Vincent De Paul – Goodwood Orphanage Various authors/dates A collection of newspaper clippings, communications, photocopies of images of Goodwood Orphanage, submissions to the Senate Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care, obituary from the Tribune from 29.01.1986. St Vincent De Paul Goodwood Orphanage
13913 SA82 Nobody’s Home Robert Sherriff, Michael Terence Publishing, 2018 A true story of the powerless exposed to brutality of the powerful, where children were commodities and the law turned a blind eye to unimaginable evil. Robert writes about the men and mechanisms that consumed the innocence of children and then discarded them to a life of shameful silence. Glandore Boys' Home Adelaide
13914 SA83 Discovering Historic Burra South Australia Compiled by Greg Drew, published by the Deparment of Mine and Energy, National Trust of SA and the Burra Mine Museum A short booklet, which includes the Burra Heritage Trail. The gaol was used in the filming of ‘Breaker Morant' in 1979. -
13915 SA84 Child Protection Review Discussion Paper The Government of South Australia, May 2002 The paper's major focus is on statutory intervention, children in adult Criminal Court, sex abuse of children with disabilities, ABTSI, children in detention and before the Family Court, religious, sporting and recreational groups and services. -
13916 SA85 Growing Up In Adelaide in the 1950s Edited by Susan Blackburn, Hale & Iremonger, 2012 On page 165, Chapter 8 by Jane Burns writes about Into Goodwood Orphanage. Goodwood Orphanage
13917 SA86 Modification of the Behaviours of Delinquent Youths in a Token Economy: Lentara Project Karen Weir & Dennis Ford, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Sept 1977 A journal article on the study carried out of the community-based treatment facility in which utilizes Teaching-Family Programmes for the rehabilitation of delinquent youths. Lentara Children's Home
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13919 SA88 Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry – Allegations of sexual abuse and death from criminal conduct Presented to South Australian Parliament by the Hon. E.P. Mullighan QC, March 2008 A Final Report that includes statistics, allegations of sexual abuse, state response, deaths of children in care, keeping adequate records and appendices. Eden Park, Salvation Army Boys' Home, Gerard Mission Children's Dormitory, Colebrook Home, Campbell House Farm School, Oodnadatta Children's Home, Otherway House, Lochiel Park Boys' Training Centre, Minda
13920 SA89 Against the Odds – Care Leavers at University Edited by Deidre Michell, David Jackson & Casey Tonkin, People's Voice Publishing, 2015 A book telling the stories of Care Leavers who have been courageous, resilient and determined to complete university education. -
13921 SA90 Cathedral Magazine – St Xavier’s Cathedral Issue No. 6, Dec 2005 December Issue of the Parish Magazine. -
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13923 SA92 Finding Your Own Way – A guide to records of children’s homes in South Australia Karen George, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2005 Provides a list of Homes sorted by which institution that ran the Home for example the Anglican Church. It provides a brief history of the Home, general information, records, locations of records, any photographs or books on the Home. Anglican Church run Homes, Catholic Church, Christian Brethren, Government, Lutheran Church, Methodist Church, Salvation Army, United Aborigines Mission, Miscellaneous and recently discovered homes
13924 SA93 The Church of England Boys’ Home 71st Annual Report for the year ended 31st December 1956 The Church of England Annual Report includes Superintendent's Annual Report, physician's report, Chaplain's report, list of donations and expenditure statements. The Church of England Boys' Home, Walkerville
13925 SA94 Interim Report of the Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry Department for Child Protection, South Australian Government, 12 May 2005 The inquiry was established by the Children in State Care Act 2004. The inquiry is concerned with persons who were children in State care and who were sexually abused whilst in state care or who died as a result of criminal conduct which occurred whilst in state care. Colebrook Home, Kurbingai Boys' Home, Convent of the Good Shepherd “The Pines”, Glandore Boys' Home, Kali Hostel, Kennion House, McNally Training Centre, Morialta Protestant Children's Home, Seaforth Children's Home, Slade Cottage, Stirling Cottage, Struan Farm School, Stuart House Boys' Hostel, Vaughan House & Windana Remand Home
13926 SA95 The Church of England Boys’ Home 71st Annual Report 1956 The Church of England Boys' Home Inc., Year ended 31st December 1956 A booklet on the daily activities, sport, Superintendent's report, Chaplain's report, list of donations and accounts. Church of England Boys' Home on Smith Street, Walkerville
13927 SA96 The Changemakers – The Significant Australian Women Suzane Fabian & Morag Loh, The Jacaranda Press, 1983 A book that pays tribute to ten women whose work has affected the lives of all Australians. In particular the South Australian Catherine Helen Spence whose work changed the country's treatment of orphans and illegitimate children. -
13928 SA97 Homes of South Australia State Records of South Australia, State Library of South Australia Extensive list of South Australian Government Homes, reception cottages, training centres, asylums, depots, industrial schools, children's homes, reformatories, hotels and hostels. The documents list the period of operation, other names, operated by, address, history, state records, correspondence, and relevant reports. Various