| ID | Code | Title | Author | Description | Home(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13532 | TAS1 | Abermere Receiving Home, Abermere | |||
| 13533 | TAS2 | Ashley Home for Boys, Deloraine | |||
| 13534 | TAS3 | TAS3 | |||
| 13535 | TAS4 | Diocesan, Clarendon, Rolands Children’s Homes Annual Reports & accounts for the years 1959-1962 | - | Annual Reports for the years 1959, 1960, 1961 & 1962. | Diocesan Children's Home, Clarendon Children's Home, Rolands Boys' Home, The Home of Mercy and Babies' Home |
| 13536 | TAS5 | Clarendon Children’s Home, Kingston | |||
| 13537 | TAS6 | Diocesan, Clarendon, Rolands Children’s Homes Annual Reports & accounts from the years 1950-1953 & 1955 | Annual Reports for the years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 & 1955. | Diocesan Children's Home, Clarendon Children's Home, Rolands Boys' Home, The Home of Mercy and Babies' Home | |
| 13538 | TAS7 | Diocesan, Clarendon, Rolands Children’s Homes Annual reports & accounts for the years 1954-1959 | Annual Reports & accounts for the years 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 & 1959. | Diocesan Children's Home, Clarendon Children's Home, Rolands Boys' Home, The Home of Mercy and Babies' Home | |
| 13539 | TAS8 | Garthfield | |||
| 13540 | TAS9 | Glenara Children’s Home (Formerly Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys) Annual Reports & Accounts from 1973-1976 | Annual Reports for the years 1973, 1974, 1975 & 1976. Includes newspaper clippings on Glenara. | Glenara Children's Home (Formerly Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys) | |
| 13541 | TAS10 | Glenara Children’s (Formerly Northern Tas Home for Boys)A/R 1973-1976 | |||
| 13542 | TAS11 | Glenara Children’s Home (formerly Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys) Annual Reports & Accounts from 1977-1981 | - | Annual Reports for the years 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 & 1981. | Glenara Children's Home (Formerly Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys) |
| 13543 | TAS12 | History of King’s Orphan School, Tasmania | Wendy Rimon | Includes a history of the school, photocopies of images and a list of some of the children admitted to the school from 1835. | King's Orphan School |
| 13544 | TAS13 | Infants at Queen’s Orphanage Hobart 1851- 1863 | Kim Pearce & Joyce Purtscher, 1993 | A short introduction, then a list of the children admitted and discharged from the Infants School 1851-1863. | King's/Queen's Orphan School |
| 13545 | TAS14 | King’s Orphan School, Tasmania (History) | |||
| 13546 | TAS15 | Kanangra Receiving Home | |||
| 13547 | TAS16 | Kennerley Boys’ Home, Hobart | |||
| 13548 | TAS17 | Launceston Girls’ Home, Launceston | TBD | A photocopy of a magazine/booklet on the Launceston Girls' Home and newspaper clippings. | Launceston Girls' Home |
| 13549 | TAS18 | Maimbury Receiving Home | |||
| 13550 | TAS19 | Mayland’s Girls’ Home | |||
| 13551 | TAS20 | Miroma | |||
| 13552 | TAS21 | Mosseley Group Home | |||
| 13553 | TAS22 | Mount St. Canice, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania | TBD | Newspaper clippings, a social history of the home and details on the Mt St Canice complex. | Mount St. Canice run by the Good Shepherd nuns |
| 13554 | TAS23 | Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys – Annual Reports & Accounts 1948-1954 | Annual Reports for the years 1948, 1949, 1950,1951, 1952, 1953 & 1954. | Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys | |
| 13555 | TAS24 | Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys – Annual Reports & Accounts 1955-1959 | Annual Reports for the years 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 & 1959. | Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys | |
| 13556 | TAS25 | Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys – Annual Reports & Accounts 1960-1965 | Annual Reports for the years 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 & 1965. | Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys | |
| 13557 | TAS26 | Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys – Annual Reports & Accounts from 1966-1972 | Annual Reports from the years 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 & 1972. | Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys | |
| 13558 | TAS27 | Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys (Later Glenara Children’s Home) Records CHS 79 | Held by the Queen Victoria Museum & Art gallery, June 2004 | Brief introduction and history about the Home followed by the records. | Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys |
| 13559 | TAS28 | Omaru Hostel | |||
| 13560 | TAS29 | Rochebank Hostel | Joyce Purtscher | ||
| 13561 | TAS30 | Ross Female Factory | |||
| 13562 | TAS31 | St Joseph’s Orphanage (Aikenhead House), Hobart Tasmania | - | Photocopies of advertisements in the Mercury in 1963 and a Tasmania's Catholic Newspaper in 1962. | St Joseph's Orphanage (Aikenhead House) |
| 13563 | TAS32 | St. John Bosco Boys Town, Glenorchy | |||
| 13564 | TAS33 | Summerhill | |||
| 13565 | TAS34 | The Story of Beverley Jean Plummer & Beverley Ann Oates at Mt St Canice Hobart’s Magdelen Laundry | TBD | A story of escape from the Magdalen Laundry. | Mt St Canice, Hobart & Magdalen Laundry |
| 13566 | TAS35 | Tasmanian Government Gazette February 5, 1941- Child Welfare Regulations 1961 | Tasmanian Government | The Gazette followed by Tasmania's Statutory rules of 1961. | |
| 13567 | TAS36 | TAS36 | |||
| 13568 | TAS37 | Clarendon Children’s Home and Roland Boys’ Home Annual Reports | Annual Reports for the years 1952, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1978 & 1979. | Clarendon Children's Home & Roland Boys' Home | |
| 13569 | TAS38 | Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac for 1958 – The Red Book | - | - | |
| 13570 | TAS39 | New Directions for Child Protection in Tasmania: An Integrated Strategic Framework | Department of Health and Human Services, January 2008 | A Report attempting to better deliver services to at risk and vulnerable children in Tasmania. | - |
| 13571 | TAS40 | New Directions for Child Protection in Tasmania – An Integrated Strategic Framework | Department of health and human services | ||
| 13572 | TAS41 | Report on the Orphans Schools – Tasmania 1865-1897 | Joyce Purtscher | ||
| 13573 | TAS42 | Listen to the Children – Review of Claims of Abuse from Adults in State Care as Children | Tasmanian Ombudsman, November 2004 | Report by the Tasmanian Ombudsman. Includes a definition of State Care used for the Review, definition of child abuse, statistical profile of claimants, overview of claims, summary, conclusions and recommendations. | DHHS - Rochebank Hostel, Abermere Hostel, Casablanca, Gilburn, Malmesbury, Laroona, Omaru, Department Institution - Ashley, Wybra Hall, West Winds Boys' Home, Weeroona Girls' Training Centre, Salvation Army - Barrington Boys' Home, Maylands Girls' Home, Catholic Church - Mt St Canice, Boys' Town, St Joseph's Orphanage or Aikenhead House at Hobart, Churches of Christ - Bethany Children's Home, Anglican - Clarendon Children's Home, Community of Board Management - Kennerley Boys/Children's Home, Glenara Children's Home & Glendel Children's Home |
| 13574 | TAS43 | Review of Claims of Abuse from Adults in State Care as Children – Final Report Phase 2 | Tasmanian Ombudsman, June 2006 | Includes statistical profile of claimants, placement of claimants, reporting of abuse by claimants, current place of residence, referrals to police and a summary of outcomes sought by claimants. X 6 copies. | Receiving Homes, Department Institutions - Ashley Home for Boys, Wybra Hall, West Winds Boys' Home, Weeroona Girls' Training Centre, Approved Children's Homes - Barrington Boys' Home run by the Salvation Army, Maylands Girls' Home, Mt St Canice (Magdelen Home), Boys' Town (Savio College), St Joseph's Orphanage or Aikenhead House at Hobart, Bethany Children's Home, Clarendon Children's Home, Royland Children's Home, Kennerley Boys'/Children's Home, Glenara Children's Home, Glendel Children's Home, Launceston Girls' Home, Hillcrest Children's Home & Tresca |
| 13575 | TAS44 | Tasmanian Bordered Out (Fostered Children) 1865-1897 | Compiled by Joyce Purtscher | Includes an introduction, a Government Notice of the Regulations for the boarding-out of destitute and neglected children. Followed by the Tasmanian Boarded Out list of children between 1865-1897. | Queen's Orphanage/Asylum |
| 13576 | TAS45 | Tasmanian Yearbook 1972 | R. Lakin Deputy Commonwealth Statician & Government Statistician of Tasmania | The book is designed to present a comprehensive statistical and descriptive account of the physical environment, the social, demographic, economic structure of the State with particular emphasis on change and development in recent years. Chapter 11 is titled 'Social Welfare and Health Services'. Wards of the State and Supervised Children are found on pages 416-417. | Ashley Home for Boys in Deloraine & Wybra Hall in Mangalore |
| 13577 | TAS46 | Submission to the State Ombudsman by Lorraine Digney | Lorraine Digney | A personal account of Lorraine's time in the Magdelen Home also known as the Good Shepherd Convent Laundry or Mount St Canice Laundry and includes photocopies of photographs of Lorraine. | The Good Shepherd Laundry Hobart also known as Mt St Canice Laundry & Lachlan Park run by the Good Shepherd nuns |
| 13578 | TAS47 | Tasmania and Northern Territory – Various Government Acts Regarding Child Welfare | Parliament of Tasmania | The Children's Charter 1918, Social Services Department Report for the year 1955-1956, Infants' Welfare Act 1935, Child Welfare 1960, Child Protection 1974, Guardianship and Custody of Infants Act 1934 & Child Welfare Ordinance 1958-1960 Northern Territory. | - |
| 13579 | TAS48 | Unnamed Irish Boys on Convict ships 1841-1843 sent to Queen’s Orphanage Hobart Van Diemen’s Land | Joyce Purtscher | Contains a list of names of the convicts from Ireland, background on the Orphanage and brief descriptions of boys and their fathers from the ship. | Queen's Orphanage |
| 13580 | TAS49 | Miscellaneous Pictures of Tasmanian Orphanages | - | Photocopies images of Orphanages from 1870-1977. Historical information on the Female Factory in South Hobart and the Boys' Reformatory & Training School. | Aldridge Lodge (1870), Orphan School, Hobart (1858) Boys' Home in Landsdowne Cres, West Hobart (1911), Kennerly Boys' Home (1880), Kings Male & Female Orphan School New Town (1831), Church of St John and Orphan School New Town (1859), Point Puer Boys Reformatory (1934-1849), Queen's Orphan Schools New Town (1844), Church & Orphan Schools ,St John's Park (1870), Boys' Reformatory and Training School, Cascades (1869), Diocesan Children's Home Ordinance (1977), Clarendon Children's Homes, Kingston Beach, The Roland Boys' Home, Sheffield |
| 13581 | TAS50 | Troubled Asylum | Ralph W. Gowlland, April 1981 | The history of Asylums in Tasmania. | Invalid Barracks, Colonial Hospital, Madhouse, Her Majesty's Lunatic Asylum, Mental Diseases Hospital & Lachlan Park |
| 13582 | TAS51 | A ‘Pink Palace’? Risdon Prison 1960-2004 | Caroline Evans, Department of Justice | A book on the history of Risdon Prison. | Risdon Prison & Royal Derwent Hospital |
| 13583 | TAS52 | Memories of Ashley Boys Home and other ramblings | Chas J Canden, published by Aus I Tech, 2004 | Includes memories of the Home, short stories, poems and speeches. | Ashley Boys' Home |
| 13584 | TAS53 | My Magdalen Home | Merlene Fawdry, FixWrite Press, 2006 | A personal account of life in the Mt St Canice Home. | Mt St Canice, Convent of the Good Shepherd Sandy Bay, Hobart |
| 13585 | TAS54 | Not of My Choice | Frederick A. Coppleman, 1994 | An autobiography on growing up in the Child Welfare Babies' Home in Tasmania. | Child Welfare Babies' Home, Locknar St |
| 13586 | TAS55 | She lived in Launceston Isobel Horner of Waratah House 1868-1955 | Sally Dammery, Regal Publications | A story of Isobel Horner as a strong-minded and independent grandmother who constructed a persona from the concealed deprivation of her early life and who lived in one of Launceston's historic mansions. | Waratah House |
| 13587 | TAS56 | Walk in My Shoes From Ashley Boy to Alter Boy | Chas J Canden, AusITech, 2001 | An autobiography about his years in Ashley. | Ashley Boys' Home |
| 13588 | TAS57 | TAS57 | |||
| 13589 | TAS58 | Clarendon – A Century of Care | Geoffrey Stephens, The Board of Clarendon Home, 1990 | A book published to mark the Centenary that focuses on the history of the Clarendon Homes. | Clarendon Children's Home |
| 13590 | TAS59 | TAS59 | |||
| 13591 | TAS60 | One Man’s Story – Surviving a Childhood of Abuse | Robert Daniel Hirst, published by Robert Hirst, June 2008 | An autobiography of growing up in care. | Kennerley Boys' Home |
| 13592 | TAS61 | Applications for Queen’s Orphanage Hobart Town 1858 – 1878 | Joyce Purtscher | A brief history followed by a list of names for applications to enter Queen's Orphanage. | Queen's Asylum for Destitute Children/Queen's Orphanage |
| 13593 | TAS62 | I was a Gypsy once, A silver bell ago | Alexandra Myers, Choura's Press, 2014 | Poems. | - |
| 13594 | TAS63 | Kennerley Boys’ Home West Hobart History | - | A brief history of the Home. | Kennerley Boys' Home |
| 13595 | TAS64 | Clarendon Children’s Home Historical Articles | - | Handwritten background information on the Home, newspaper clippings and images. | Clarendon Children's Home |
| 13596 | TAS65 | Clarendon Children’s Home Hobart, Tasmania | - | Photocopies of images and a newspaper clipping. | Clarendon Children's Home |
| 13597 | TAS66 | Convict Lives at the George Town Female Factory | Edited by Alison Alexander, Convict Women's Press Inc., 2014 | This book tells the story of 31 convicts who spent time at George Town Female Factory. | George Town Female Factory |
| 13598 | TAS67 | Convict Lives at the Launceston Female Factory | Edited by Lucy Frost and Alice Meredith Hodgson, Convict Women's Press Inc., 2013 | A book on the Launceston Female Factory as the first purpose-built institution for convict women in Van Diemen's Land. | Launceston Female Factory |
| 13599 | TAS68 | Repression, Reform & Resistance – A History of the Cascades Female Factory | Edited by Alison Alexander, Convict Women's Press, Inc., 2022 | A book tells the history of the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart and the intriguing stories of the many women who were sent there. | The Cascades Female Factory |
| 13600 | TAS69 | 30 Years of Rotary in Hobart | G.V. Brooks, 1955 | A historical review of the Rotary organisation in Hobart. | Kennerley Boys' Home & Clarendon Home mentioned on page 44 & 81 |
| 13601 | TAS70 | The Last Orphan – When a journey of hope turns into nightmare | Rex Wade, Mirror Books, 2019 | Rex and his brother Kevin were thought to be the last orphans to be transported to Australia. In this book Rex tells the story of his childhood innocence, unforgiveable abuse at the hands of the people who were meant to care for him and his long journey back to England to seek the truth of what really happened to his mother. | Tresca Home, Ashley Home for Boys & Risdon Prison in Tasmania |
| 13602 | TAS71 | Newspaper clippings regarding Weeroona Girls’ Home | The Mercury, The Advocate & The Examiner, 1965-1970s | The newspaper clippings discuss allegations of cruel treatment, reports, findings of an inquiry by the Public Service Commissioner, movement of the Principal and allegations to be investigated. | Weeroona Girls' Home or Weeroona Training School for Girls at Latrobe |
| 13603 | TAS72 | Weeroona Girls’ Training Centre (1959-1979) & Listen to the children: review of claims of abuse from adults in state care as children (2003-2006) | Find & Connect | A history of Weeroona and the Ombudsman Inquiry. | Weeroona Girls' Home or Weeroona Training School for Girls at Latrobe |
| 13604 | TAS73 | Convict Orphans – The heartbreaking stories of the colony’s forgotten children, and those who succeeded against all odds | Lucy Frost, Allen & Unwin, 2023 | A book on the painstaking truth about convict orphans and the slave labour, abandonment and abuse they suffered. There are disturbing parallels between the Queen's Orphan Schools in Hobart and other children's institutions in Australia in 21st century. | The Queen's Asylum for Destitute Children (formerly the Queen's Orphan Schools) Tasmania, Melbourne Orphan Asylum (Victoria), Sydney Female Orphan School (NSW) & Sydney Male Orphan School (NSW), Protestant Orphan School (NSW), Roman Catholic Orphan School Parramatta (NSW) |
| 13605 | TAS74 | Prison Boys of Port Arthur | F.C. Hooper, F.W. Cheshire, 1967 | A study of the Point Puer Boys' Establishment, Van Dieman's Land 1834 to 1850. | Point Puer Boys' Prison |
| 13606 | TAS75 | Voices From The Orphan Schools: the Children’s Stories | Dianne Snowden, 2018 | This book, together with the Friends of the Orphan School database, repopulates the buildings still standing in the St John's precinct with the voices of the children who were admitted. | Orphan Schools |