Dependent Children Registers
The registers give: name of child; age; religion; where received; name and known address of parents and remarks; particulars of foster parents and guardians - names, addresses, dates when received and when transferred, and how placed; and how eventually disposed of and date (this may be by adoption, back to custody of one or both parents, or the child may have attained the age of eighteen).
A note about the index
This index records: child's name, date of birth, date admitted to care, names of parents, and foster parents.
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Examples of records
Abbreviations found in records
AB - Adopted Boarder
ABS - Absconded
B - Board
BA - Benevolent Asylum
BD/Depot - Boarding Out Depot or Ormond House (also known as Central Depot), 1884-1923
BD - Bidura Depot, 1920-1977. See also entry on Find & Connect website
BOA - Boarded Out Allowance
CH - Coast Hospital
CHM - Cottage Home Mittagong
No 1 CHP - No 1 Cottage Home for Invalid Children Parramatta, 1907-1940
No 2 CHP - Cottage Home for Feeble Minded Children Parramatta, 1907-23
c/o - Care of
DCR - Dependent Children's Register
Dis - Discharge
DM - Discharged to Mother
DG - Discharged to Grandmother / Discharged to Guardian
DOB - Date of Birth
DWP - Deserted Wife's Pension
GM/GF - Grandmother /Grandfather
IFG - Institution for Girls
Ind - Independent
ISP - Industrial School Parramatta
MBS - Metropolitan Boys Shelter
MCC - Metropolitan Children's Court
MGS - Metropolitan Girls Shelter
MH - Mental Hospital
NCC - Newcastle Childrens Court
Negl or Neg - Neglect
SH - Shelter
TSB - Training School for Boys
TSG - Training School for Girls
Related guides
Child Care and Protection Guide
Related websites