What to expect when accessing records about you
Records and Information Services
People wanting to find information about their time in care, or access personal files can contact the following agencies:
- Adoption and Family Records Service, Department of Human Services (c. 1984 - )
- Adoption Information Service, Connections UnitingCare (2000? - )
- Anglicare Victoria (1997 - )
- British Child Migrants Trust (1987 - )
- Connections UnitingCare (2000 - )
- Corporate Integrity, Information and Resolutions Unit, Department of Human Services
- Glastonbury Child and Family Services (1984 - )
- GordonCare for Children (2000 - )
- Heritage and Background Information Service, Berry Street
- Heritage and Information Service, MacKillop Family Services (1997 - )
- Heritage Service, Melbourne Citymission
- Kildonan Uniting Care (2007 - )
- Koorie Records Unit, Public Record Office Victoria (c. 2001 - )
- Open Place: Support Service for Victoria's Forgotten Australians (2010 - )
- Orana Family Services (1989 - )
- OzChild (1993 - )
- Past Residents Support Service, Child and Family Services Ballarat (2000 - )
- Public Record Office Victoria (1973 - )
- Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1863 - )
- St Luke's Anglicare (1979 - )
- State Library of Victoria (1854 - )
- The Salvation Army Westcare (c. 1980 - )
- Victorian Archives Centre, Public Record Office Victoria
- Wesley Mission Victoria (2010 - )
See other Support Services for former care leavers and their families.