Orphanage Records

Foundling Home Waitara. Established July 1898. Sisters of Mercy North Sydney

Industrial Orphan Reformatory Manly, of the Immaculate Conception. Transferred to Balmain East (c1910). Sisters of the Good Samaritan.

Mater Dei Orphanage “Wivanhoe” Narellan, NSW. Sisters of the Good Samaritan.

Mater Misericordiae Girls’ Home 10 & 12 Llandaff St Waverley. Established 24th Sept 1891. Sisters of Mercy North Sydney.

St Anne’s Orphanage Liverpool. Established 11th January 1888. Conducted by the Sisters of Charity.

St Anthony’s Babies Home Croydon. 1922-1950. Sisters of St Joseph.

St Brigid’s Orphanage Victoria Street Ryde. Foundation 17th June 1898. Sisters of Mercy Parramatta.

St Catherine’s Home, Orphanage Brooklyn. Mercy Sisters North Sydney.

St Joseph’s Girls Orphanage, “Gladstone House” Lane Cove Road (Gore Hill) North Sydney. Established August 1890. Sisters of St Joseph.

St Joseph’s Home for Young Children Liverpool Road Croydon. Sisters of St Joseph.

St Joseph’s Orphanage, Kincumber Boy’s Home. Established 1892. Sisters of St Joseph.

St Joseph’s Poor School, William Street, Sisters of Mercy.

St John’s Poor School, Kent Street. Sisters of St Joseph.

St Magdalene’s Retreat Tempe, Arncliffe. Est.1887. Good Samaritan Sisters.

St Martha’s Industrial School and Home for Girls. “Elswick House”, Leichhardt. Established May 1888. Sisters of St Joseph.

St Michael’s Orphanage for Boys Baulkham Hills. Est 1902. Mercy Sisters Parramatta.

St Vincent’s Home, Westmead Boy’s Industrial Home. Est 1892. Marist Brothers.

R.C. Orphan School, Waverley House, Waverley. 1837-1844. Transferred to Parramatta. Sisters of the Good Shepherd (who became Sisters of Good Samaritan 1867).