Oranga Tamariki holds no institutional records for Richmond Road Girls' Home. They should hold personal records on young people who stayed at this institution and who the Department of Social Welfare was involved with.
Opened in October 1971 as an overflow from Auckland Girls' Home (Allendale).
Gender: female.
Capacity: 20 beds
Controlling organisation: Government - Department of Social Welfare.
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Held in Wellington:
R7211131 Special Education - Provision in Child Welfare Institutions - Richmond Road Girls Home, Allendale 1971-1981.
Held in Auckland:
R22459384 Schools - Girls Receiving Home - Lease from Church Army, 90 Richmond Road, Ponsonby 1970-1973;
R6740829 Allendale Girls Home - Admission and Discharge Register [Includes Auxiliary Girls Home, Richmond Road - 10.5.1971-30.10.1972];
R1183867 Auxiliary [90 Richmond Road] Girls Home Diary - 03.05.1971-19.01.1972
Information provided by Oranga Tamariki to the Crown Response to the Abuse in Care Inquiry on 14 March 2024
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