Some records are held at the Hocken Library but there are no registers.
Capacity:10 by 1971
Operational period: Memorial Home for Boys registered 7/3/1929, St Mary's registered 1/2/1929 - merged 18/9/1933. Unclear when they closed by were closed by 1974.
Girls were admitted to the Memorial Home after the closure of St Mary's Orphanage in 1933.
Controlling organisation: Anglican Diocese of Dunedin Third-party provider to State, faith-based
You can also find more information on the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin’s records on the Diocese’s website: https://www.calledsouth.org.nz/archives/
According to the Hocken Library research guide, some records from these Homes are held at the Hocken Archives, University of Otago. However, the guide says there are no known survivng records which identify the residents of St Mary's Girls (only administrative records).
The guide says that some of the records about the Memorial Home held by the Hocken Archives include, a register of entry for 1919-1934 (PC-0266). The minutes of the Anglican Orphanage Committee (from 1969 known as the Child Care Committee) include references to the cases of specific children.
31 September 2020 Affidavit of Anita Ngaire Easton for Oranga Tamariki - Ministry for Children to the Abuse in Care Inquiry
'Orphanages and Children's Homes in Otago and Southland Reference Guide' - Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library
Information provided by the Anglican Church to the Crown Response Unit on 11 July 2024
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