Includes: The next decade 1951-1961 / compiled by J.C. Janicke, page 31.
First printed 1951; reprinted 1959; reprinted with The Next Decade in 1961.
Organizational name changes: Melbourne Orphan Asylum 1851; Melbourne Orphanage 1926; Melbourne Family Care Organization 1965.


Indexed by Lyn Firminger
(i) denotes illustrations
a'Beckett, T.T. (MLC) 38
accountant 19
act of parliament 9,40
admissions 24
adoptions 24
air raid precautions 25-26
Aitchison, A.S. (Dr) 39
Aitchison, Rod (Dr) 39
Alfred Hospital 39
apprentices 7,10(i),17,19,23,24
Archer, Lee 38
architect 16
Argus The 13
Ashton, Julian 17
assistant superintendant 36
auditors 19
Badcock, Mr 38
Badcock, Mrs 5
Bamford, E.V. 39
barracks 12-13
bathing box 19
Battle, M.D. 2,3
Benevolent Asylum North Melbourne 5
Bent, Thomas 12
bequests 14,16,17,19,21,23,28,29
Berridge, E.M. 39
Berry, Mrs Howard 38
Bignall, A.G. 2
Bignell, A.G. 31
Blind Institute band 13
Blundell, J.J. 19
board and lodging 24
boarding out 10-11,12,14,17,24
-costs 11
-philosophy 10
-to natural mother 10
Booth, Chas. S. 2
bootmaking shop 17,24-5
Borthwick, E.J. 31
Boyce, T.D. 3,33
Breen, R.T. 2,3,33
Breidahl, F.A. 39
Bright, E. 35,39
Brighton
-Beach State School 20,33-34
-buildings 13,13 14,17,,21,22,24-25,29
-cookery centre 20
-Council 17
-decommissioned flyleaf,37
-farm 12,12(i),28-29,(i)
-improvements 14,15,21,22,23(i),25,29
-residents 15(i),16(i),20(i),26(i),27(i)
-settlement 11
-teaching facilities 6,19,20,23,23(i),27
Brighton Technical School 23
broken homes flyleaf,26,34
Brooks, E.P. 21
Browning, John 38
Bryant & May 23
buiding design competition 12
building and property sub-committee 16
building design 6,12,36
building tenders 13
building works 6,8,16,20,22,23,24,25,28,29,30,35,36
Burke, Florence 39
Burrows, Mr 28
business career 24
business training college 23
Butler, J.C. (JP) 2,21,21(i),35,39
Butler, Louisa 39
Cairns, Mrs 38
Campbell, R.A. 39
Carlton property 37
Cathcart, Matthew 29
chapel 30
Charity Organisation Society 24
Chevasse, Mr 11
child endowment 11,27,30
child welfare department 11
Children's Welfare Advisory Council 36
Church of England 19
Clavey, W.R. (Dr) 39
clock tower 29
committee members 2,3,5,6,,18(i),31,38
community participation 34
constitution 26
cottage parents 13,15
cottages 12-13,13(i),14,17,21,24,25,34,35,36
cottages (family group) 36,37
Crowther, Russell J. 20,21,21(i),39
Cummings, Jas. 39
Davies, Hilda 39
dental examination 24
Dickinson, Mrs 38
Dickinson, R.B. (Rev) 10,13,38
diet 8,27
diploma course 24
domestic service 14,19,21,23
Dorcas Orphan and Visiting Society 5
Dorcas Society 5
Down, F.A. 38,39
Down, J.E. 39
Dr Barnardo's homes 17
Dunn, Mrs 38
Education Act 20
Education Department 16,20,36
education pre-school 27
education primary 6,8,13,16
education secondary 7,16,20,34,35
education tertiary 24,36
electric light 21
Ellis estate 16,17
Ellis, W.J. 16,37
Emerald Hill premises 4(i),5-6,6(i),7(i),8,9,15,16,21
endowment account 19
engineers 24
Eva, B.C.A. (Rev) 38
Exon, Edwin 7,17,20,21(i),39
Exon, Mrs 7,39
Fair Rents Board 30
family breakdown flyleaf,11,26-27,30,34
family group homes flyleaf,36,37
family life 37
farm work 6,12,12(i),14,17,19,23,28,28(i),29,36
Farrell, T.W. 3
field officers flyleaf,37
financial difficulties 6,8,9,14,29,30,33,36,37
Flagstaff Hill 5
Fletcher, (Dr) 39
food supply/costs 8
Foote, T.V. 38
Ford, F.T.W. (Dr) 10,39
foster parents 10,11,19
fundraising 5,14
G. Marquand & Son, Chartered Accountants 2,3,19
Gamble, F. 3
Gibson, Hartley (Dr) 2,39
Gladwell, P.J. (Dr) 3
Glen Waverley (Administrative H.Q.) Flyleaf,36
Glen Waverley sites flyleaf,36
Glover, F.W. 33
Goe, Field Flowers (Bishop) 38
Gordon, A. Robertson 2
government gazette notices 40
grants government 5,6,8,9,11,14,19,35
grants, other 14,23
Groves, J.W. 38
gymnasium 19,22
Haisley, George 23,29
Haisley, Greta 23
Hall, H.E. 38
Halliwell, L.M. 35,39
Hampton High School 23
Harston, A.G. 18(i),38
Hartley, J.R. 28,30
Herring, Lady 36
Higgs, A.H. 23
Higinbotham, George (MLA) 9
Hobsons Bay Railway Company 13-14
holiday hosts 35
home for destitute old people 5
honorary dentists 24,39
honorary medical officers 2,3,24, 39
honorary treasurers 2,3,31,38
Hope, F.A. 3,31
hospital 6,13,25
Hospital and Charities Act 1922 22
hospital buildings relocated 21
Hospitals and Charities Commission 35,36
Hotham, Sir Charles 6
housework/chores 7,15,16,21,22,24,28,29
Hull, W. 38
income from rents 20,22,29,30,36,37
incorporation (legal status) 9
industrial schools 11
infantile paralysis 24
infants cottage 24
inspector of charities 19
Janicke, J.C. 3,31,36,37,39
Jeffries, Harry 17,28
Jenkins, R.J. 31,36
Joshua, J.M 23
Keilor property 37
Kemp, F. Bruce 2,3,31
Kent, P.J. 2,38
Kent, S.C. (Rev) 38
Keown, Kenneth 3
Kew (tent accommodation) 5
kindergarten 27
ladies visiting committees 11
land available for asylum building 11
laundry 13,29
lay presidency 19
leaseholdings 9,14,16
leaving the orphanage 27(i),28,35
Legacy Club 33
Little Collins Street 5
living conditions 8,14
Lord Bishop of Melbourne 6,19
Lukin, G.L. 38
Macansh, Mrs W. 38,
Macansh, W. (Dr) 39
MacDonald, D. (Rev) 38
Mackenzie Brown, A. 2,3
Mackenzie Brown, Mrs 31
Mackenzie, R.W.B. 18(i),38
MacRobertson's Girls High School 24
Matheson, I 39
Mathieson, Robert 18(i),38
matron 2,3,7,15(i),31,34,36, 39
mayor of Melbourne 5
McArthur, Donald 38
McCartney, Mrs 38
McClelland, W. (Dr) 2,39
McCubbin, Jean 2,34,39
McLean D.R. 2,38
McNair, D. 39
McPherson, Mr 11
medical examination 24
Meek, Thomas 19
Melbourne
-Family Care Organization flyleaf
-Orphan Asylum 5,22
-Orphanage flyleaf, 22,30
-Orphanage Association 35
-Technical College 17
-University 24
memorial 20
Mills, V.B. 31
Moorhouse, James (Bishop) 38
Moule, F.G. 13
Moule, F.H. 29
Moule, W.H. 2, 3,38
Mount Waverley sites 36
Mullen, G.E. 39
Mullen, Samuel 38
multi-purpose hall 22(i)
names of organisation flyleaf
neglected children's act 21
Newton, Thomas 13
Nicholson, Germain 5,38
Nicholson, Malcolm 19
night school master 19
Norman, H. 2,3
nurses 24
Oakleigh sites 36
old boys 20,28,29,33,35
old girls 20,28,29,33,35
Ormond, Francis 17
orphanage centenary 4,33
orphanage charter 4,26-27
orphans 5,26-27
Parker, J. 38
Partridge, A.R. 3,31
pay rates 7,8,11,19
Peacock, J. 38
Perry, Charles (Bishop) 13,38
Perry, Mrs 38
Peyton, F. 38
Pfeiffer, N. (Rev) 2, 3,31
Pollock, C.J. 3,31
Porter, Frederick (Rev) 31
Praagst, Lionel (Dr) 39
pre-school 27
presidents 2,3,6,18(i),19,31,38
preventative services flyleaf
property manager 19
psychology degree 24
religious training 8,15(i),22,23,29,30,34
Rennie, Charles 38
rent collector 19
residents
-amenities 15,17,219,20,21-22,34,35
-aspirations 34
-clothing 22,28
-diet 8,27,28
-entertainment 15(i),16(i),17,22,23,28,30,35(i)
-illness 7
-morale 22,26
-numbers 6,7,8,17,24,25,30,33
-reasons for admission 26-27,26(i)
reunions 15,17,28
revenue 9,16,20,21,33,35,36,37
right-of-way 17
Roberts, K. (Rev) 3
Rogers, E.J. 39
Rowell, C.A. 33
Royal Children's Hospital 39
running costs flyleaf,8,29-30,33,36
Sansom, J.D. (Rev) 2
Savige, Sir Stanley, (Lt. Gen.) 33
school leaving age 16,19,20
scripture prizes 21
sewering works 20
Shannon, J. Russell 39
Shannon, Russell G. (Dr) 2
Shaw, W.B. 38
Simons, C.N. (Dr) 39
Simpson, (Mrs James) 5
Simpson, James 5
Small, W. 38
Smith, J.T. 5,38
Smith, Sydney 16
social workers flyleaf,34
South Melbourne town hall 9
Spencer, J. 33
sports 15(i)
sports grounds 30
St James
-Church of England 5
-Orphan and Visiting Society 5
-Orphan Asylum 5
St Kilda Road land 17,37
St Leonards (Uniting) Church 34
St Peters Anglican church 21,34
staff quarters 29
staff training 34
Stamp, John E. (Cr) 2
Stanley, Arthur 20
Steele, L.G.B. 2,35
Stockman, I 3,31,39
Stockman, Mrs 36
study tour 37
superannuation scheme 24
superintendent (orphanage) 15(i),21(i),22,39
Sutherland, E. 31
Sutherland, G. 2,3,38
swimming pool 19
Syndal sites 36
Syney Smithy, Ogg and Serpell 16
Tate, Alan, R. (Dr) 2,39
tea party (orphan children) 13
teachers 24
Thompson, M.E. 39
Thompson, Mr 39
Thompson, William 19
Thomson, A.C. (Rev) 5
toddlers cottage 24
Tovell, C.J. (Dr) 39
Tovell, R.W. (Brigadier, MLA) 2,3,18,31,38
trends/policy 17,26,33,34,36,37
Trigellis-Smith, B. 31
Trigellis-Smith, Mrs 2,3
Try Boys Society 21
utilisation committee 16
Van Bergen, Miss 39
Vary, A.O. 2,29
Vary, Mrs 29,38
Victorian Council of Social Services 34
Virtue, H.P. 38
wage subsidy 24
Walker, E.E. 19
Wallace, N.G. 39
Ward, T. Thornton 3,31
wards of the state 33
Watt, William 19
Webb, Chas. 6,13,16
Webster, E.E. (Dr) 39
Whitelaw, R. 31
widowed mothers (care givers) 11
widows pension 11
Williams, Mr 28
Wilson, J.P. (Dr) 18(i),19,38
Wilson, Mrs 38
Windermere 34,35
Winter, Esdaile 39
Wishart, H.L. 3
Wootten, K.Alma 39
Working Men's College 17
World War II 25-26
Wright, Howard 2,3,31,36,38