Please contact the Professional Standards Office Records Service of the Catholic Church:
Postal Address: Catholic Diocesan Centre, 39 Wakefield Street, Adelaide SA 5000
Phone: (08) 8210 8275 or 1800 139 020
Email: receptionprofstandards@adelaide.catholic.org.au
Website: https://adelaide.catholic.org.au/our-people/professional-standards/records-service
These records are held by Professional Standards Office Records Service of the Catholic Church (c. 1997 - current).
The Records of Sacred Heart Orphanage held by the Professional Standards Office include admissions records and miscellaneous correspondence related the the Orphanage for the period 1951 to 1977.
Please contact the Professional Standards Office Records Service for an application form and information regarding procedures and conditions with regard to accessing information from records held or managed by this office.
Information is open to former residents or family members who can prove their relationship to the resident.
The Professional Standards Office does not charge any fees to former residents of Catholic Homes seeking their records
Admission Records (1951 – 1979)
The Admission Records of the Sacred Heart Orphanage include a copy of two large pages of handwritten lists of names of children in the Orphanage. The names run down the left hand side of the page and the years are listed across the top of the page. Boxes are ticked corresponding to the years that each child was resident in the Home.
The copy of the admission register comprises scans of 170 pages of the register, with admission information, including names of children, for the period 1951-1979.
Correspondence (1972 – 1977)
The correspondence files for the Sacred Heart Orphanage mostly related to the planning and signing of an agreement between the Good Samaritan Sisters, the Minister of Community Welfare and the Catholic Diocese of Port Pirie to transform the Orphanage into a government funded residential home for children.