Primary contact
2 Avenue Road, Glebe Point
Postal address: PO Box 1076 Glebe Point NSW 2037
Sydney, New South Wales 2037
Identity area
Identifier
daa/160
Authorized form of name
Good Samaritan Archives, Sydney
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- The Sisters of the Good Samaritan (SGS) of the Order of St Benedict
- Good Samaritan Sisters' Archives, Sydney
Type
- Religious
Contact area
Archivist
Type
Address
Street address
2 Avenue Road, Glebe Point
Postal address: PO Box 1076 Glebe Point NSW 2037
Locality
Sydney
Region
New South Wales
Country name
Postal code
2037
Telephone
02 8752 5340
Fax
archives@goodsams.org.au
Note
Description area
History
For information about the history of the Good Samaritan Sisters, see http://www.goodsams.org.au/who-we-are/our-story/an-urgent-need-sydney-1857/
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
Administrative structure
Officer in charge: Archivist
Records management and collecting policies
The Good Samaritan Sisters’ Archives contain the records generated by the Sisters and institutions, such as schools, orphanages, women’s refuges and homes for the aged and disadvantaged, for which the Sisters were and are responsible in Australia, Japan, Kiribati and the Philippines.
Buildings
Holdings
These holdings include:
In-house documents from the administrative offices of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan;
Documents relating to institutions for which the Sisters of the Good Samaritan are responsible;
Admission registers and other documents relating to:
- Pitt Street Women’s Refuge Sydney (House of the Good Shepherd), 1857-1901
- Parramatta Roman Catholic Orphan School, 1877-1886
- Manly Industrial School/Orphanage, 1881-1910
- St Magdalen’s Retreat, Tempe, Arncliffe, 1887-1989
- Buckingham Street, St Magdalen’s Refuge, 1903-1946
- Good Samaritan Teachers’ Training College, 1905-1983
- Mater Dei Orphanage, Narellan, 1910-1958
- Crystal Brook Orphanage/Shelter, SA, 1940-1979.
Photographs, films, slides, videos, memorabilia relating to the above;
Theses and private publications of Good Samaritan Sisters.
Finding aids, guides and publications
Guide to Good Samaritan Generalate Archives, Glebe Point, Sydney NSW
Trower, Ursula, Guide to Visitors Book of R C Orphan School Parramatta, 1863-1886
McGlynn and Trower, Guide to Photographic collection - Good Samaritan Generalate Archives
McGlynn and Trower, Guide to Registers RC Orphan School, Parramatta, Tempe Women's Refuge, Manly Industrial School/Orphanage
McGlynn and Trower, Guide to Foundation and Associated Ministries of SGS
McGlynn, Marie, 'Growth of Religious Institute' Tjurunga. Benedictine Union of Australian and New Zealand, Vol 39 (Sept, 1990): 90-111.
Access area
Opening times
Open by appointment Mondays to Thursday 9am to 3pm.
Closed Christmas school holidays.
Access conditions and requirements
Application for access form to be completed. At least one day's advance notice of visit required. Access to records which are not normally available for research can be gained by permission from Superior General.
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
General reference assistance available.
Reproduction services
Public areas
Control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 1 April 2019
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Education (Thematic area)
- Religion (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)