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From: "Susie Zada" <>
Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Adoption:
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 07:52:37 +1000
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Hi Folks,

I think the original request was about adoption in 1849 !! The Geelong
Female Refuge and Bethany Babies' Home began in the 1850s, as did the
Protestant Orphanage and St Augustine's. There were various Benevolent
Asylums too.

HOWEVER, there were two SILK families on the Sir George Seymour - were they
brothers? It would be most unusual for this "young" father to give the baby
away if he was travelling with other family members.

Regards ......... Susie Z


----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hetherington" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 6:30 AM
Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Adoption:


> Glennis,
> TYhere was a home for unwanteds in Geelong called The Bethany Babies Home
> and was located on the Ballarat Road in West Geelong.
> Suggest that a trip to the Geelong Genioes might be of help to you
>
> Don
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glennis Dees" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:13 PM
> Subject: [GEELONG] Adoption:
>
>
> > Legal adoption laws began in Victoria in 1928. Prior to that people made
> > their own arrangements for adoption as I understand it. The father of
the
> > child may have placed the baby in the care of another family or in a
> baby's
> > home if there was any available in Geelong at that time. I think it most
> > unlikely that there was such a facility in Geelong then. If the father
> > placed the baby with another family he may have had no further contact
> with
> > his child. The child may have grown up with the surname of the new
> parents.
> > You could check with the Community Services Dept in Melbourne for more
> > information on the likely procedures for the registration of a baby
which
> > was born at sea. Babies born at sea usually, I think, were registered as
> > born in the country they landed in. So a birth registration may be
> available
> > from the Registrar, BD&M in Melbourne which may have the father's name
on
> > the registration.
> > Good Luck,
> > Glennis
> >
> >
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> > Geelong and District web site :
> > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/
> >
>
>
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>
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