INFANT LIFE PROTECTION ACT 1890

Information compiled by Helen D. Harris OAM, 2004-8.

This Act was passed in Victoria in 1890 to protect the lives of new born children who were given by their mothers to other women to nurse from birth to the age of two years. Further details of the Act are given on the Harriland Press web site and in an article I have written for the March 2005 of the The Genealogist. In 1893, as a result of the finding of the bodies of some babies who had been placed with a baby farmer, the Chief Commissioner of Police ordered the department to inspect and report on the homes of every nurse registered under this Act, and the babies under their care. Each police district was thus required to provide a report on the nurses within their area. Some of the reports were very scant, others gave a good deal of information. In a great many cases the (mostly illegitimate) children themselves were not named, but the nurse's residence may be a clue. These details are the earliest surviving records of people who were registered under this Act, and are now included in this web page.

In 1894 the Department of Neglected Children arranged for ‘Lady Visitors’ to inspect the nurses’ homes and children. Some correspondence regarding this has also been included in this web page.

The police department took over the entire maintenance of the Act in 1898, but surviving indexes and registers to the correspondence are only extant from 1901. I have all indexed all names appearing in the police correspondence indexes and registers from 1901 to February 1908, when police handed control of the Act to the Neglected Children’s Department, and these microfiche indexes are available for sale via the Harriland Press web site. While working through the correspondence files themselves for other purposes, I have come across Infant Life Protection Act material for the period 1898-1900, and reproduce the basic details here. This is by no means a complete listing of the pre 1901 material, merely those files I have come across in the unindexed material. Some material (only a fraction of what is available) from a later period has also been added.

As well as correspondence about various women and children, there are monthly reports from local police about the nurses and their children in the area, scattered throughout the correspondence. These monthly reports list the name and address of each nurse, the name of each child they have in their care, the mother or next of kin of each child, the state of the child's clothing and feeding bottles etc. They also have a column 'Remarks' where additional information is sometimes recorded. Note that these entries are usually of one line only. I have included in the listing below some of the details taken from just a few of these monthly reports, those of March 1898, January, April, May, June 1899, February and May 1900, and January 1904, for part of the Melbourne District only.

If the people you are seeking are not listed here, (and these are only a small percentage) consider looking at the various Infant Life Protection Act indexes I have created for the period 1901-1908, details of which are on the Harriland Press web page.

Anyone wanting photocopies of the files or the full detail of the one or two line entry in the monthly reports are welcome to email me their request, (hdh1atozemail.com.au - remove the 'at' and add the usual @) but there is a $30 fee, as well as the Public Record Office charge of 65c per page photocopying and postage.

ABBOT, Mrs. John. Brunswick, has daughter Sarah Ann’s child Eric Roland which has died; mother has gone interstate. 1902, List 5. 

ABBOTT, Annie. See KRAMER, Mabel.

ABOOZAID, Rose. Daughter of Rose of Melbourne. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Report.

ABSOLUM, Verdon Wallace. See ADAMS, Mary.

ADAM, Mrs. Mary. Braybrook, to adopt Clarence, child of Janet BLAIR in 1904; 4 pages, , List 6.

ADAMS, - See SCARBOROUGH, B.

ADAMS, Mary. Richmond, widow, 1894, took child Verdon Wallace ABSOLUM for her sister Mrs. WHITTAKER, but child died. 7 pages, List 6.

AGAR, Mrs. E., South Yarra, wrote in 1898, seeking exemption from registering as a nurse. The mother of the child FORGON was in an asylum, and the husband and children lived with her.

AH KING See HONAN, Jane

AH LIN See HONAN, Jane

AITCHISON, Annie and Mary B. See BROADBENT, A.

AITKEN, Mrs., Prahran, wanted to adopt Olive Myrtle ALLEN, mother in W. Aust and about to be married. Police find the mother is to pay Aitken for doing so, which is not allowed under the Act. 1898

AITKEN, Jennie. See MOORE, Jane

AITKIN, John Alexander. See MOORE, Jane.

ALDOWS, A. Brighton. Registered as a nurse in 1893, has a child, unnamed; new premises described.

ALDRED, Mary A. See BRACE, Dorothy M.

ALDUS, Margaret A., Ararat, nurse, has handed illegitimate child Muriel W. BLACK to her father (named), 2 pages, List 6.

ALLANSON, Mrs. See TAYLOR, Elizabeth E.

ALLEN, Mrs. Charlotte. A nurse at Bendigo, with six children of her own. Had child Herbert STANLEY, who died in 1894; failed to report death. Circumstances reported by Mrs. E.G. McKENZIE , ‘Bona Vista’ View St. 4 pages, List 6.

ALLEN, Ellen. See SMITH, William G.

ALLEN, Margaret. See HESTER, Victor

ALLEN, Olive Myrtle. See AITKEN, Mrs.

ALLIN, Margaret J. and Mary L. See DUNN, Julia E.

ALLUM, Margaret. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893. Has a female child, unnamed.

ALSTON, Mrs. S. Brighton, registered as a nurse, 1893. Had child of Emily BLACKER, but has been removed to Mrs. RAIN of Fitzroy.

AMOORE. Mrs. H.M. Ascot Vale, registered as a nurse, 1893. Had a female child, unnamed, which has now been given to Mrs. RADCLIFFE of Flemington, who has applied to be registered.

AMOS, -. See TAYLOR, Mrs. Lily

ANDERSON, - Mrs. See MAHER, Mary

ANDERSON, Arthur Edward Keith. See BEAZLEY, Henry.

ANDERSON, Ella, mother Mary of Moreland. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Report

ANDERSON, John. See MAHER, Mary

ANDERSON, Margaret. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had a male child, unnamed, which died.

ANDERSON, May. See BEAZLEY, Henry.

ANDREW, Jane. See PROBERTS, Mary.

ANDREWS, E. South Yarra, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child Ernest WOODWARD.

ANDREWS, E.A. Malvern, registered as a nurse, 1893; had two unnamed children.

ANGOVE, George Abels. Illegitimate child of Bessie Angove, died at unregistered nurse Margaret HOWARTH’s home at Eaglehawk in 1898. Witness Sarah BEALE names father. Bessie divorced and subsequently remarried William CARBIS. 25 pages, List 3.

ARDLEY, Joseph and wife adopt Lillia ?[ file not clear on child's name. ] Mrs. EDWARDS had child firstly from Mrs. FULLER. 1898.

ARMSTRONG, Dr. See PATTERSON, Constable.

ARMSTRONG, Francis R. and Hannah. See LANDVOIGT, G.

ASKEW, Mary. Collingwood, registered as a nurse, 1893. Had no child when inspected.

ASHTON, Annie. Widow, charged over death of illegitimate child Eileen Florence KENNEDY in her home; not registered as a nurse, 1898. 13 pages, List 2.

ATKINS, Mary. Brunswick, nurse. Infant Harold McCulloch removed from her care by aunt Elizabeth McCULLOCH and given to Mrs. PALLOT of Mulwala NSW for adoption. 1897

ATKINSON, Alice Maud, and son Arthur William. See HIGHTON, E.

ATKINSON, Francis J. and Lillian See COPPIN, Fanny

ATKINSON, Louise. Registered nurse, South Yarra, 1900. Has illegitimate child James SCOTT, son of Mary of Powong. Putative father named. List 3.

AVERY, Marguerite Mary. See MURRAY, Charles and Mabel.

BAGLEY, Nelly of Fitzroy. Applies to adopt Martha May FAULKNER, 3 years old, in 1899. 4 pages.

BAILEY, Annie. Richardson Street Carlton. Nurse. April 1899 Monthly Report. Had two children. June 1899 Monthly Report.

BAILEY, Annie, Abbotsford. Applied to be re-registered in 1904; in 1901 had children Isabella BESLEY of Bruthen (father named) and Kate VINE, grandmother Elizabeth Vine of Carlton. Despite references, her application was refused. 27 pages. List 6.

BAILEY, Frederick, also known as WILLIAMS. Prahran, charged with failure to register birth of illegitimate child of Sarah STOREY within required time, 1898. 6 pages, List 2.

BAKER, Clara. Nth Fitzroy, registered as a nurse, 1893; had illegitimate child Dorothy HUNTER.

BAKER, Doris. Daughter of Josephine of Richmond. With a nurse. February 1900 Monthly Report. List 3.

BAKER, Edith and Rose. See SMITH, Margaret.

BAKER, Elizabeth. Palmerston Street Carlton. Nurse. April 1899 Monthly Report. Has three children. June 1899 Monthly Report. Has two children. May 1900 Monthly Report

BALL, Mrs. A.L. St. Kilda, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child HARDING, which died in March.

BALLAN, Rachel. Nurse, she has child Alice H. DICKSON who which. 3 pages, List 5.

BALLANTYNE, Herbert. See WEST, Sarah

BARROW, Mrs. See TAYLOR, Leslie V.

BASSER, E. ISAACS, Mrs. Rebecca

BATES, John. See TAYLOR, Nurse.

BAXTER, Charles Allen. See CLARKE, Mrs. E.

BAXTER, Mrs. Daisy. Applies for exemption; she is nursing her sister’s child Royston Walter DOBLE while his mother is ill. 1905. List 2.

BAYLISS, Ernest. See RIGBY, Susannah

BEALE, Sarah. See ANGOVE, George A.

BEATTIE, Mary Ann. Applies to be registered as a nurse, 1901. List 2.

BEAZLEY, Henry. Charged with failure to register illegitimate child Arthur Edward Keith ANDERSON within required time, mother May. 10 pages, List 7.

BECKETT, Mary Ann. Nurse. Has a child. January 1904 Monthly Report.

BEGGS, Florence. Born 1900, removed from nurse by mother Alice in 1902, 4 pages, List 7.

BELL, Hannah. Charged with failing to register birth of illegitimate child Daisy Hannah within required time, at Fitzroy in 1899. 5 pages..

BELL, Kate. Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893. Had an unnamed female child which she returned to the person who gave it to her.

BELL, Kate. Bennetts Lane, Melbourne. Nurse. Has no child at present. April 1899 Monthly Report. Ditto May 1900 Monthly Report.

BELSON, Janet. See BILSON, Janet

BENNETT, Jane. See LEAR, Mary.

BENNETT, Mrs. M. Brighton, registered as a nurse, 1893; had an unnamed child.

BENNS, Mrs. Sarah. Ballarat, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Frederick CHLUE.

BENT, E. See BILLINGTON, Mrs.

BERKERY, Mary. See BROWN, Doris

BERLYN, David. See SMITHAM, H.

BESLEY, Isabella. See BAILEY, Annie

BEST, Albert Albury. Mother Edith, Fitzroy. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Report

BETTS, - Mrs. Hamilton. Had an unnamed child, given exemption from registering as a nurse, 1893.

BILLINGTON, Mrs. Of Brighton. Complaint of Lady Visitor E. BENT, 1898, that she is unsatisfactory; 2 infants have died in her care and a third is delicate. Roll Book on file. 29 pages, List 3.

BILLMAN, May. See O’BYRNE, M.

BILSON [BELSON?] Mrs. Janet. Port Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Dorothy GRANT.

BIRCH, Dora. Infant daughter of Agnes Birch, died 1894 while in care of nurse Mrs. KNIGHT of Geelong. 3 pages, List 3.

BIRD, Emily and James F. See COATES, S.

BIRT, Mary Ann. Child removed from her care by mother, 1906. 1 page, List 4.

BISH, Annie. Port Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child Maud FITZGERALD.

BISHOP, Edith. See CUNNINGHAM, Joseph

BLACK, Muriel W. See ALDUS, Margaret A.

BLACKER, Emily. See ALSTON, S.

BLAIR, Clarent and Janet. See ADAM, Mrs. M.

BLAKE, Frederick. See LITTLE, Catherine

BLAKE, Mary. Collingwood, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Elizabeth CONNINGTON.

BLOODWORTH, David. See FORD, Nurse.

BLUE, Eliza. Wrote from Port Melbourne in 1906. She has her sister Mrs. Alice NOLAN’s baby; mother is in hospital. Asks that she not be required to register under the Act. 3 pages, List 4.

BOLT, Leslie. See BROADBENT, A.

BOLTON, Rosie, Preston, adopted illegitimate child of Ella Marion STAMP in 1904, 3 pages, List 6.

BOND, Harriet E. See McMILLAN, Ernest C.

BOOTH, - Miss. See PUDNEY, S.

BORSMAN, Mary. Daughter of Hannah of Sandringham. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Report..

BOULTON/BOWLTON, Clara, of Warracknabeal. Had child Mary Lillian CHATHAM, mother Justine. 3 pages, List 6.

BOURKE, Margery Annie. See LAMBERT, M.

BOWERS, Herbert. See JEAN, S.

BOYLE, Ethel Grace and son Ernest Hatchand. See HIGHTON, E.

BRACE, Dorothy Mary, illegitimate child, file re death of [born 1897, death not registered] at nurse Mrs. Mary A. ALDRED's home, Back Creek, mother Rosa BRACE, in service at Moama. Child died of gastroenteritis.

BRADLEY, Frances, wife of Joseph of Murchison. Applied in 1901 to take child Florence Amiel MICHEL, whose mother has died, and was a widow living with Peter Michel. List 2.

BRADY, Violet and Annie. See CLAYTON, Madge.

BRAITHWAITE, Mrs. M. Balaclava, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child BURNS, given to father Mr. KERNEY of Tasmania.

BRAND, Mrs. Margaret. Port Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Mona Eileen MORGAN.

BRIGGS, Sarah, widow of Inglewood, applies to be registered, 1905, so she can take care of child Alice Mary NEEDS. The mother has died; father Henry of Korong Vale. 9 pages, List 3.

BRITTAN, John. See ROLFE, M.

BROADBENT, A. East Brighton, registered as a nurse, 1893; had children Thomas Chapman MITCHELL, Francis Joseph RYAN (mother Annie removed him), Mary B. AITCHISON, (mother Annie removed her), Bernie Margret JONES (mother Sarah received him), Minnie JONES (unnamed mother removed her), Leslie BOLT, (mother a servant at Clunes) who died.

BROMALL, Emily daughter of Emily, with a nurse. January 1904 Monthly Report.

BROMILOW, Albert and Georgina. See JOHNSTON, Alice.

BROPHY, Mrs. Barnard St. Bendigo. See CANN, Elizabeth.

BROPHY, Florence. See BURTON, Martha.

BROSMAN, Mary. Daughter of Hannah of Sandringham. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 and May 1900 Monthly Reports.

BROSNAN, Mary. With a nurse. June 1899 Monthly Report.

BROWN, Mrs. See DOWDELL, Harriett.

BROWN, Annie. Mother Eliza of Glenferrie. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Report

BROWN, Daisy. Carlton, nurse, had two children. May 1900 Monthly Report

BROWN, Daisy. See KENNY, Myrtle L.

BROWN, Doris, child of Annie, married woman, was removed from nurse Mary BERKERY, Eaglehawk, by child's aunt, Kathleen MATHIESON/MATTHEWSON. Child now with mother who is with her father Patrick MASTERSON, near Inglewood. 1897. Connection found

BROWN, Elsie, Born 1900, mother Jane Elizabeth of South Melbourne. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Report

BROWN, Evelyn. See ELLESLEY, Caroline

BROWN, S.A. East Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had an unnamed male child.

BROWN, Thomas of Collingwood. Charged in 1899 with failure to register birth of illegitimate child Thomas Brown DEVLIN, son of Mary, within required time. 8 pages, List 2.

BRYAN, Mrs. See STEWART, Eric and MILLER, Evelyn.

BUCHANAN, Ada and Laurence Wright. See HURRELL, Hannah Jane.

BULLOCK, Alice. See COATES, S.

BUNCE, (or BURNS), Beatrice Barker. With a nurse in January 1902 Monthly Report. (No entry in birth indexes.) List 4.

BUNTINE, Frederick Smith. Son of Lillian of Mirboo. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Report..

BURNETT, Mrs. C.E. See GAVIN, Carol.

BURGE, Sarah. Footscray, takes sister’s child Roy COTTLE in 1902, as she is in last stage of consumption. List 5.

BURNS, -. See BRAITHWAITE, M.

BURNS, Beatrice Barker. See BUNCE, B.B.

BURNS, Margaret. Richmond, registered as a nurse, 1893; had James L. IRONS, son of Bessie; child died.

BURNS, Mary. Auburn, applies to register as a nurse in 1894, her husband is a gardener, she has two children of her own. Has Elsie DOWLING, the illegitimate child of her sister Annie. 6 pages, List 6.

BURRELL, Margaret. West Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Louisa E. McCRAE, who died.

BURSTON, Florence and Adelaide. See WALKER, Emma

BURTON, H.C., North Melbourne, child removed from her care in 1902. 4 pages, List 7.

BURTON, Martha. Amess Street Carlton. Nurse. April 1899 Monthly Report

BURTON, Martha. File covering 1894-1899 includes her original application to be registered as a nurse; the deaths of children Mary Agnes REILLY, daughter of Agnes of Upper Murray, Mary ROSS, daughter of Mary Jane and Maria DUNN [mother not given]; also the removal of Edith WILSON by her grandmother Jane of St. Kilda and Fanny SCHULDT by her mother Elizabeth and the child of Florence BROPHY of Alexandra. Martha's husband Archibald was a bricklayer. 46 pages, including two letters from Burton.

BURTON, Martha Jane, widow, East Brunswick, applies to be registered. Police report she was previously registered and charged with neglect, and refuse application. 14 pages, List 3..

BUTLER, Mary. Advises in 1898 that she has taken on the care of her daughter Catherine’s illegitimate child Agnes; resides at Horsham. Presumed father named. 3 pages, List 6.

BUTLIN, Mary. Nurse, Footscray, has a child. January 1904 Monthly Report.

BUTTLE, Mrs. See STEWART, Nellie and GLOVER, Cyril.

BUX, R. See COUSINS, M.

BYLES, E. Prahran, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Clyde LINDSAY. CONNECTION FOUND

BYRNE, Essie. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed.

CAIN, Gladys M., and Harriet. See MATTHEWMAN, J.L.

CALLAGHAN, Detta, daughter of Kate of Linden Nth Geelong. With a nurse in Footscray. January 1904 Monthly Report.

CALLICK, Ruby Alice. Daughter of Florence Lidia. With a nurse in Melbourne. May 1899 Monthly Report

CAMERON, George. Windsor, charged over failure to register birth of illegitimate child of Catherine MALONEY/MOLONEY within required time, 1898. 6 pages, List 2.

CAMPBELL, C. South Yarra, registered as a nurse, 1893, but had no child at inspection.

CAMPBELL, W.G. Coburg, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed, which she had adopted.

CANN, Annie, fined for being the occupier of house in which illegitimate child Rosanna Anderson YOUNG was born, of Edith YOUNG, Middle Park, and not registering birth within 3 days as required. 1898

CANN, Elizabeth. A registered nurse, she is found drunk at Bendigo in 1900. Her registration is cancelled and children in her care given to fellow nurse Mrs. BROPHY of Barnard St. 8 pages, List 4.

CANNING, Veronica May, daughter of Mary of Fitzroy. With nurse. May 1900 Monthly Report.

CARBIS, William. See ANGOVE, George A.

CARDINALI, Henry, Northcote, charged with failure to register illegitimate birth of Daphne Margarett HIRST, child of Margaret Hirst and himself, within 3 days. 1899.

CARLE, A. See JOHNSTON, Alice

CARLISLE, Ivy. Interstate arrangements to forward her to her mother in Melbourne, but foster parent decides to keep her. 2 pages, List 6.

CARR, Charlotte. Coburg, nurse. May 1899 Monthly Report

CARROLL, Angella. Daughter of Alice of Port Fairy. With a nurse. February 1900 Monthly Report. List 3.

CARROLL, Margaret. Collingwood, registered as a nurse, 1893. Had two male children, unnamed.

CARROLL, Michael J. Born 1898, with a nurse at May 1900 Monthly Report. Mother Annie E. Carroll.

CARSON, M. North Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; name struck off register.

CARTER, Mrs. S. Brighton, registered as a nurse, 1893; had an unnamed child over three years old.

CASEY, Hannah. See THORNTON, Marie T.

CASSELLS, Mrs. Julia charged with neglecting to notify police department re adoption of John Ackarry HARRIS, son of Mabel, 1896. 11 pages, List 3.

CAWLEY, Emma. Rathdown Street Carlton. Nurse, has child/ren. April 1899, June 1899 and May 1900 Monthly Reports.

CHALK, Florence. Richmond, registered as a nurse, 1893. Had Annie, 7 year old illegitimate child of Emma SMITH, and Elsie M. Clarke, illegitimate child of Julia CLARKE.

CHAPMAN, Jessie B. Nurse, Footscray. Has four children. January 1904 Monthly Report.

CHARLES, E. South Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed.

CHARTERS, Elizabeth. Collingwood, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed.

CHATHAM, Justine and Mary Lillian. See BOULTON, Clara.

CHEASLEY, Violet and H. See HURRELL, Hannah Jane.

CHLUE, Frederick. See BENNS, S.

CLARK, Mrs. M.A. St. Kilda, registered as a nurse, 1893, had one male child, unnamed.

CLARK, Mrs. Susannah. See WILSON, Jack.

CLARKE, Mrs. E. A registered nurse at Windsor, she asks permission to take child Charles Allen BAXTER on holiday with her in 1899. 5 pages, List 6

CLARKE, Elsie M. and Julia. See CHALK, F.

CLARKE, Ruth. Daughter of Annie, her address not given. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 and June 1899 Monthly Reports.

CLAXTON, George. St. Aurnaud, registered as a nurse, 1893; had Richmond Leslie TYSON who died.

CLAYTON, L. Prahran, registered as a nurse, 1893; had left the district on inspection.

CLAYTON, Madge. Nurse at Whittlesea; fails to notify police that she has child Violet BRADY, daughter of Mrs. Annie. 2 pages, List 4.

CLIFFORD, Agnes. Carlton, registered as a nurse, but has no child at present. May 1900 Monthly Report

CLIFFORD, Sylvia, mother Alice. With a nurse in Melbourne; May 1899 Monthly Report

COATES, Mrs. S. Burnley, registered as a nurse, 1893; has child Alice BULLOCK and James Freman BIRD, son of Emily of North Melbourne.

COLE, Mrs. W.C., of Fitzroy, adopts Dorothy, daughter of Mabel MANZIES of Richmond, in 1905. 6 pages, List 7.

COLEMAN, Edward. See LANGLEY, John.

COLEMAN, Ethel Louisa, daughter of Isabella of Tallarook. With a nurse. May 1900 Monthly Report. See also COLMAN.

COLES, Mrs. Harriet. Ararat, registered as a nurse, 1893, has child of Annie LEIGHTMAN .  

COLLINGWOOD. 1894 correspondence re the objections of Lady Visitors to the work involved in inspecting nurses’ homes and children. Names mentioned: C. RUMSLEY, Mrs. MEADOWCROFT, Congregational Parsonage, Abbotsford, Mrs. DAVIES, 24 Cambridge St. 16 pages, List 3.

COLLINS, Ellen. Rosslyn St., West Melbourne. Nurse, has no child at present. . April 1899 Monthly Report

COLLINS, Emily. Correspondence over whether her aunt Mrs. E. MORLEY of Sth Melbourne, has to register to take care of her child William Collins, in 1897. 15 pages, List 6.

COLMAN, Ethel L. Daughter of Isabella of Tallarook. With a nurse. June 1899 Monthly Report. See also COLEMAN.

CONDON, Catherine and Mary. WILLIAMS, Eva

CONLON, Mrs. B. Fitzroy, registered as a nurse, 1893; has an unnamed female child.

CONNELLY, Ilene. Daughter of Catherine. With a nurse in Melbourne. May 1899 Monthly Report

CONNINGTON, Elizabeth. See BLAKE, Mary

CONNORS, Agnes. Daughter of Winifred of Carlton. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Report..

CONWAY, Herbert. See SULLY, Emma

CONYBERE, Mrs. A. Northcote, registered as a nurse, 1893. Had no child on when inspected.

COOK, Mrs. F.M. Ascot Vale, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child Harold McINTYRE.

COOPER, Kate. Wrote from Brunswick in 1897; married, four children, applies to be registered, wants to take her sister’s illegitimate child Francis J. DILLON. 5 pages, List 5.

COOPER, Mary Jane. Nurse, Carlton, has three children, March 1901 Monthly Report, List 8.

COPELAND, Eleanor. Madeline St. Carlton. Nurse. April 1899 Monthly Report. Has two children. June 1899 and May 1900 Monthly Reports.

COPPIN, Mrs. Fanny. North Fitzroy, registered as a nurse, 1893; has Francis James ATKINSON, illegitimate child of Lilian.

CORRIGAN, Alfred. Son of Mary of Fitzroy. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Report..

COTTER, Patrick. With a nurse in March 1901 Monthly Report, List 8.

COTTLE, Mrs. See BURGE, Sarah.

COUGHLIN, Martha. Daughter of Martha. With a nurse. February 1900 Monthly Report. List 3.

COUSINS, Mrs. Mary of Kensington, applies in 1907 to adopt her daughter Ruby’s illegitimate child Leonard; she has since married R. BUX. Father of child named. 4 pages, List 3.

COVERDALE, Helen, Richmond, applied for registration in 1904. 3 pages, List 6.

COX, Ivy. See TYRER, Mrs. Janet.

CRAMPION, Mary D. See WESTON, Irene.

CRAVINS, Emma. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had an unnamed male child. Note: Surname unclear.

CRINIGAN, Mary. With a nurse, March 1901; mother Rose. Monthly Report. List 8.

CROFT, Edward. Wrote from Elmhurst in 1906. His daughter had had an illegitimate child, and needs to go to hospital as she is ill. His nephew’s wife Mrs. Thomas HOMFRAY is willing to care for the child temporarily, and he asks police permission for this to occur, which is granted. 4 pages, List 4

CROSS, Rosy May and mother Mary. See TAYLOR, Mrs. Lily

CROYSDALE, Emma and son William James Weaver. See WEAVER, Henry.

CROZIER, Linda. Daughter of Ethel. With a nurse. June 1899 Monthly Report.

CUFFE, Mrs Frances Irene, of Carlton, seeks to adopt Muriel LANGTON, born 1905, mother Charlotte, in 1906. She has previously adopted Norman MILLER, son of Agnes. 5 pages, List 4.

CUNNINGHAM, Joseph. Charged with failure to register birth of illegitimate child of Edith BISHOP at Brunswick in 1899 within required time. 9 pages, List 3.

CUTLER, James H. See GURR, Eliza.

CUTTS, Linda May. See SHEPPARD, H.

CUZENS, Ralph and Maud. See HURRELL, Hannah Jane.

DALTON, Louisa Maud. See MOORE, Mrs. Jane.

DALTON, Norman. Son of Annie of Abbotsford Convent. With a nurse. February 1900 Monthly Report. List 3.

DALY, Ellen and Kenneth P. See NAIRN, T.

DALZIEL, Mary Ann. Writes in 1906 that she has taken back her child Gladys from Nurse WIDDOWSON. 2 pages, List 3.

DARBY, Harry. Son of Mabel. With a nurse in Melbourne; May 1899 Monthly Report

D'ARC, Emily. See SNUDDEN, Jessie

DARVELL, Minnie, of Malvern, applies for registration as a nurse in 1905. 8 pages, List 6.

DAVEY, Eliza Catherine. Father William Morton DAVEY. With a nurse. June 1899 Monthly Report.

DAVIDSON, Janet Grace. Daughter of Jean of Carlton. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899, June 1899 and May 1900 Monthly Reports. CONNECTION FOUND

DAVIES, Mrs. See COLLINGWOOD.

DAVIS, Alfred and Minnie. Apply to adopt Jessie Marion KORNMAN, her niece, whose mother has died and whose father is George. 6 pages, List 4.

DAVIS, Mrs. M. Fitzroy, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed, which was removed by mother.

DAVIS, Mrs. M.A. of Wallington. Adopted Isabel, child of Maggie HOSE in 1903; in 1904 her son George has married Maggie, and she wants to return their child to them. 3 pages, List 6.

DAVIS, Violet. See HILL, Mrs. F.E

DAWBORN, Mrs. See STEWART, Nellie and GLOVER, Cyril.

DAWKINS, Francis. With a nurse in Footscray. Monthly report January 1904.

DAWKINS, Mary, had illegitimate child Francis at Mrs. PEDDLE’s home, told her she was a married woman; no prosecution. List 5.

DAWSON, Sarah. Footscray; registered nurse; has a child. January 1904 Monthly Report.

DAY, Margaret. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; has one female child, unnamed.

DAY, Thomas, of Hawthorn. Asks in 1906 if an old friend, Mrs. GALE, needs to register, as she is minding his twins; their mother died giving birth. 3 pages, List 3.

DEACON, Cornelius and Rose Mary. See LANYON, John.

DEAN, May, Carlton, nurse. Has a child. May 1900 Monthly Report

DELOTS, Mrs. Fitzroy, wrote in 1902 re adoption of Daisy FERGUSON. List 5.

DEMPSEY, Robert. Son of Robert, hawker, South Melbourne. With a nurse. February 1900 Monthly Report. List 3.

DENNIS, Mrs. G.T. South Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed.

DENSEM, Ada. North Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893. Had one male child, unnamed, who died in April.

DEVLIN, Mary. See BROWN, Thomas.

DEWART, James. See DIXON, E.

DIBBS, John. See SELLE, John W.

DICKENSON, Clarence and Alice T. See ISAACS, Mrs. Rebecca.

DICKSON, Alice M. See BALLAN, Rachel.

DICKSON, Mrs. Annie. To adopt illegitimate daughter of Lucy ROWAN, 1902. List 5.

DILLON, Francis J. See COOPER, Kate.

DINES, Bertha May. Daugher of Pheolr (?) Edith Dines. With a nurse. June 1899 Monthly Report.

DINGEY, Peter, Footscray; applied to adopt a male child found in Richmond in 1904, 6 pages, , List 6.

DITCHFIELD, Margaret. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed, which was removed by mother.

DIXON, E. Williamstown, registered as a nurse, 1893; had child James DEWART, who died in May.

DOBINSON, Elsie and Margaret Nancy. See TREACY, T.P.

DOBLE, Royston Walter. See BAXTER, D.

DOHELAS, Robert. Son of Kate of West Melbourne. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 and May 1900 Monthly Reports. Name given as DOHLS. With a nurse, June 1899 Monthly Report.

DOLLOFFSKY, Mary May. Daughter of Kate Agnes. With a nurse in Melbourne. May 1899 Monthly Report

DONALD, William Patrick. With nurse Mary STEVENS at Footscray, mother Caroline at Bairnsdale. March 1898 Monthly Report. CONNECTION FOUND

DONNELLY, Harriet. Gave birth to child Ethel in home of James DUNSTAN of Balaclava in 1906. She was a married woman, living apart from her husband for 16 yrs, and formerly of Kilmore. Dunstan prosecuted for not registering birth within required time period. 6 pages, List 4.

DONNELLY, Harriet. Child Ethel died while under care of nurse TREBY; no blame attached to nurse. 5 pages, List 4.

DONNELLY, M. See PULLEN, Alice.

DONOHUE, Mary. With a nurse, although over 2 yrs old. January 1904 Monthly Report.

DORAN, James. See TIERNAN, Mary.

DORIAN, Christine. Adopted grand-daughter Veronica Irene MAY, 1901. List 2.

DOWDELL, Harriet. Balwyn; prosecuted for failure to register as a nurse in 1899. Took Roy HUBBARD from his mother Alecia Hubbard, but the child died. Brief of evidence shows mother wet nursing child of Mrs. John MOFFITT of Chatworth near Whittlesea. Women's Hospital nurse Agnes ROBERTSON gives evidence as does Harriet's sister Mrs. BROWN of Richmond. 6 pages, List 2.

DOWLING, Annie and Elsie. See BURNS, Mary.

DOWLMAN, George. Charged with failure to register birth of illegitimate child Elsie, his daughter's child, within required time. 6 pages, List 2.

DOYLE, Mary Ann. Warragul, unregistered nurse, adopts unnamed male child in 1899. Her husband's name is James and they have had eleven children, all of whom have died. 11 pages.

DRAKE, Jean has nursed Clifford SALMON for 6mths, mother taken him away, saying she's going to South Africa with her brother. Father of the child is not living with her. 1898

DRAKE, Mrs. Robert, of Richmond, adopted Ann Jane Drake FOWLER c1896, got from Mrs. SMITH, mother Maggie Fowler. Drake had child for 18mths, now wants to register as nurse, fined 2/6.

DREYER, Miss M. See MURRAY, Alice M.

DRIES, Gertrude. See MALONE, Mary P.

DRUMMOND, Mrs. M. Coburg, 1893; had a child, not named, and refused to be registered as nurse.

DUCKER, Miss A.N. See WEEDON, J., WESTON, I., GRAHAM, W., LOWE, G.

DUKE, Annie. Pitt Street Carlton. Nurse. Has no child at present. April 1899 Monthly Report

DUKE, Annie. See THORNTON, M.T.

DUKE, Joseph R. See MOORE, Kate

DUNCAN, Emily. See WEEDON, J.C.

DUNN, Mrs. See UPHILL, V.

DUNN, Julia E., of West Brunswick, reported for failing to enter a child (Margaret Jean ALLIN, mother Mary L.) removed from her care, properly in her book. 9 pages, List 4.

DUNSTAN, James. See DONNELLY, Harriet.

DYSON, Mrs. See STEWART, Eric and MILLER, Evelyn.

EARL, Dulcy Irene. See SMITH, S.

EDGAR, John Kenneth. Child of May, with a nurse in Footscray in January 1904. Monthly Return.

EDMONDS, Ivy Perl. See GILBERT, Caroline

EDWARDS, Mrs. See ARDLEY, Joseph

EDWARDS, Annie E. North Carlton, registered as a nurse, 1893; had a male child, unnamed. Had one child in June 1899.

EDWARDS, Edward Poole, died at home of nurse M. SAMPSON, Moreland, child of Margaret Jane EDWARDS, 6mths old, no blame for nurse. 1900

EDWARDS, Reta. See WALLACE, Mrs. Elizabeth.

EGGLESTON, Mrs. W.D. of Port Melbourne, adopted Alice O’GORMAN in 1904. 7 pages, List 6.

ELLEN, Gilbert, child of Clara Maud of Beechworth. With a nurse in Footscray. January 1904 Monthly Report.

ELLESLEY, Caroline, nurse, writes she has given child Evelyn BROWN, to Mrs. E. HOWARD of South Yarra. 1900. List 1. Notifies police department she has moved house; premises inspected. 1900. 6 pages, List 3.

ELLIOTT, Constance F. See PADGETT, Martha

ELLIS, Annie E. and James. See KNOWLES, Jane.

ENNOR, Thomas E. See HUISH, Maud V.

EVANS, E. South Melbourne, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed.

FAGAN, Anne. North Carlton, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed.

FAGAN, Ann. Birdstall Place Carlton. Nurse, has child. April 1899 and May 1900 Monthly Reports

FAIRBRASS, Mabel. Adopted by Rebecca VENNING, Prahran in 1896. Query from Vic. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children in 1897. Supposed father named. 6 pages, List 6.

FARNHAM, Agnes Adelaide. See SPARGO, Mary J.,

FAULKNER, Martha May. See BAGLEY, Nelly.

FAUIRER?? Elizabeth. South Melbourne. Registered nurse, has child. Feb 1900 Monthly Report. List 3.

FAWCETT, Robert, with a nurse, March 1901 Monthly Report; mother Millie. List 8.

FENN, M.P. East Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed.

FERGUSON, Daisy. See DELOTS, Mrs.

FISH, Mrs. Applies to adopt Annie JOHNSON’s child, 1901. List 2.

FISHER, Emily. Nurse, Carlton. Had child. May 1900 Monthly Report

FITZGERALD, Maud. See BISH, A.

FLANAGAN, Margaret. North Melbourne, 1898. Anonymous letter warns police department that the child she has, Annie Ellen KELLY, is being 'half starved'. Police find it is the child of her brother Thomas KELLY, whose wife has died of consumption. 5 pages, List 2.

FLANNERY , Anne. Carlton, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one male child, unnamed.

FLEET, Mrs. F.L. Mitcham, registered as a nurse, 1893; had one female child, unnamed.

FLOATES, Eliza. Applies for registration as a nurse, 1905. List 2.

FLYNN, Pauline Harris. Adopted by J. WOODHEAD of Clifton Hill in 1904. 5 pages, List 6.

FOGARTY, Ellen. Her illegitimate child Mary is in the care of Mrs. Harriet QUINTON; complaint by Vic. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1897. 6 pages, List 6.

FOOT, Janet. See GAVIN, Carol.

FORD, Elizabeth. See GORING, Ellen; STEPHENS, Beatrice.

FORD, Nurse of Ballaat. Reports she has handed child Jessie B. STEPHENS back to her mother Ada at Jerusalem, but police find Ada had handed over to Mrs. David BLOODWORTH of Talbot, whose husband was the alleged father. 5 pages, List 4.

FORGON. See AGAR, Mrs. E.

FORSYTH, Mrs. See HUSSEY, E.

FOTHERGILL, Frederick H. Writes from Carlton in 1899; he plans to adopt Violet MERRINGTON. 7 pages, List 3.

FOUNTAIN, Elizabeth. Brunswick, registered as a nurse, 1893, had one male child, unnamed.

FOWLER, Ann Jane Drake & Maggie. See DRAKE, Mrs. Robert.

FRANCOMBE, A. Williamstown, registered as a nurse, 1893; had a child, not named.

FRANKLIN, Edward James. Son of Margaret of Carlton. With a nurse in Melbourne; April 1899 Monthly Report. With a nurse in Melbourne in June 1899 Monthly Report, mother now in South Yarra.

FRASER, Annie. See SIMPSON, Mary A.

FRASER, Margaret. Fenwick Street Carlton. Nurse. April 1899 Monthly Report. See also FRAZER.

FRAZER, Eliza. See McPHERSON, Mary.

FRAZER, Margaret. Fenwick St. Carlton. Had a child, June 1899 Monthly Report. See also FRASER.

FREEMAN, Emily. See HOWLETT, Lydia.

FREESTONE, Edna, child of Lucy, adopted by Mrs. Mary MAGUIRE of Ballarat in 1905. 3 pages, List 7.

FULLARTON, Peter.