Unit TypeType 1 IdentifierUMA-UN-000079437Series[UMA-SR-000001749] Child Welfare HistoryAccession[2008.0060] PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS OF LEONARD J TIERNEYDate Rangec.1985-1990DescriptionPapers and reports St Augustine’s Study. Comprises:
1. ‘St Augustine’s Boys and their families: outcomes and states’ by Len Tierney, Melbourne University 1989.
2. Copies of case data and/or summaries.
3. Typed listing of boys and summary of their time spent at St Augustine’s, including a St Augustine ‘with compliments’ note.
4. Set of survey/interview papers.
5. Copy of cover letter for surveys (1987), and attached survey with original note from the Brothers to Tierney.
6. Handwritten notes relating to ‘Youth Welfare - “Here and Now”’.
7. Loose papers and handwritten notes relating to ‘Operating Procedures: Non-ward Admissions to St Augustine’s' (21 April, 1983), and notes on ‘The Problem of Behaviour Control’ (n.d.).
8. Copy of ‘Section 5: Conclusions’, relates to a study of children after they have been in residential care, and neglect of the family dimension.
9. Loose papers, handwritten information on St Augustine letterhead. 10. 1985 Information sheets. 11. Items relating to a DCWS Review of St Augustine’s Boys’ Home, October 1982. This includes copies of handwritten notes and documents relating to the home and its programme for boys. It does not contain the review, or a draft of the review. The DCWS was the Division of Child Welfare Services, and is now the Department of Human Services, Child Protection. 12. Other items include summaries or drafts of papers titled ‘Families Not Traced’ and ‘Behaviours and Interventions’. 13. Copy of ‘Section 4: Client Utilisation’. 14. Handwritten notes titled ‘Reflective Consideration’. 15. Manila folder titled, ‘Long stay cases’, comprises mostly handwritten notes. 16. Bound copy ‘Appendix 1: Thirteen interview summaries: (information sheets)’. 17. 1983, loose papers, some of which are on St Augustine letterheads and refer to ‘Reasons for placement’. 18. Correspondence between Tierney and St Augustine’s, includes case data. 19. Lists of boys and data such as date of birth, arrival and departure dates, referring agency, addresses, religion and discharge information. 20. Photocopies of notes titled ‘Educational problems at admission: boys at St Augustine’, November 1983. 21. Handwritten notes relating to studies of ‘models’ of practice and organisations. 22. Green/pink manila folder ‘1983 Interviews’. 23. Cream/mauve manila folder ‘Interview Schedule’. 24. Listings of boys with handwritten notations, and a note attached ‘For Len Tierney’. 25. Surveys (raw data) and accompanying letters and ‘current’ addresses of former St Augustine boys, possibly related to the 71st Reunion held in 1990. 26. Case summaries and information sheets, papers appear to have been removed from a work book or file. 27. Case data. 28. Copy of ‘Interview with St Augustine’s Old Boys’ Association’. 29. Copy of the 1985 ‘Statement of Agreement: St Augustine’s Boys’ Home Agreement between the Christian Brothers and Community Services Victoria'Access StatusAccess restrictions applyEMu IRN106621
2008.0060 Unit 0004, [UMA-UN-000079437]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 16/02/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/165103
