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List of properties belonging to the Anglican Deaconess Institution, with information on current use, value, zoning and heritage status.

Includes photographs of deaconesses, parish work, ordinations, Deaconess House exterior and interior.

Proposal for a research project titled "Partners in Ministry: a way forward for the leadership of Christian women in Sydney and beyond" created by Capitol Research on behalf of the ADSIL Board. Includes project outline, report on the context of female leadership, and the context of ministry training.

Deaconess ordinations - 1952-1996
Deaconess parish institutions - 1957-1996
Deaconess lists
Documents on the history of Deaconesses
Sydney Deaconess/Diaconal Fellowship - 1957-1996
Australian Anglican Diaconal Association - 1958-1996
Australian Anglican Deaconess Conference - 1947-1985
Deaconess ordinations - other dioceses - 1962-1966
Deaconesses - Church of England - 1915-1995
South East Asia & Pacific Area Deaconesses - 1968-1977
International Deaconesses - 1972-1980
International Federation of Deaconess Associations - conference - 1975
Diakonia - 1959-1978
Diakonia News - 1967-1975
Diakonia - conferences - 1969-1987
Documents on lay ministry
Koinonia Fellowship - newsletter - 1989-1991
Order of Deaconesses in England - 1947-1975

The Church of England Migration Council brought out young women from the United Kingdom, and placed them under the care of Deaconess House. The young women were then placed in domestic service jobs in households. Deaconess Ruby Short took out a licence for the scheme under the Industrial Arbitration Act on 9th October 1939. Includes lists of 'girl domestics' with arrival dates, ship name and name of employer or caretaker. Also includes lists of Australians requesting domestics, and which type.

Correspondence and reports relating to the use and sale of Norbury House, Croydon, which was used as a hostel.

Correspondence and reports relating to the property and management of the Lisgar Children's Home at Arncliffe.

Copies of ordinances issued by Synod regarding Deaconesses and women deacons
Notes on women's ministry and the role of Deaconesses
Reports from General Synod on the role of Deaconesses
Correspondence between Mary Andrews and Marcus Loane on the role of Deaconesses
How could mission thinking affect the role, structure and function of women's ministry? (Narelle Jarrett, 2010)
A note on School Chaplaincy and the need for change (Narelle Jarrett, 2011)
Further notes on women's ministry (Narelle Jarrett, 2011)
Policy document: ordination in the Diocese of Sydney (2014)
The Order of Deaconesses: possible re-activation in the Sydney Diocese - position paper from Anglican Deaconess Ministries (2014)
The ministry of women in the Diocese of Sydney - Archbishop Glenn N. Davies, 2014.

Donation appeal brochure - undated (1950s?)
'Pallister - an era past' article from Dawson's Directory, 1981
History of Pallister Girls' Home - typescript summary - covers 1891-1986 - copy dated 3 Mar 2000.