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Organisation Marymead Child and Family Centre (1967 - )

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    Group of homes at the Marymead Childrens Centre, 1970s, courtesy of ACT Heritage Library.
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From
1967
Categories
Care Provider, Catholic, Children's Home, Cottage Care, Family Group Home and Home
Alternative Names
  • Marymead (also known as)
  • Marymead Children's Centre (previously known as)
Website
http://www.marymead.org.au/

Summary

Marymead Child and Family Centre was established in 1967 in Narrabundah, ACT. Initially run by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, in 1986 responsibility for Marymead was passed to the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. The Centre provided temporary residential care for children - placed by parents or by welfare officials. When it opened it could accommodate 60 children, 10 in each cottage home. It is estimated that 4,000 - 5,000 children have stayed at the home since it opened.

Marymead continues to provide residential care for girls and boys aged 5 to 17 as well as family support programs, foster care, disability support, literacy and language support, research into issues impacting children and counselling services.

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Location

1967 - 2012
Marymead situated in Narrabundah.. Location: Narrabundah

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Related Organisations

  • Birralee (1957? - 1968)

    The Birralee shelter does not appear in annual reports after 1967. The decision to close the shelter may have been related to the opening of Marymead in February 1967 and the establishment of the the Welfare Section of the Department of Interior after which there were no government-run shelters or homes, apart from the Quamby Youth Detention Centre operating in the ACT.

Publications

Reports

  • Department of the Interior, Welfare Section, Annual Report 1966-1967, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1968. Details

Online Resources

Gallery

Title
Group of homes at the Marymead Childrens Centre
Type
Image
Date
1970s
Place
Narrabundah, ACT
Control
Image number: 006621
Source
ACT Heritage Library

Details

Title
Children playing inside Marymead Childrens Centre, Canberra
Type
Image
Date
1976
Place
Narrabundah, ACT
Control
Reference Number: 06617
Source
ACT Heritage Library

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Department of the Interior, Welfare Section, Annual Report 1966-1967, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1968; 'A Piece of the Story': National Directory of Records of Catholic Organisations Caring for Children Separated from Families, Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission & the Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes, 1999, http://catholicsocialservices.org.au/system/files/Directory+-+edited+10+Dec+2001.pdf; Marymead - Children, Family, Community, Marymead, 2011, http://www.marymead.org.au/home.

Prepared by: Lydia Connell

Created: 31 August 2011, Last modified: 7 May 2013