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Care Provider
Care provider is an umbrella term that refers to the group or organisation responsible for providing and administering out-of-home ‘care’ for children. Although this term was not in common usage before the late twentieth century, this website applies it to describe all organisations which operated ‘care’ services, no matter when they were active.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Kinship and Foster Care Service
Anglewood Special School for Truants (1943 - ), New South Wales
Anglicare, Canberra and Goulburn (2006 - )
Barnardos Australia (c. 1995 - )
Barnardos Children's Family Centre (c. 1978 - )
Barnardos House (1964 - 1978?)
Berwick House (1968 - 1978?)
Birralee (1957? - 1968)
Boys' Town Engadine (1939 - 1989), New South Wales
Bungarimbil Boys' Home (1957 - 1983?), New South Wales
Canberra Mothercraft Society (1926 - )
"Daruk" Training School, Windsor (1940s - 1981?), New South Wales
Dr Barnardos Homes (Australia Branch) (1883 - 1966)
Dr Barnardos in Australia (1966 - 1995?)
FAF Canberra (1993 - ), Find-a-Family ACT, Barnardos Australia
Galilee inc. (1990 - )
Life Without Barriers (1995 - )
Lowana Youth Services (1989 - )
Marlow Cottage (1976 - ), The Richmond Fellowship of the ACT Inc.
Marymead Child and Family Centre (1967 - )
Mittagong Training School For Boys (1946 - 1976), New South Wales
Mt Penang Training School for Boys (1946 - 1987), New South Wales
Narrabundah House Indigenous Supported Accommodation
Oasis Youth Residential Service (1978 - )
Ormond House, Thornleigh (1962 - 1984), New South Wales
Outreach House (1976 - )
Outreach Incorporated (1967 - 1975)
Parramatta Girls Industrial School (1887 - 1975), New South Wales
Quamby Youth Detention Centre (1962 - 2008)
Queen Elizabeth II Family Centre (1926 - )
Richmond Fellowship of the ACT Inc (1976 - )
St Heliers (c. 1920 - 1975?), New South Wales
Catholic
A person or institution affiliated with the Catholic Church.
Boys' Town Engadine (1939 - 1989), New South Wales
Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn (1948 - )
Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (1941 - )
Marymead Child and Family Centre (1967 - )
Children's Home
Children’s Home is a term used to describe institutions providing out-of-home ‘care’ for children. The term was commonly used during the period from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Barnardos Children's Family Centre (c. 1978 - )
Boys' Town Engadine (1939 - 1989), New South Wales
Marymead Child and Family Centre (1967 - )
St Heliers (c. 1920 - 1975?), New South Wales
Community Service Organisation
Community Service Organisations are privately run groups, often with a religious affiliation, which provide services to the community, including services to support families and out-of-home ‘care’ programmes. Although they are private organisations, they may receive some funding from government to provide particular services.
ACT Women and Prisons Group (2005 - )
Anglicare, Canberra and Goulburn (2006 - )
Barnardos Australia (c. 1995 - )
Dr Barnardos Homes (Australia Branch) (1883 - 1966)
Dr Barnardos in Australia (1966 - 1995?)
Inanna inc. Crisis Service (2009 - )
Relationships Australia, Canberra and Region (1964 - )
Richmond Fellowship of the ACT Inc (1976 - )
Womens Centre for Health Matters Inc. (1990 - )
Cottage Care
Cottage care was a model of institutional 'care' which began in the United Kingdom in the late nineteenth century. Along with 'boarding out', cottage home accommodation was seen as an alternative to large scale dormitory-style accommodation (although cottage homes could house up to 40 children).
Marymead Child and Family Centre (1967 - )