Orphanages, children's homes and other residences open in the 1870s
- 1810s
- 1820s
- 1830s
- 1840s
- 1850s
- 1860s
- 1870s
- 1880s
- 1890s
- 1900s
- 1910s
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- 1930s
- 1940s
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1870s
- Presbyterian Church of Australia (1803 - )
- Methodist Church (1812 - 1885)
- Benevolent Society of New South Wales (1813 - )
- Sisters of Charity of Australia (1815 - )
- Brush Farm House (1820 - )
- Benevolent Asylum (1821 - 1901)
- Female School of Industry (1827 - 1926)
- Roman Catholic Orphan School (1844 - 1886)
- Protestant Orphan School (1850 - 1886)
- Liverpool Asylum (1851 - 1961)
- Pitt Street House of the Good Shepherd (1857 - 1901)
- Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children (1858 - 1915)
- Sisters of Mercy, Goulburn Congregation (1859 - 2011)
- Sydney City Mission (1862 - 1996)
- Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn (1863 - )
- Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1863 - )
- St Joseph's Orphanage (1864 - 1975)
- Sisters of Mercy, North Sydney Congregation (1865 - )
- Sisters of the Good Samaritan (1866 - )
- St Joseph's Orphanage, Bathurst (1867 - 1975)
- Sisters of Mercy, Bathurst Congregation (1867 - 2011)
- Biloela Industrial School, Cockatoo Island (1867 - 1887)
- Newcastle Industrial School for Females (1867 - 1871)
- Nautical School Ship 'Vernon' (1867 - 1892)
- Lisgar Training Home for Domestic Servants (1870 - 1909)
- Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1872 - )
- Marist Brothers (1872 - )
- Department of Justice and Public Instruction (1873 - 1881)
- Sydney Foundling Institution (1874 - 1875)
- The Infants' Home, Ashfield (1874 - )
- Sydney Foundling Hospital (1875 - 1877)
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