Orphanages, children's homes and other residences open in the 1880s
1880s
- 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 - )
- Nautical School Ship 'Vernon' (1867 - 1892)
- St Joseph's Orphanage, Bathurst (1867 - 1975)
- Biloela Industrial School, Cockatoo Island (1867 - 1887)
- Sisters of Mercy, Bathurst Congregation (1867 - 2011)
- Lisgar Training Home for Domestic Servants (1870 - 1909)
- Marist Brothers (1872 - )
- Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1872 - )
- Department of Justice and Public Instruction (1873 - 1881)
- The Infants' Home, Ashfield (1874 - )
- Shaftesbury Reformatory School (1880 - 1904)
- St Joseph's Providence (1880 - 1900)
- Sydney Female Refuge (1880s - 1926)
- State Children's Relief Department (1881 - 1923)
- Manly Industrial School and Orphanage (1881 - 1910)
- Aborigines Protection Association (1881 - c. 1897)
- State Children's Relief Board (1881 - 1923)
- St Vincent de Paul Society, New South Wales (1881 - )
- St John's Orphanage Thurgoona (1882 - 1978)
- The Salvation Army (1882 - )
- Open All Night Refuge (c. 1882 - 1950s)
- Blue Ribbon Gospel Army (c. 1882 - ?)
- Aborigines Protection Board (1883 - 1940)
- Dr Barnardo's Homes (Australia Branch) (1883 - 1966)
- Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women (1883 - 1904)
- Church of England Homes (c. 1884 - 1984)
- Ormond House (II), State Children's Relief Department (1884 - 1923)
- Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation (1884 - 2011)
- Mittagong Cottage Homes (1885 - 1976)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (1885 - )
- Central Methodist Mission, Sydney (1885 - 1977)
- Our Children's Home, Liverpool (1887 - 1936)
- Parramatta Girls Industrial School (1887 - 1975)
- Jubilee Home (1887 - 1960?)
- St Magdalen's Retreat (1887 - 1947)
- Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children (1887 - )
- St Joseph's Orphanage, Kincumber (1887 - 1979)
- Sisters of Mercy, Gunnedah Congregation (1887 - 2011)
- St Martha's Industrial Home (1888 - 1969)
- Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name (1888 - )
- Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta Congregation (1888 - )
- St Anne's Orphanage (1888 - 1977)