Orphanages, children's homes and other residences open in the 1950s
- 1810s
- 1820s
- 1830s
- 1840s
- 1850s
- 1860s
- 1870s
- 1880s
- 1890s
- 1900s
- 1910s
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
1950s
- Presbyterian Church of Australia (1803 - )
- Benevolent Society of New South Wales (1813 - )
- Sisters of Charity of Australia (1815 - )
- Brush Farm House (1820 - )
- Liverpool Asylum (1851 - 1961)
- 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)
- Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (1872 - )
- Marist Brothers (1872 - )
- The Infants' Home, Ashfield (1874 - )
- St Vincent de Paul Society, New South Wales (1881 - )
- The Salvation Army (1882 - )
- St John's Orphanage Thurgoona (1882 - 1978)
- Blue Ribbon Gospel Army (c. 1882 - ?)
- Dr Barnardo's Homes (Australia Branch) (1883 - 1966)
- Sisters of Mercy, Grafton Congregation (1884 - 2011)
- Church of England Homes (c. 1884 - 1984)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (1885 - )
- Mittagong Cottage Homes (1885 - 1976)
- Central Methodist Mission, Sydney (1885 - 1977)
- Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children (1887 - )
- Jubilee Home (1887 - 1960?)
- St Joseph's Orphanage, Kincumber (1887 - 1979)
- Sisters of Mercy, Gunnedah Congregation (1887 - 2011)
- Parramatta Girls Industrial School (1887 - 1975)
- Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta Congregation (1888 - )
- Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name (1888 - )
- St Anne's Orphanage (1888 - 1977)
- St Martha's Industrial Home (1888 - 1969)
- South Sydney Women's Hospital (1890 - 1976)
- Sydney Rescue Work Society (1890 - c. 2000)
- Bailey, L.O. (Leslie Owen) (1891 - 1964)
- St Vincent's Boys Home (1891 - 1985)
- Anglican Deaconess Ministries Ltd (1891 - )
- Crown Street Women's Hospital (1893 - 1983)
- Rockdale Babies Home (1894 - 1976)
- St Margaret's Hospital (1894 - 1998)
- St Margaret's Home for Unwed Mothers (1894 - 1982?)
- United Aborigines Mission (1894 - )
- Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies (1895 - 1978)
- Stanmore Rescue Home (1896 - ?)
- Burwood Maternity Home (1898 - )
- St Brigid's Girls' Home (1898 - 1978)
- St Joseph's Girls' Home (1900 - 1979)
- Dalmar, Wesley Mission (c. 1900 - )
- Royal Hospital for Women (1901 - )
- St Michael's Orphanage (1902 - c. 1960)
- St Michael's Boys' Home (1902 - 1960s)
- Manly Boys' Probationary Home (1903 - ?)
- Bethesda Home for Waiting Mothers (c. 1904 - c. 1976)
- Peat Island (c. 1904 - 2010)
- St John's Home, Goulburn (1905 - 1978)
- Broken Hill Shelter (c. 1905 - )
- Mater Misericordiae Hospital (1906 - 1982)
- Bomaderry Aboriginal Children's Home (1908 - ?)
- Cottage Home for Feeble-Minded Children, Parramatta (1908 - ?)
- Mater Dei Orphanage (1910 - 1957)
- Bishop Murray Memorial Home (1910 - 1960)
- Hopeleigh Maternity Home (c. 1910 - 1956)
- Commonwealth Street Mission (1910s - 1970s)
- Metropolitan Boys' Shelter (1911 - 1983)
- Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes (1911 - 1955)
- Roslyn Hall Babies Home (1911 - 1973)
- Training School for Midwifery Nurses (c. 1911 - 1976)
- Cootamundra Training Home (1911 - 1969)
- Blairgowrie (1911 - 1952)
- Dr Dill Macky Memorial Home for Children, Auburn (1911 - 1982)
- Wesleyan Methodist Church of New South Wales (1912 - )
- Cumbrae (1912 - 1987)
- Home of the Good Shepherd (1913 - 1969)
- Church of England Girls' Home (1913 - 1970s)
- Dunkeld (1913 - )
- Australian Red Cross (1914 - )
- St Joseph's Orphanage, Cowper (1914 - 1972)
- Bexley Boys' Home (1915 - 1982)
- Eskdale (1915 - 1980)
- Australian Protestant Orphans' Society (1916? - 1961?)
- Church Missionary Society of Australia (1916 - )
- Novar (1916 - 1952)
- Yarra Bay House (c. 1917 - 1985)
- Church of England Boys' Home, Carlingford (1917 - 1970s)
- Anglican Homes for Children Association (1918? - )
- Tresillian Mothercraft Homes, Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies (1918 - )
- Our Children's Home, Ardill House (1918 - 1982)
- Havilah Little Children's Home (1918 - 1970s)
- May Villa (1919 - 1960?)
- Bush Church Aid Society (1919 - )
- Corelli (1919 - ?)
- Milleewa Home for Boys (1919 - 1966)
- St Patrick's Orphanage (1919 - 1976)
- Ivanhoe (1919 - 1984)
- Robertson (1919 - 1976)
- Santa Marina (1919 - ?)
- Scarba Welfare House for Children (1920 - 1965)
- Renwick Hospital for Infants, Summer Hill (1920 - 1965)
- Morpeth Home for Children (1920 - 1964)
- Hillside Training Home for Girls (1920 - ?)
- Montrose (1920s - 2000s)
- St Heliers (c. 1920 - 1975?)
- Bidura (1920 - 1977)
- Son of the Rock (1920 - 1979)
- New South Wales Protestant Federation Children's Home (1921 - 1980)
- Ashfield Home (c. 1921 - 1980s)
- Blackwood (1921 - 1984)
- St Gabriel's (1922 - 1980)
- Salesians of Don Bosco (1922 - )
- Royleston (1922 - 1983)
- Dr Dill Macky Memorial Home, Strathfield (1922 - 1983)
- Brush Farm Home (1922 - 1988)
- War Memorial Home (1922 - 1982)
- Reid Home (1922 - 1977)
- Child Welfare Department (1923 - 1970)
- Grafton Shelter (1923? - 1990s)
- Kinchela Training Home for Aboriginal Boys (1923 - 1970)
- Dalwood Children's Home (1924 - 1989)
- Royal Far West (1924 - )
- Salvation Army Girls' Hostel (1924 - ?)
- William Thompson Masonic School (c. 1924 - 1972)
- Milson Island (1924 - 1973)
- St Anthony's Home Croydon (1925 - )
- Big Brother Movement, Big Brother Movement Youth Support Ltd (1925 - )
- Legacy (1925 - )
- St Joseph's Home for Children, Croydon (1926 - 1979)
- St Elizabeth's Girls Home (1926 - 1977)
- Myee (1926 - 1970s)
- Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul (1926 - )
- Church of England Children's Homes, Burwood (1927 - 1993)
- Church of England Children's Homes, Burwood (1927 - 1993)
- Tresillian North Home (1927 - )
- Stanmore Children's Home (1927 - 1987)
- Our Lady of Mercy Home, Waitara (c. 1928 - 1977)
- Croagh Patrick Home (1928 - 1969)
- St Christopher's Home for Little Children (1928 - 1978)
- Mowbray Park (1929 - 1959)
- Stonehaven (1929 - 1951)
- St Saviour's Children's Home (1929 - 1982)
- King Edward Home (c. 1930 - 1970?)
- Mt Gibraltar (1930 - 1974)
- Lutanda Children's Home (1930 - )
- Churches of Christ NSW (1930? - )
- St Catherine's Orphanage (1931 - 1990)
- Lincluden (1931 - 1988)
- Church Army (1932 - )
- Murray Dwyer Boys' Home (1933 - 1969)
- Hillcrest Mothers' Hospital (1933 - 1977)
- Coventry Home (1933 - 1985?)
- Troup (1933 - 1977)
- Berry Training Farm (1934 - 1977)
- Tresillian Vaucluse (c. 1935 - 1968)
- North Coast Children's Home (c. 1935 - )
- Ross (1935 - 1985)
- Gill Memorial Boys' Home (1936 - 1980)
- Dunmore House (1936 - ?)
- Cooinoo Home for Destitute Children, Enfield (1938 - 1970?)
- United Protestant Association of New South Wales Ltd. (1938 - )
- Fairbridge Farm School (1938 - 1973)
- Lynwood Hall (1939 - 1993)
- Boys' Town Engadine (1939 - 2010)
- Isabella Lazarus Home for Jewish Children (1939 - 1967)
- Aborigines Welfare Board (1940 - 1969)
- Kippilaw (1940? - 1960?)
- Tresillian Wollstonecraft (1940 - )
- Glen Mervyn Junior Red Cross Home (1940? - 1980?)
- Women's Australian National Service (1940 - ?)
- Tahmoor Children's Home (1941 - 1979)
- Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (1941 - )
- 'The Nest' Girls' Home (1941 - 1969)
- Rathgar (1941 - 1983)
- St Anne's Home of Compassion (1941 - 1984)
- Arncliffe Girls' Home (1941 - 1969)
- Christina Campbell Farm Home (1941 - 1952)
- Charlton Boys' Home, Glebe (1942 - 1966)
- Canowindra Girls' Home (1942 - 1977)
- Youth Welfare Association of Australia, YWAA (1942 - 1985)
- Anglewood (1943 - 1994)
- Castle Hill House (1943 - 1982)
- Brougham (1943 - 1993)
- New South Wales Baptist Homes Trust (1944 - 1986)
- Hopewood (1944 - 1970)
- Woodlands (1944 - 1981)
- Ellimatta (1945 - c. 1990)
- Wanslea (1945 - ?)
- Eleanor MacKinnon Junior Red Cross Home (1945? - 1980?)
- Thornleigh Training School for Girls (1946 - 1962)
- Cowley House (1946? - 1976)
- Mount Penang Training School for Boys (1946 - 1987)
- Yasmar Shelter (1946 - 1994)
- Ormond, Thornleigh (1946 - 1998)
- Karmsley Hills (1947 - 1971)
- Kyle Williams Home (1947 - 2003)
- Glen Eden (1947 - 1961)
- The Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God, New South Wales (1947 - )
- Mittagong Training School For Boys (1947 - 1976)
- Lillimur (1947 - 1978)
- Kendall Grange (1948 - )
- Good Samaritan Training Centre (1948 - 1982)
- Institution for Boys, Tamworth (1948 - 1976)
- Toongabbie (1948 - 1961)
- Carramar Homes (c. 1950 - 1980s)
- Charlton Youth Services (1950s - )
- Trigg Home (1950s - c. 1998)
- Hostel for Business Girls (1950s - 1970s)
- The Laurels (1950 - 1978)
- Buena Vista (1950 - 1982)
- Camp Toukley (1950? - )
- Ohio Boys Home (c. 1950 - c. 1965)
- Thornbury Lodge (1950? - 1990?)
- Haddon Hall (1950 - 1967)
- St Edmund's School (1951 - )
- Greenwood (1951 - 1968)
- Gunning House (1951 - c. 1982)
- Melrose (1952 - 1980)
- Adelaide Walker Home (c. 1953 - c. 1990)
- St Michael's Church of England War Memorial Children's Homes (c. 1954 - 1970?)
- Winbin (1954 - 1990s)
- Werrington Park (1954 - ?)
- Lisgar Hostel (1955 - 1986)
- Sunnylands (1955 - 1997)
- Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children (1955 - 1978)
- Karingal Children's Home (1956 - 1986)
- Gumleigh (1956 - c. 1990)
- Bethesda Maternity Hospital (1956 - 1973)
- Iandra Methodist Rural Centre (1956 - 1974)
- Holy Family Children's Home (1956 - 1985)
- Bungarimbil Boys' Home (1957 - 1983)
- Mater Dei School (1957 - )
- Murray Vale (1958 - 1983)
- Inasmuch Children's Home (1958 - 1986)
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