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Non-denominational
Non-denominational organisations were (and are) Protestant organisations without any specific denominational affiliation.
Aborigines Protection Association (1881 - c. 1897)
Atherstone House (1962 - 1977)
Australian Red Cross (1914 - )
Barnardos Australia (c. 1995 - )
Belhaven Home for Mothers and Babies (1942 - 1948)
Benevolent Asylum (1821 - 1901)
Benevolent Society of New South Wales (1813 - )
Bethesda Home for Waiting Mothers (c. 1904 - c. 1976)
Blue Ribbon Gospel Army (c. 1882 - ?)
Boronia (1976 - 1990s)
Child Migrants Trust (1987 - )
Clifton Lodge (1980s - )
Communicare Sydney (c. 2000 - 2011)
Coomballa Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation
Cowley House (1946? - 1976)
Cronulla Children's Home (1916 - 1946?)
Dalwood Children's Home (1924 - 1989)
Dareton Aboriginal Youth Development Association Inc (1987 - 1990)
Dareton Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation (1990 - ?)
Dr Barnardo's Homes (Australia Branch) (1883 - 1966)
Dr Barnardos in Australia (1966 - 1995)
Dr Dill Macky Memorial Home (1922 - 1983), Strathfield
Dr Dill Macky Memorial Home for Children (1911 - 1982), Auburn
Drummoyne Lodge (1980s - ?)
Eleanor MacKinnon Junior Red Cross Home (1945? - 1980?)
Fairbridge Farm School (1938 - 1973)
Fairbridge Foundation (c. 1973 - )
Fairfax House (1968 - 1976)
Female School of Industry (1827 - 1926)
Find-A-Family (1975 - )
Glen Mervyn Junior Red Cross Home (1940? - 1980?)
Greenwood (1951 - 1968)
Haddon Hall (1950 - 1967)
Harold Lodge (1980s - ?)
Hartwell House (1960 - 1970)
Hohnen House (1988 - )
Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women (1883 - 1904)
Hopewood (1944 - 1970)
Hostel for Business Girls (1950s - 1970s)
Hunter Mission (1992 - )
Illawong (1963 - 1974)
Inasmuch Children's Home (1958 - 1986)
The Infants' Home, Ashfield (1874 - )
Integricare (2011 - )
Jubilee Home (1887 - 1960?)
Kemblawarra Child and Family Centre Inc. (1980 - )
King Edward VII Home, Auburn (c. 1910 - c. 1920)
Kingston House (1987 - )
Ladd House (1968 - 1976)
Lawson Cottage (1927 - 1930)
Legacy (1925 - )
Lemon Grove Lodge (1980s - ?)
Liverpool Asylum (1851 - 1961)
Lutanda Children's Home (1930 - )
Male Orphan School (1819 - 1850)
Masonic Orphan Schools (1922 - c. 1924)
Millions Club (1912 - )
Mt Gibraltar (1930 - 1974)
Nunya Foster Care (1988 - )
Open All Night Refuge (c. 1882 - 1950s)
Orana (1978 - 1990s)
Our Babies Home (1894 - 1904)
Our Boy's Home (1890 - 1945)
Our Children's Home (1918 - 1982), Ardill House
Post Adoption Resource Centre (1991 - )
Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children (1858 - 1915)
Renwick Hospital for Infants, Summer Hill (1920 - 1965)
Renwick Hospital for Infants, Thomas Street (1911 - 1920)
Rickard House (1962 - 1978)
Roslyn Hall Babies Home (1911 - 1973)
Roslyn Hall Children's Home (? - 1976)
Royal Far West (1924 - )
Scarba House for Children (1965 - 1986)
Scarba Welfare House for Children (1920 - 1965)
Scarba Welfare House for Women and Children (1917 - 1920)
Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children (1887 - )
South Sydney Women's Hospital (1890 - 1976)
Stonehaven (1929 - 1951)
Stretch-A-Family Inc (1976 - )
Sydney City Mission (1862 - 1996)
Sydney Foundling Hospital (1875 - 1877)
Sydney Foundling Institution (1874 - 1875)
Sydney Home for Babies (1910 - 1911)
Sydney Rescue Work Society (1890 - c. 2000)
Sydney Rescue Work Society Adoption Agency (c. 1911 - ?)
Tarana (1960 - 1977)
Temporary Family Care (1978 - )
Thomas Street Asylum (1904 - 1911)
Training School for Midwifery Nurses (c. 1911 - 1976)
William Thompson Masonic School (c. 1924 - 1972)
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1882 - ), WCTU
Wybalena (1976 - 1990s)
Young People's Refuge (1976 - )
Youth Welfare Association of Australia (1942 - 1985), YWAA
Non-Government Organisation
Non-government organisations, or NGOs, are sometimes called community service organisations (CSO). An NGO is a broad term for charities, not-for-profit agencies and churches who provide services. Although separate from government, and independent, many of these organisations perform work for the government and some depend on government funding to survive.
Australian Red Cross (1914 - )
Barnardos Australia (c. 1995 - )
Dr Barnardo's Homes (Australia Branch) (1883 - 1966)
Dr Barnardos in Australia (1966 - 1995)
Eleanor MacKinnon Junior Red Cross Home (1945? - 1980?)
Glen Mervyn Junior Red Cross Home (1940? - 1980?)
Hall for Children (1970s - 1997)
Integricare (2011 - )
Legacy (1925 - )
Millions Club (1912 - )
Royal Far West (1924 - )
Tresillian Mothercraft Homes (1918 - ), Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies
Wanslea (1945 - ?)
Women's Australian National Service (1940 - ?)