Browse Categories - P

List of Categories

Peak Body
Peak Bodies are organisations, often formed out of grass roots activism or interest in a particular issue, which act as a representative voice for the people and or groups who are their members.
Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care State Secretariat (NSW) Inc
Alliance for Forgotten Australians (2006 - )
Sydney Rescue Work Society (1890 - c. 2000)
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is a person who engages in philanthropic (charitable) activities through the contribution of their time, money, or other resources.
Ardill, George Edward (1857 - 1945), Baptist, Philanthropist, Reformer and Writer
Bailey, L.O. (Leslie Owen) (1891 - 1964), Care Provider and Philanthropist
Clift, Ernest, Philanthropist
Green, AW (1858 - 1935), Philanthropist, Protestant and Public Servant
McLeod, Jean, Philanthropist
Woodhouse, Ruby, Philanthropist
Presbyterian
A person or organisation affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
Australian Protestant Orphans' Society (1916? - 1961?)
Burnside (1986 - 2000)
Burnside Homes for Children (1978 - 1986)
Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children (1955 - 1978)
Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes (1911 - 1955)
'Cornerstone' home (1990s - )
Dr Dill Macky Memorial Home (1922 - 1983), Strathfield
Dr Dill Macky Memorial Home for Children (1911 - 1982), Auburn
Kyle Williams Home (1947 - 2003)
'New Anchor' home (1990s)
Presbyterian Church of Australia (1803 - )
Presbyterian Metropolitan Mission (1900 - 1973?)
Presbyterian Social Services Child and Family Program (1988 - )
Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies (1895 - 1978)
Protestant
A person or organisation affiliated with any one of the Protestant Churches. With child welfare, services were often clustered under the umbrella terms of Protestant and Catholic.
Adelaide Walker Home (c. 1953 - c. 1990)
Bailey Cottage (1969 - 1980?)
Blackwood (1921 - 1984)
Buena Vista (1950 - 1982)
Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children (1955 - 1978)
Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes (1911 - 1955)
Bush Church Aid Society (1919 - )
Church of England Homes (c. 1884 - 1984)
Churches of Christ NSW (1930? - )
'Cornerstone' home (1990s - )
Cumbrae (1912 - 1987)
Dr Dill Macky Memorial Home (1922 - 1983), Strathfield
Dr Dill Macky Memorial Home for Children (1911 - 1982), Auburn
Dunkeld (1913 - )
Dunmore House (1936 - ?)
Ellimatta (1945 - c. 1990)
Elsie Cook Cottage (c. 1969 - 1977?)
Glen Eden (1947 - 1961)
Glencoe (1918 - 1949)
Green, AW (1858 - 1935), Philanthropist, Protestant and Public Servant
Gumleigh (1956 - c. 1990)
Heighway House Project (1960 - 1977?)
Hopeleigh Maternity Home (c. 1910 - 1956)
Inasmuch Children's Home (1958 - 1986)
Ivanhoe (1919 - 1984)
Kyle Williams Home (1947 - 2003)
The Laurels (1950 - 1978)
Lillimur (1947 - 1978)
Melrose (1952 - 1980)
Murray Vale (1958 - 1983)
'New Anchor' home (1990s)
Presbyterian Church of Australia (1803 - )
Presbyterian Social Services Child and Family Program (1988 - )
Protestant Orphan School (1850 - 1886)
Rathgar (1941 - 1983)
Rathmore (1943 - 1948)
Reid Home (1922 - 1977)
Ritchie Home (1928 - 1941)
Robertson (1919 - 1976)
Seventh Day Adventist Adoption Agency ( - 1993)
Son of the Rock (1920 - 1979)
St Andrew's Home (c. 1960 - 1986)
Sunnylands (1955 - 1997)
Tahmoor Children's Home (1941 - 1979)
United Aborigines Mission (1894 - )
United Protestant Association of New South Wales Ltd. (1938 - )
Uniting Church Board of Social Responsibility (1977 - )
Uniting Church in Australia (1977 - )
War Memorial Home (1922 - 1982)
Wesleyan Methodist Church of New South Wales (1912 - )
Westwood (1965 - 1979)
Woodlands (1944 - 1981)
Public Servant
A public servant is a person who works for the government, for example in a state, territory or federal department, but who is hired, rather than elected, to that position.
Green, AW (1858 - 1935), Philanthropist, Protestant and Public Servant