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Care Provider
Care provider is an umbrella term that refers to the group or organisation responsible for providing and administering out-of-home ‘care’ for children. Although this term was not in common usage before the late 20th century, this website applies it to describe all organisations which operated ‘care’ services, no matter when they were active.
Aborigines Inland Mission (1905 - 1998)
Adolescent Receiving Home (1961 - 1963)
Anglicare NT, Northern Territory
Angurugu (1943 - 1975?)
Areyonga (1920s - )
Arltunga Mission (1942 - 1953)
Australian Baptist Home Mission (c. 1945 - 1978)
Australian Board of Missions (1850 - )
Australian Indigenous Ministries (1998 - )
Australian Inland Mission (1912 - 1977)
Australian Inland Mission Hostel (1926 - 1961)
Bathurst Island Mission (1912 - 1970)
Bradshaw House (1966 - 1976)
The Bungalow (1914 - 1942)
Cameron Crescent Family Home, Katherine (1973 - ?)
Channel Island Leprosarium (1931 - 1955)
Chapman Road Cottage (1969 - 1976?), Somerville Homes Inc
Chapman Road Remand Home (1976? - 1979?)
Chinnery Family Home (1968 - 1970s)
Church Missionary Society, Australia (1916 - )
Clarke Crescent Cottage (1971 - 1974), Somerville Homes Inc
Community Welfare Section, Department of the Northern Territory [l] (1974 - 1977), Australian Government
Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Carrieton (1942 - 1946), South Australia
Croker Island Mission (1940 - 1966)
Darwin Convent (1929 - 1942?)
Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (1908 - )
Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Territory Division (1972 - 1990), Australian Government
Department of Children and Families (2011 - ), Northern Territory Government
Department of Community and Social Development (1977 - 1978), Northern Territory Government
Department of Community Development (1978 - 1987), Northern Territory Government
Department of Community Services (1977), Northern Territory Government
Department of Health and Community Services [II] (2001 - 2008), Northern Territory Government
Department of Health and Families (2008 - 2010), Northern Territory Government
Dundas House (1961 - 1979?)
East Arm Leprosarium (1955 - 1982)
Elcho Island Mission (1942 - 1974?)
Emerald River Mission (1921 - 1943)
Ernabella Mission (1937 - 1981), South Australia
Essington House (1963 - 1974)
Fannie Bay Receiving Home (1956 - 1957)
Finke River Mission (1877 - )
Forrest Crescent Family Home, Alice Springs (1972 - ?)
Frontier Services
Giles House Juvenile Detention and Training Centre (1978 - 1991)
Goulburn Island Mission (1916 - )
Griffiths House (1945 - ?)
Haasts Bluff (1940s - 1959)
Hamilton Family Home (1968 - ?)
Harney Family Home (1968 - ?)
Henry Street Cottage (1969 - 1976?), Somerville Homes Inc
Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission (1877 - 1982)
House 67, Batchelor (1972 - ?)
House 76, Batchelor (1972 - ?)
Jesuit Mission (1882 - )
Kahlin Compound (1913 - 1939)
Kimberleys Mission, Western Australia
Kormilda College (1967 - )
Little Flower Mission (1935 - 1942)
Ltyentye Apurte (1953 - 1977)
Lutheran Cottages, Alice Springs (1963 - 1982)
Luxton Street Cottage (1971 - 1974), Somerville Homes Inc
Malak House Juvenile Detention Centre (1987 - 1991)
Malak House Remand and Assessment Centre (1979 - 1987)
Methodist Inland Mission (1926 - 1977)
Methodist Missionary Society
Methodist Overseas Mission (1830? - 1980?)
Milingimbi Mission (1923 - )
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (1904 - )
Mud Island Lazarette (1889 - 1931)
Myilly Point Home (1924 - 1939)
Nauiyu (1957 - 1977)
Northern Territory Native Industrial Mission (1899 - 1903)
Numbulwar Mission (1952 - 1978)
Oenpelli Mission (1925 - 1975)
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (1938 - 1983?)
Our Lady of Victories Mission (1941 - 1968)
Palmerston House (1963 - ?)
Papunya (c. 1958 - )
Parke Crescent Family Home, Alice Springs (1972 - ?)
Phillip Creek Mission (1945 - 1956)
Pine Creek Home (1931 - 1933)
Port Keats Mission (1935 - 1939)
Presbyterian Inland Mission
Queen of the Holy Rosary Mission (1886 - 1891)
Rapid Creek Mission (1882 - 1891)
Receiving Home, Alice Springs (1959 - 1966)
Receiving Home, Darwin (1957 - 1961)
Retta Dixon Home (1946 - 1982)
Roper River Mission (1908 - 1988)
Ryan House (1974 - ?)
Sacred Heart Mission (1889 - 1891)
Somerville Cottage Homes (1967 - )
St Francis Xavier Mission (1944 - 1977), Western Australia
St John's Hostel (1941 - 1970s)
St Joseph's Darwin (1908 - 1939)
St Joseph's Mission (1891 - 1899)
St Mary's Home for Children (1947 - 1975?)
Tambling House (1970? - 1975)
Tambling House Family Home (1977 - ?)
Tennant Creek Family Home (1973 - ?)
Trower Road Cottage (1969 - 1976?), Somerville Homes Inc
Umbakumba (1938 - )
Wadeye (1939 - 1975)
Warrabri (1954 - )
Yirrkala Mission (1935 - )
Yuendumu (1946 - 1976)
Catholic
A person or institution affiliated with the Catholic Church.
Archdiocese
Arltunga Mission (1942 - 1953)
Bathurst Island Mission (1912 - 1970)
Channel Island Leprosarium (1931 - 1955)
Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Carrieton (1942 - 1946), South Australia
Darwin Convent (1929 - 1942?)
Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (1908 - )
Diocese
East Arm Leprosarium (1955 - 1982)
Jesuit Mission (1882 - )
Little Flower Mission (1935 - 1942)
Ltyentye Apurte (1953 - 1977)
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (1904 - )
Nauiyu (1957 - 1977)
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (1938 - 1983?)
Our Lady of Victories Mission (1941 - 1968)
Port Keats Mission (1935 - 1939)
Queen of the Holy Rosary Mission (1886 - 1891)
Rapid Creek Mission (1882 - 1891)
Sacred Heart Mission (1889 - 1891)
St Joseph's Darwin (1908 - 1939)
St Joseph's Mission (1891 - 1899)
Wadeye (1939 - 1975)
Children's Home
Children’s Home is a term used to describe institutions providing out-of-home ‘care’ for children. The term was commonly used during the period from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Adolescent Receiving Home (1961 - 1963)
Bradshaw House (1966 - 1976)
The Bungalow (1914 - 1942)
Chapman Road Remand Home (1976? - 1979?)
Darwin Convent (1929 - 1942?)
Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre (1991 - )
Dundas House (1961 - 1979?)
Essington House (1963 - 1974)
Fannie Bay Receiving Home (1956 - 1957)
Giles House Juvenile Detention and Training Centre (1978 - 1991)
Griffiths House (1945 - ?)
Malak House Juvenile Detention Centre (1987 - 1991)
Malak House Remand and Assessment Centre (1979 - 1987)
Palmerston House (1963 - ?)
Receiving Home, Alice Springs (1959 - 1966)
Receiving Home, Darwin (1957 - 1961)
St Francis Xavier Mission (1944 - 1977), Western Australia
St John's Hostel (1941 - 1970s)
Tambling House Family Home (1977 - ?)
Church
Church is a general term which may be applied to any number of (usually Christian) religious groups. The phrase ‘the church’ usually refers to the official opinion, policy or practice of a particular denomination.
Uniting Church in Australia, Northern Synod (1977 - )
Cottage Care
Cottage care was a model of institutional 'care' which began in the United Kingdom in the late nineteenth century. Along with 'boarding out', cottage home accommodation was seen as an alternative to large scale dormitory-style accommodation (although cottage homes could house up to 40 children).
Cameron Crescent Family Home, Katherine (1973 - ?)
Chinnery Family Home (1968 - 1970s)
Forrest Crescent Family Home, Alice Springs (1972 - ?)
Hamilton Family Home (1968 - ?)
Harney Family Home (1968 - ?)
House 67, Batchelor (1972 - ?)
House 76, Batchelor (1972 - ?)
Parke Crescent Family Home, Alice Springs (1972 - ?)
Ryan House (1974 - ?)
Tennant Creek Family Home (1973 - ?)
Cottage Home
Cottage homes, or family cottages, institutions which provided residential ‘care’ for children under the cottage care model.
Chapman Road Cottage (1969 - 1976?), Somerville Homes Inc
Clarke Crescent Cottage (1971 - 1974), Somerville Homes Inc
Henry Street Cottage (1969 - 1976?), Somerville Homes Inc
Lutheran Cottages, Alice Springs (1963 - 1982)
Luxton Street Cottage (1971 - 1974), Somerville Homes Inc
Somerville Cottage Homes (1967 - )
Trower Road Cottage (1969 - 1976?), Somerville Homes Inc