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Organisation Warilda Receiving and Assessment Centre (1967 - 1989)
Wooloowin State Children's Home, Brisbane, ca. 1931, courtesy of Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Details
- From
- 1967
- To
- 1989
- Categories
- Care Provider, Government-run and Orphanage
- Location
- 84 Kedron Park Road, Wooloowin, Queensland 4030
Summary
[Taken from the Queensland guide, Missing Pieces (2001), 19-21]
The Warilda Receiving and Assessment Centre was previously known as the Warilda Children's Home and Warilda Infants' Home. It was renamed in 1967 and closed in 1989.
Details
From 1962 through to 1972 more buildings were erected on the Warilda site at Kedron Park Road, Wooloowin. The new administration building retained the façade of the home formerly known as the Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infants' Home.
Events
- 1967 - January 1989
- Warilda Receiving and Assessment Centre was situated at 84 Kedron Park Road, Wooloowin. Location: Wooloowin
Related Entries
Timeline
1865 - 1910 Diamantina Orphanage
1910 - 1962 Diamantina Receiving Depot and Infants' Home
1962 - 1964 Diamantina Receiving Home
1964 - 1967 Warilda Children's Home and Warilda Infants' Home
1967 - 1989 Warilda Receiving and Assessment Centre
Records managed by
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Publications
Online Resources
- Department of Families, 'p.19', Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records, State of Queensland, 2001, http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/resources/childsafety/foster-care/missing-pieces.pdf. Details
Gallery
- Title
- Wooloowin State Children's Home, Brisbane, ca. 1931
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1931
- Control
- JOL, QSL Negative number: 110418
- Source
- Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Sources used to compile this entry: Department of Families, 'p.19', Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records, State of Queensland, 2001, http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/resources/childsafety/foster-care/missing-pieces.pdf.
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 1 June 2011, Last modified: 20 July 2012
Last updated: 29 April 2013
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