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Orphanages, children's homes and other residences open in the 1880s

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1880s

  • Catholic Church in Australia (c. 1788 - )
  • The Benevolent Society (1813 - )
  • The Open Brethren (1825 - )
  • St Vincent's Home for Children (1835 - 1971)
  • Presbyterian Church of Queensland (1849 - )
  • Roman Catholic Orphan School (c. 1860 - 1935)
  • Queensland Congregational Union (1861 - 1977)
  • Order of the Sisters of Mercy (1861 - )
  • Diamantina Orphanage (1865 - 1910)
  • St Ann's Industrial School (1868 - 1964?)
  • Rockhampton Orphanage (1870 - 1894)
  • Female Refuge and Infants Home (1870 - 1919)
  • Reformatory School for Boys - Hulk Proserpine (1871 - 1881)
  • St Joseph's Home, Neerkol (1874 - 1978)
  • St Brigid's Industrial Training School (1874 - 1985)
  • Townsville Orphanage (1878 - 1934)
  • Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton (1881 - 1899)
  • Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls, Toowoomba (1881 - c. 1890)
  • Lutheran Church of Australia, Queensland District (1885 - )
  • Catholic School, Thursday Island (1887 - 1941)
  • Holy Cross Retreat (1888 - 1978)

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Last updated: 29 April 2013
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