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New South Wales - Organisation

Deaconess Children's Home and Domestic Training School (1893 - 1914)

  • Children's home front porch with Deaconess Constance Rudder

    Children's home front porch with Deaconess Constance Rudder, 1914, courtesy of Anglican Deaconess Ministries.
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From
1893
To
1914
Categories
Anglican, Children's Home, Home and Protestant
Alternative Names
  • Bethany Children's Home (This home may have been known as Bethany Chlidren's Home)

The Deaconess Children's Home and Domestic Training School was a children's home and training home for girls that was run by the Church of England Deaconess Institution. It operated on various sites in Ashfield (1892-1894), Annandale (1901) and Balmain (1901 and 1895-1914). In 1914 the remaining Balmain home closed and moved to Marrickville. It was renamed Lisgar Children's Home.

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No registers of the Deaconess Children's Home and Domestic Training School survive but Annual Reports exist and there are some photographs.

The Church of England Deaconess Institution (now known as Anglican Deaconess Ministries Ltd) operated the home. Its records are currently held by Anglican Deaconess Ministries Ltd.

Location

1893 - 1894
Location - Deaconess Children's Home and Domestic Training School was situated in Elizabeth Street, Ashfield. Location: Ashfield
1895 - 1914
Location - Deaconess Children's Home and Domestic Training School was situated in Adolphus Street, Balmain. Location: Balmain
1901?
Location - Deaconess Children's Home and Domestic Training School was situated in Duke Street, Balmain. Location: Balmain
1901?
Location - Deaconess Children's Home and Domestic Training School was situated in Johnston Street, Annandale. Location: Annandale

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Photos

Children on country holiday
Title
Children on country holiday
Type
Object
Date
1900 - 1914
Source
Anglican Deaconess Ministries

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Deaconess Children's Home from front
Title
Deaconess Children's Home from front
Type
Image
Date
1900 - 1914
Source
Anglican Deaconess Ministries

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Deaconess Children's Home approximately 1912
Title
Deaconess Children's Home approximately 1912
Type
Image
Date
c. 1912
Source
Anglican Deaconess Ministries

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Children's home front porch with Deaconess Constance Rudder
Title
Children's home front porch with Deaconess Constance Rudder
Type
Image
Date
1914
Source
Anglican Deaconess Ministries

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Holiday in the country
Title
Holiday in the country
Type
Image
Date
c. 1914
Source
Anglican Deaconess Ministries

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Anglican Deaconess Ministries History', Anglican Deaconess Ministries Ltd, 2009, http://web.archive.org/web/20140225231547/http://www.deaconessministries.org.au/history/history; 'Other Ministries Begun By Sydney Anglican Deaconesses', http://web.archive.org/web/20140309214733/http://www.deaconessministries.org.au/history/other-ministries; Quinn, Peter E, Unenlightened efficiency: the administration of the juvenile correction system in New South Wales 1905-1988, University of Sydney, History, 27 March 2006, http://hdl.handle.net/2123/623; Correspondence with Anglican Deaconess Ministries, 24 December 2012.

Prepared by: Naomi Parry