The Aboriginal Catholic Community (ACC) was established in 1978. It provided services to Aboriginal people in Adelaide including an opportunity shop, craft centre and social centre. The ACC also ran a street work program in Hindley Street in Adelaide with the aim to assist Aboriginal youth. The ACC ran Otherway House from 1983-1984 and also operated the Otherway Centre, an administrative centre in Pirie Street, Adelaide.
Sources used to compile this entry: Mullighan, the Hon E.P., Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry: Allegations of sexual abuse and death from criminal conduct, presented to the South Australian Parliament by the Hon. E.P. Mullighan QC, Commisioner, Children in State Care Commission of Enquiry, Adelaide, South Australia, 2008, 564 pp, https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/107201/children-in-state-care-commission-of-inquiry-introducation.pdf.
Prepared by: Karen George and Gary George
Created: 3 June 2014
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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