Kildonan UnitingCare came into being in 2007, the name reflecting its partnership with UnitingCare Victoria and Tasmania Network. At its establishment, its emphasis was on intensive family support, early intervention and prevention. Kildonan UnitingCare's predecessor agencies have been providing services to children since 1881, when the Scots' Church Neglected Children's Aid Society was established by two stalwarts of the Presbyterian Church, Miss Selina Sutherland and Mrs Maria Lord Armour. In 2017, Kildonan UnitingCare became part of a new organisation called Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited.
1890 - c. 1937 Kildonan, North Melbourne
1937 - c. 1961 Kildonan, Burwood
c. 1960 - c. 1993 Kildonan Homes for Children
c. 1993 - 2007 Kildonan Child and Family Services
2007 - 2017 Kildonan UnitingCare
2017 - Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Historical Details', Kildonan Uniting Care, 7 September 2007; 'We will be Uniting - an exciting step', in Wesley Mission Victoria, Wesley Mission Victoria, 3 October 2016, https://wesley.org.au/we-will-be-uniting/.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 5 February 2009, Last modified: 23 July 2020
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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