Orphanages, children's homes and other residences open in the 1940s
- 1850s
- 1860s
- 1870s
- 1880s
- 1890s
- 1900s
- 1910s
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
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1940s
- Church of England in Australia and Tasmania (1788 - 1981)
- Royal Adelaide Hospital (1837 - )
- Farr House (1860 - 1980)
- St Vincent de Paul Orphanage (1866 - 1975)
- St Joseph's Refuge (1868 - c. 2001)
- Boys Reformatory, Magill (1869 - 1967)
- Girls Friendly Society (1875 - )
- Adelaide Children's Hospital (1876 - 1989)
- The Home for Incurables (1879 - 1981)
- The House of Mercy (1881 - 1974)
- Kalyra Sanatorium (1894 - 1988)
- Estcourt House (1894 - 1978)
- Minda Home (1898 - )
- Lady Victoria Buxton Girls Club (1898 - 1955)
- Edwardstown Industrial School (1898 - 1950)
- Queen Victoria Convalescent Home for Children (1898 - 1943?)
- St John the Baptist Home for Boys (1898 - 1941)
- The Salvation Army Boys Home, Eden Park (Mount Barker) (1900 - 1982)
- Central Depot (1900 - 1965)
- The Salvation Army Girls Home (1901 - 1986)
- Adelaide Central Methodist Mission (c. 1901 - 1977)
- The Church of England Boys Home at Walkerville (1903 - 1955)
- St Mary's Mission of Hope (1904 - 1990?)
- St Joseph's Orphanage Largs Bay (1907? - 1969)
- Aborigines Department, South Australian Government (1912 - 1962)
- The Babies Home Walkerville (1912 - 1945)
- Greenslade Home (1912 - 1976)
- Koonibba Children's Home (1913 - 1963)
- Girls Friendly Society Lodge (1913 - 1975)
- McBride Maternity Hospital (1914 - 1975)
- Mareeba Babies' Hospital (1917 - c. 1969)
- Seaforth Convalescent Home (1921 - 1946)
- Roberts Home (1921 - 1954)
- Barton Vale Girls Home (1922 - 1947)
- Salvation Army Young Women's Hostel (1922 - 1988)
- Oodnadatta Children's Home (1924 - 1964)
- Cann Home (1924 - 1957)
- Methodist Children's Homes (c. 1924 - 1960)
- Morialta Protestant Children's Home, Board of Management (1924 - 1974)
- Morialta Protestant Children's Home (1924 - 1974)
- Aboriginal Women's Home, North Adelaide (1926 - 1970s)
- Colebrook Home (1927 - 1981)
- Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board (1927 - 1966)
- Children's Welfare and Public Relief Department, South Australian Government (1927 - 1966)
- Northcote Home (1928 - 1973)
- The Salvation Army Boys Home, Kent Town (1929 - 1972)
- Catholic Girls Home Parkside (1930 - 1943)
- Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital (1932 - 1948)
- Junior Red Cross Homes (1933 - 1968)
- The Bridge Industrial Home (1934 - 1977)
- Morris Hospital (1936 - 1981)
- Umeewarra Mission, Children's Home (1937 - 1964)
- Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home (1937 - 1976)
- Ooldea Mission Children's Dormitory (1938 - 1952)
- Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital (1939 - 1966)
- Somerton Crippled Children's Home (1939 - 1976)
- Crippled Children's Association of South Australia, Inc. (1939 - 2004)
- Sacred Heart Orphanage (1940 - 1979)
- Convent of the Good Shepherd "The Pines" (1941 - 1974)
- St John's Boys Town (1941 - 1953)
- Church of England Hostel for Inland Children (1945 - 1946)
- Waverly, Legacy Children's Home (1945 - 1964)
- Church of England Diocesan Mission House (1945 - 1949)
- Seaforth Home (1946 - 1975)
- Kumanka Boys Hostel (1946 - 1980)
- St Francis House (1946 - 1959)
- Gerard Mission Children's Dormitory (1946 - 1961)
- Struan Farm School, Naracoorte (1947 - 1969)
- Allambi Girls Hostel (1947 - 1977)
- Vaughan House (1947 - 1979)
- Lochiel Park Boys Training Centre (1947 - 1995)
- Wanslea Children's Home (1947 - 1980)
- Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital (1948 - 1981)
Last updated: 5 June 2013
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