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Care Provider
Care provider is an umbrella term that refers to the group or organisation responsible for providing and administering out-of-home ‘care’ for children. Although this term was not in common usage before the late 20th century, this website applies it to describe all organisations which operated ‘care’ services, no matter when they were active.
Aboriginal Affairs Board (1963 - 1971), South Australian Government
Aboriginal Women's Home, North Adelaide (1926 - 1970s)
Aborigines Advancement League
Aborigines Department (1912 - 1962), South Australian Government
Aborigines Friends Association
Aborigines Office (1866 - 1912), South Australian Government
Adelaide Central Methodist Mission (c. 1901 - 1977)
Adelaide Central Mission (1977 - 2003)
Adelaide Children's Hospital (1876 - 1989)
Adelaide Maternity Home (1893 - 1914)
Albara Road Cottage (1990s - ), Woodville Spastic Centre
Allambi Girls Hostel (1947 - 1977)
Anglican Church of Australia (1981 - )
Anglican Social Welfare Bureau (1981 - 1997)
Anglicare SA (1997 - )
Australian Board of Missions
The Australian Red Cross
The Babies Home Walkerville (1912 - 1945)
The Babies Hospital Association
Babies' Hospital, St Peters (1915 - 1917)
Baptist Union
Barton Vale Girls Home (1922 - 1947)
Bedford Park Boys Training Centre (1961 - 1965)
Blair Athol Unit (1984? - ?)
The boarding section of Salesian School (1954 - 1984)
Bon Agor Cottage (1982? - )
Bonython Cottage (1981 - )
Boys Reformatory Hulk, Fitzjames (1880 - 1891)
Boys Reformatory, Magill (1869 - 1967)
Braemore Cottage
The Bridge Industrial Home (1934 - 1977)
The Bridge Rescue Home (1899 - 1934)
Brookman Cottage (1985 - 1989)
Brookway Park (1965 - 1978)
Brookway Unit (1984? - 1992)
Brothers of St John the Baptist
Campbell House Farm School, Meningie (1959 - 1963)
Campbelltown Community Unit 'Cornerways' (1995 - )
Cann Cottage (1957 - c. 1977), Lentara
Cann Home (1924 - 1957)
Catholic Girls Home Parkside (1930 - 1943)
Catholic Girls Reformatory Kapunda (1897 - 1909)
Cavan Training Centre (1993 - )
Cecil Street Cottage
Centacare Catholic Family Services (1975 - )
Central Depot (1900 - 1965)
Central Region Admission Unit (1979 - ?)
Cheltenham Cottage Home (1976 - ?)
The Children's Home at Walkerville (1886 - 1903)
Children's Welfare and Public Relief Board (1927 - 1966)
Children's Welfare and Public Relief Department (1927 - 1966), South Australian Government
Christian Brethren/Open Brethren Assemblies of South Australia
Christies Beach Cottage (1976 - c. 1985)
The Church of England Boys Home at Walkerville (1903 - 1955)
Church of England Diocesan Mission House (1945 - 1949)
Church of England Hostel for Inland Children (1945 - 1946)
Church of England in Australia and Tasmania (1788 - 1981)
Churches of Christ
Claring-bould Cottage
Clark Cottage, Clarence Park (1963 - 1979)
Colebrook Home (1927 - 1981)
Colton Cottage (1987 - 1994?)
Colton Cottage, Thorngate (1965 - 1982)
Congregational Union
Convent of the Good Shepherd "The Pines" (1941 - 1974)
Crippled Children's Association of South Australia, Inc. (1939 - 2004)
Cullford Cottage
Curtice Cottage (1957 - 1977), Lentara
Dartmouth Family Home, Port Augusta (1973 - ?)
Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul
Davenport House (1964 - 1977)
Davenport Reserve, Mission Home (1964 - 1995)
Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (2011 - )
Destitute Asylum (1849 - 1881)
Destitute Board (1849 - 1886), South Australian Government
Destitute Persons' Department (1910 - 1927), South Australian Government
Destitute Poor Department (1849 - 1910), South Australian Government
Dew Street Cottage (1986 - 1991), Woodville Spastic Centre
Dismus House (1980 - ?), Good Samaritans, Greek Orthodox
Drapers Hall, Crafers - Fairbridge Society Inc (1962 - 1981)
Dunant House (1970? - ), Red Cross
Edwardstown Industrial School (1898 - 1950)
Elizabeth Cottage (1976 - ?)
Enfield Community Unit (1990 - )
Estcourt House (1894 - 1978)
Fairbridge Society Inc (London)
Families SA, Department for Education and Child Development (2011 - )
Families SA, Department for Families and Communities (2006 - 2011)
Family and Youth Services, Department of Human Services (1998 - 2004), South Australian Government
Family Home, Mount Gambier (1972 - ?)
Far North Children's Health Scheme
Farr Cottage (1976 - 1988)
Farr Cottage (1988 - 1996?)
Farr House (1860 - 1980)
Fullarton College, Myrtle Bank (1970 - 1980)
Garden Cottage (1976 - 1984)
Gerard Mission Children's Dormitory (1946 - 1961)
Gilles Plains Community/Assessment Unit (1979 - )
Girls Friendly Society (1875 - )
Girls Friendly Society Lodge (1913 - 1975)
Girls Reformatory, Edwardstown (1890 - 1898)
Girls Reformatory, Magill (1881 - 1891)
Glandore Boy's Home (1966 - 1973)
Glandore Children's Home (1958 - 1966)
Glandore Community Unit (1979 - ?)
Glandore Family Home (1972 - 1979)
Glandore Industrial School (1950 - 1958)
Glasgow Street Cottage (1984 - ?)
Good Samaritan Sisters
Grace Darling Hotel (1867 - 1869)
Greenslade Home (1912 - 1976)
Hannah Buckley Home (1982? - )
Hay Cottage, Lockleys (1968 - ?)
Home Missions Department of the Methodist Conference
Hostel of the Holy Name (1949 - 1975)
The House of Mercy (1881 - 1974)
Hove/Brighton Cottage (1976 - 1986)
I'Anson Cottage (1957 - c. 1977), Lentara
Ilfracombe, Boys Reformatory (1869 - 1880)
Independent Living Programme (1988 - ?)
Independent Order of Oddfellows
James Brown Memorial Trust
Joyville Cottage (1972 - )
Junior Red Cross Homes (1933 - 1968)
Kali Boys Hostel (1971 - 1977)
Kalyra Sanatorium (1894 - 1988)
Kandarik Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1988)
Karingal Youth Hostel (1952 - 1964)
Kate Cocks Memorial Babies Home (1937 - 1976)
Kennion Cottage (1984 - 1989?)
Kennion House (1955 - 1982)
Klemzig Family Home (1973 - 1980)
Kolbe Cottage Home (2001 - )
Koonibba Children's Home (1913 - 1963)
Kumanka Boys Hostel (1946 - 1980)
Kurbingai Hostel (1958 - 1962)
Kurinda Cottage (1981 - )
Lady Victoria Buxton Girls Club (1898 - 1955)
Largs Bay Cottage (1976 - c. 1985)
Largs Bay Cottage Home (1970 - ?)
Legacy Club of Adelaide Inc
Lentara (1960 - 1977)
Little Para House (1978 - 1984?)
Lochiel Park Boys Training Centre (1947 - 1995)
The Lodge, Lochiel Park Community Unit (1995 - )
Louise Place (c. 2001 - )
Luprina Hostel (1971 - )
Lutheran Emergency Home for Children (1966 - 1984)
Lutheran Girls Hostel, College Park (1959 - 1982?)
Magill Industrial School (1869 - 1898)
Magill Training Centre (1993 - )
Malvern Cottage (1972 - 1980)
Mansfield House
Mareeba Babies' Hospital (1917 - c. 1969)
McBride Hospital (1975 - 1986)
McBride Maternity Hospital (1914 - 1975)
McNally Training Centre (1967 - 1979)
Merrilama Cottage, Glenelg (1960 - 1980)
Methodist Children's Home (1905 - c. 1923)
Methodist Children's Homes (c. 1924 - 1960)
Minda Home (1898 - )
Minnie Maughan Cottage (1955 - 1980?), Lentara
Montrose Avenue Cottage (1986 - )
Morada Cottage (1975 - 1979)
Morialta Protestant Children's Home (1924 - 1974)
Morialta Protestant Children's Home, Board of Management (1924 - 1974)
Morris Hospital (1936 - 1981)
Nidlandi Hostel (1974 - 1981), South-East Corner Group
Nindee Hostel (1971 - )
Ningana Community Unit (1979 - ?)
North Adelaide Community Unit (c. 1989 - 1997)
Northcote Home (1928 - 1973)
Northcote Home management committee
Northern Region Admission Unit (c. 1979 - c. 1989)
Northern Region Group Home (1980 - ?)
Northfield Consumptive Home (1931 - 1936)
Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital (1932 - 1948)
Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital (1948 - 1981)
Novita Children's Services (2004 - )
Oodnadatta Children's Home (1924 - 1964)
Oodnadatta Hostel (1971 - 1986), Save the Children fund
Ooldea Mission Children's Dormitory (1938 - 1952)
Orana Cottage Home (2001 - )
Order of the Good Shepherd Sisters
Parkside Boys Hostel (2001 - )
Parkside Hostel (2001 - )
Poonindie Mission (1851 - 1890)
Port Lincoln Family Home (1973 - 1980)
Port Pirie Cottage (1962 - 1980)
Presbyterian Church
Pybus Family Home, Port Augusta (1972 - 1980)
Queen Victoria Convalescent Home for Children (1898 - 1943?)
Queen Victoria Hospital Incorporated (1966 - 1989)
Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital (1939 - 1966)
Queen's Home (1902 - 1939)
Ragless Avenue Cottage (1983 - 1985)
Reception Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park (1973 - 1979)
Redruth Girls Reformatory (1897 - 1922)
Regency Park Centre (1976 - 1992)
Regency Park Community Unit (1997 - )
Resurrection Sisters
Roberts Cottage (1964 - 1980?), Lentara
Roberts Home (1921 - 1954)
Rose Cottage (1983 - 1990)
Rose Street Family Connections Unit (1990 - 1993)
Ross Cottage/Nairne Street Cottage (1984 - 1993)
Royal Adelaide Hospital (1837 - )
SA Council of the Australian Inland Mission
SA Protestant Federation
Sacred Heart Orphanage (1940 - 1979)
Salesians of Don Bosco
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army Boys Home, Eden Park (Mount Barker) (1900 - 1982)
The Salvation Army Boys Home, Kent Town (1929 - 1972)
The Salvation Army Girls Home, Fullarton (1901 - 1986)
Salvation Army Young Women's Hostel (1922 - 1988)
Seaford Youth Support (1980 - ?)
Seaforth Convalescent Home (1921 - 1946)
Seaforth Home (1946 - 1975)
Seanachai Cottage Home (2001 - )
Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of St Joseph
Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name
Slade Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park (1973 - 1988)
Smith Street Cottage (1976 - 1984)
Somerton Crippled Children's Home (1939 - 1976)
South Australian Youth Remand and Assessment Centre (1979 - 1993)
South Australian Youth Training Centre (1979 - 1993)
Southern Region Admission Unit (1979 - ?)
Southern Region Group Home (1980 - c. 1990)
Spence Cottage, Kensington Gardens (1963 - 1980)
St Francis House (1946 - 1959)
St John the Baptist Home for Boys (1898 - 1941)
St John's Boys Town (1941 - 1953)
St John's Cottage Home (1984 - )
St John's Cottage Home (2001 - )
St Joseph's Children's Home (1969 - 1980)
St Joseph's Home (2001 - )
St Joseph's Orphanage Largs Bay (1907? - 1969)
St Joseph's Refuge (1868 - c. 2001)
St Joseph's Sanatorium, Largs Bay (1903 - 1907?)
St Mary's Mission of Hope (1904 - 1990?)
St Monica's Cottage Home (1984 - )
St Stanislaus House (1956 - 1978)
St Vincent de Paul Group Home (2001 - )
St Vincent de Paul Orphanage (1866 - 1975)
St Vincent's Trust Endowment Society
State Children's Council (1886 - 1927)
State Children's Department (1886 - 1927), South Australian Government
Stirling Cottage, St Peters (1962 - 1979)
Struan Farm School, Naracoorte (1947 - 1969)
Stuart House Boys Hostel (1964 - 1995)
Sturt Community/Assessment Unit (c. 1988 - )
Tanderra Girls Home (1952 - 1973)
Tintoo Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1979)
Umeewarra Mission, Children's Home (1937 - 1964)
Unit Living, Marion (1974 - c. 1989)
United Aborigines Mission
Uniting Communities (2012 - )
UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide Inc (2003 - 2012)
Vaughan House (1947 - 1979)
Wanslea Children's Home (1947 - 1980)
Warrawee, Grange (1950 - 1975)
Waverley Hostel (1982? - )
Waverly, Legacy Children's Home (1945 - 1964)
Western Region Admission Unit (1980 - ?)
Wiltja Hostel (1956 - 1982)
Windana Remand Home (1965 - 1975)
Women's Australian National Services
Womens Welfare Department of the Methodist Conference
Woodville Assessment Unit (c. 1989 - ?)
Woorabinda Hostel (and Campsite) (1968 - 1993)
Yoorana Cottage (1982? - )
Catholic
A person or institution affiliated with the Catholic Church.
Archdiocese
The boarding section of Salesian School (1954 - 1984)
Bon Agor Cottage (1982? - )
Bonython Cottage (1981 - )
Brothers of St John the Baptist
Catholic Girls Home Parkside (1930 - 1943)
Catholic Girls Reformatory Kapunda (1897 - 1909)
Centacare Catholic Family Services (1975 - )
Convent of the Good Shepherd "The Pines" (1941 - 1974)
Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul
Diocese
Good Samaritan Sisters
Hannah Buckley Home (1982? - )
Kolbe Cottage Home (2001 - )
Louise Place (c. 2001 - )
Mission
Orana Cottage Home (2001 - )
Order of the Good Shepherd Sisters
Parkside Boys Hostel (2001 - )
Parkside Hostel (2001 - )
Resurrection Sisters
Sacred Heart Orphanage (1940 - 1979)
Salesians of Don Bosco
Seanachai Cottage Home (2001 - )
Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of St Joseph
St John the Baptist Home for Boys (1898 - 1941)
St John's Boys Town (1941 - 1953)
St John's Cottage Home (1984 - )
St John's Cottage Home (2001 - )
St Joseph's Children's Home (1969 - 1980)
St Joseph's Home (2001 - )
St Joseph's Orphanage Largs Bay (1907? - 1969)
St Joseph's Refuge (1868 - c. 2001)
St Joseph's Sanatorium, Largs Bay (1903 - 1907?)
St Monica's Cottage Home (1984 - )
St Stanislaus House (1956 - 1978)
St Vincent de Paul Group Home (2001 - )
St Vincent de Paul Orphanage (1866 - 1975)
St Vincent's Trust Endowment Society
Waverley Hostel (1982? - )
Yoorana Cottage (1982? - )
Children's Home
Children’s Home is a term used to describe institutions providing out-of-home ‘care’ for children. The term was commonly used during the period from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Church of England Hostel for Inland Children (1945 - 1946)
Davenport Reserve, Mission Home (1964 - 1995)
Glandore Boy's Home (1966 - 1973)
Glandore Children's Home (1958 - 1966)
Glandore Industrial School (1950 - 1958)
Grace Darling Hotel (1867 - 1869)
Greenslade Home (1912 - 1976)
Junior Red Cross Homes (1933 - 1968)
Koonibba Children's Home (1913 - 1963)
Lentara (1960 - 1977)
Methodist Children's Home (1905 - c. 1923)
Methodist Children's Homes (c. 1924 - 1960)
Minda Home (1898 - )
Morialta Protestant Children's Home (1924 - 1974)
Oodnadatta Children's Home (1924 - 1964)
Ooldea Mission Children's Dormitory (1938 - 1952)
Regency Park Centre (1976 - 1992)
Roberts Home (1921 - 1954)
Somerton Crippled Children's Home (1939 - 1976)
St Joseph's Children's Home (1969 - 1980)
St Joseph's Orphanage Largs Bay (1907? - 1969)
St Mary's Mission of Hope (1904 - 1990?)
St Stanislaus House (1956 - 1978)
Umeewarra Mission, Children's Home (1937 - 1964)
Wanslea Children's Home (1947 - 1980)
Waverly, Legacy Children's Home (1945 - 1964)
Church
Church is a general term which may be applied to any number of (usually Christian) religious groups. The phrase ‘the church’ usually refers to the official opinion, policy or practice of a particular denomination.
Anglican Church of Australia (1981 - )
Christian Brethren/Open Brethren Assemblies of South Australia
Church of England
Church of England in Australia and Tasmania (1788 - 1981)
Churches of Christ
The Lutheran Church of Australia
Presbyterian Church
Church Agency
Church agency refers to a service organisation which is associated with a specific Church. Some were operated by religious orders, especially within the Catholic Church, and others were operated by lay people. Examples of Church Agencies
Anglican Social Welfare Bureau (1981 - 1997)
Church Worker
A Church Worker is a person who works for a Church Agency or religious order.
Smith, John P Mc D, Church Worker
Titheradge, Captain R, Church Worker
Community Service Organisation
Community Service Organisations are privately run groups, often with a religious affiliation, which provide services to the community, including services to support families and out-of-home ‘care’ programmes. Although they are private organisations, they may receive some funding from government to provide particular services.
The Australian Red Cross
Convalescent Home
A Convalescent Home was a place where children and adults were sent to recover from illness.
Estcourt House (1894 - 1978)
Junior Red Cross Homes (1933 - 1968)
McBride Hospital (1975 - 1986)
McBride Maternity Hospital (1914 - 1975)
Queen Victoria Convalescent Home for Children (1898 - 1943?)
Seaforth Convalescent Home (1921 - 1946)
St Joseph's Sanatorium, Largs Bay (1903 - 1907?)
Cottage Home
Cottage homes, or family cottages, institutions which provided residential ‘care’ for children under the cottage care model.
Cann Cottage (1957 - c. 1977), Lentara
Clark Cottage, Clarence Park (1963 - 1979)
Colton Cottage, Thorngate (1965 - 1982)
Curtice Cottage (1957 - 1977), Lentara
Fullarton College, Myrtle Bank (1970 - 1980)
Greenslade Home (1912 - 1976)
Hay Cottage, Lockleys (1968 - ?)
I'Anson Cottage (1957 - c. 1977), Lentara
Kandarik Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1988)
Largs Bay Cottage Home (1970 - ?)
Malvern Cottage (1972 - 1980)
Merrilama Cottage, Glenelg (1960 - 1980)
Minnie Maughan Cottage (1955 - 1980?), Lentara
Morada Cottage (1975 - 1979)
Port Pirie Cottage (1962 - 1980)
Reception Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park (1973 - 1979)
Roberts Cottage (1964 - 1980?), Lentara
Slade Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park (1973 - 1988)
Spence Cottage, Kensington Gardens (1963 - 1980)
Stirling Cottage, St Peters (1962 - 1979)
Tintoo Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1979)