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Organisation Laroona Family Group Home (1986? - c. 2009)
Laroona Family Group Home from the right hand side, 2012, by Caroline Evans
Details
- From
- 1986?
- To
- c. 2009
- Categories
- Care Provider, Family Group Home and Government-run
Summary
Laroona Family Group Home, which was in Battery Point, a suburb of Hobart, was run by the government. It probably opened in the mid 1980s. The Home provided temporary accommodation in a domestic environment for children in the 'care' of the Department of Community Welfare and its successors. Laroona closed in about 2009.
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Details
A married woman managed Laroona Family Group Home with the assistance of her husband, who was in paid employment outside the Home. In return, they received free accommodation.
The Home provided 'care' for new wards of the state or children on remand from the courts until the Department found a more permanent placement for them. It also took in children requiring temporary 'care' and in transit between homes. Some children stayed in the home longer if they got on well with the 'carer'.
The Listen to the Children report of 2004 mentions Laroona.
Location
- c. 1986 - c. 2009
- Laroona Family Group Home was in Waterloo Crescent, Battery Point. Location: Battery Point
Related Entries
Publications
Reports
- Department for Community Welfare: annual report for the year ended 30 June 1984, Department for Community Welfare, Hobart, 1984. Details
- Ombudsman Tasmania, Listen to the children: Review of claims of abuse from adults in state care as children, Office of the Ombudsman, Tasmania, Hobart, November 2004. Details
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Sources used to compile this entry: Department for Community Welfare: annual report for the year ended 30 June 1984, Department for Community Welfare, Hobart, 1984; Ombudsman Tasmania, Listen to the children: Review of claims of abuse from adults in state care as children, Office of the Ombudsman, Tasmania, Hobart, November 2004.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 12 January 2011, Last modified: 5 April 2013
Last updated: 14 May 2013
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