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A

Abbotsford

• Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford (1863 - 1971)

Albert Park

• Convent of the Good Shepherd, Albert Park (1892 - c. 1973)
• Young Catholic Workers' Hostel (1946 - 1959)
• McAuley House (1942 - 1965)

Apollo Bay

• Heathfield Homes Reformatory School for Protestant Boys (c. 1905 - 1915)

Ascot Vale

• Western Youth Welfare Service, State of Victoria (1975 - ?)

Auburn

• St Martin's Home for Boys (1921 - c. 1926)
• Lyndon Lodge (1946 - 1987)

B

Bacchus Marsh

• Providence Children's Home (c. 1957 - 1978)

Bairnsdale

• Kilmany Family Care (c. 1978 - 2002)

Ballarat

• Ballarat District Orphan Asylum (1865 - 1909)
• Ballarat Orphanage (1909 - 1968)
• Ballarat Children's Homes (1968 - 1984)
• Ballarat Children's Homes and Family Services (1984 - 1998)
• Nazareth House, Ballarat (1888 - 1976)
• Alexandra Babies' Home (c. 1909 - 1974)
• Ballarat Female Refuge (1867 - 1921)
• Ballarat Reception Centre (1961 - 1978?)
• Reformatory for Boys (1864 - 1893?)
• Ballarat Industrial School (1869 - c. 1879)
• Ballarat Orphanage Boys' Hostel (1927 - 1961)
• Ballarat Benevolent Asylum (c. 1859 - 1960?)
• Canadian Rescue and Children's Home (1897 - c. 1921)
• George Street Children's Home (1916 - c. 1920)
• Lisa Lodge Girls' Hostel (1970 - 1994)
• Hayeslee House (1976 - )

Ballarat East

• Ballarat Town and City Mission Rescue and Children's Home (c. 1921 - 1941)

Balwyn

• Arms of Jesus Babies' Home (1925 - 1935)
• St Gabriel's Babies' Home (1935 - 1974)
• Illoura Children's Home (1964 - 1984)
• Frances Barkman Homes (c. 1939 - )
• Yooralla (1945 - 1993)

Balwyn North

• St Gabriel's Babies' Home (1935 - 1974)

Beaconsfield

• Beaconsfield Babies' Home (1915 - 1946)

Beaumaris

• Blamey House (c. 1949 - c. 1977)

Bendigo

• St Luke's Anglicare (1979 - )
• St Luke's Toddlers' Home (1932 - 1979)
• Convent of the Good Shepherd, Bendigo (1905 - 1977)
• Bendigo Benevolent Asylum Industrial School (1868 - 1885)
• Bendigo Reception Centre (1965 - 1966)
• Sandhurst Boys' Home (1956? - )
• Overton Residential Nursery (1962 - 1974)

Black Rock

• Victorian Children's Aid Society (1920 - 1991)
• St Vincent de Paul Children's Home (1962 - 1992)
• Coolock House (c. 1960 - )
• Cottage By The Sea Queenscliff Inc (1890 - )

Blackburn

• Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)

Blackburn South

• Blackburn South Cottages (1963 - 1988)

Box Hill

• Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)
• George Hall Hostel for School Leavers (1973? - ?)
• Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1986)
• Box Hill Boys' Home (1913 - 1984)

Brighton

• The Homes for Children and Family Counselling Service (1968 - c. 1975)
• Unit 64 (1975 - c. 1984)
• Church of England Homes for Children (1894 - c. 1968)
• Melbourne Orphanage (1926 - 1965)
• Hurlingham (1946 - 1963)
• St Faith's (1975 - c. 1984)

Brighton East

• Marillac House (1943 - )

Brighton North

• Excelsior Boys' Home (1886 - 1915?)

Broadmeadows

• St Joseph's Foundling Hospital (1901 - 1975)

Brunswick

• Brunswick Girls' Home (1895 - 1902)
• Hartnett House (c. 1955 - c. 1982)

Brunswick East

• Melbourne City Mission Toddlers' Home (c. 1935 - c. 1955)
• Melbourne City Mission Maternity Home (1900 - c. 1955)

Brunswick West

• The Harbour (1898 - 1994)

Bundoora

• Janefield Colony (1937 - 1996)

Burwood

• Orana, the Peace Memorial Homes for Children (1953 - 1987)
• Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)
• Kildonan, Burwood (1937 - c. 1961)
• Allambie Reception Centre (1961 - 1990)
• Burwood Boys' Home (1895 - c. 1972)
• Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten for the Deaf (1950 - )
• Burwood Children's Home (c. 1972 - c. 1986)
• Orana Homes (1987 - 1989)

Burwood East

• Tally Ho Boys' Training Farm (1903 - 1986)

Buxton

• Acheron Youth Training Centre (c. 1966 - )

C

Camberwell

• Kildonan Homes for Children (c. 1960 - c. 1993)
• Nazareth House, Camberwell (1929 - 1975)
• Presbyterian Babies' Home (1928 - 1977)
• Canterbury Family Centre (1977 - 2000)
• Craig Memorial Hostel (c. 1926 - c. 1929)

Camberwell East

• William Booth Girls' Home (1912 - 1972)

Canterbury

• Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)
• St John's Homes for Boys (c. 1924 - 1958)
• St Martin's Hostel for Boys (1944 - ?)
• St Martin's Home for Boys (1921 - c. 1926)
• St John's Home for Boys and Girls (1958 - 1997)

Carlton

• Sutherland Homes for Children (1908 - 1991)
• Livingstone House (1888 - 1905?)
• Butler House for Homeless Girls (1934 - ?)
• Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1986)
• St Joseph's Receiving Home (1902 - 1985)
• The Horseshoe (1926 - 1927)
• Carlton Refuge (c. 1854 - 1949)
• Fallen Sisters Home (1884 - 1886?)
• Swinborn Lodge (1957 - 1979)
• Swinborn (1979 - 1986)

Castlemaine

• St Luke's Anglicare (1979 - )

Caulfield

• Frances Barkman Homes (c. 1939 - )

Cheltenham

• Methodist Homes for Children (1891 - c. 1953)
• Livingstone House (1888 - 1905?)
• House of Mercy (c. 1892 - 1946)
• St John of God Training Centre (1953 - 1967)
• Marian Lodge Training Centre

Clayton North

• Talbot Colony for Epileptics (1907 - c. 1961)

Coburg

• Reformatory for Boys (1864 - 1893?)
• Government Reformatory for Protestant Girls (1864? - ?)

Colac

• Glastonbury Children's Home (1977 - 1984)
• St Cuthbert's Home for Boys (1948 - 1977)
• Glastonbury at Colac (1977 - )

Collingwood

• Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services (1976 - )
• Kildonan Homes for Children (c. 1960 - c. 1993)
• Home of Hope for Destitute Children (1880 - 1927?)

D

Daylesford

• Moorakyne Hostel (1942? - c. 1988)

Diamond Creek

• Sutherland Homes for Children (1908 - 1991)
• Diamond Valley Youth Hostel (1979 - 1986)

E

East Malvern

• Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)

East Melbourne

• The Victorian Infant Asylum (1877 - 1902)
• The Victorian Infant Asylum and Foundling Hospital (1902 - 1906)
• The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home (1906 - 1964)
• Berry Street Babies' Home and Hospital (1964 - 1975)
• Berry Street - Child and Family Care (1975 - 1992)
• Arms of Jesus Babies' Home (1925 - 1935)
• Beryl Booth Court (1978 - 1991)
• School of Homecrafts Hostel (1935 - 1976)
• Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1986)
• Presbyterian Babies' Home (1928 - 1977)

Elsternwick

• Regent House Hostel for Girls (1966? - 1977)
• Presbyterian Girls' Home (1906? - c. 1966)

Essendon

• Resurrection House (1952 - 1971)

F

Fairfield

• Fairhaven (1927 - 1951)
• Girls' Memorial Home (1922 - 1973)

Ferntree Gully

• Ramoth Toddlers' Home (1927 - c. 1932)
• Ramoth (1926 - 1927)

Fitzroy

• The Victorian Infant Asylum (1877 - 1902)
• Kildonan Homes for Children (c. 1960 - c. 1993)
• Napier House (1990? - 1997?)
• St David's Hostel (c. 1973 - 1997?)
• Robin House (1962 - 1977)

Fitzroy North

• The Haven (1897 - 1988)
• Presbyterian Sisterhood Home (1909 - c. 1978)

Flemington

• St Joseph's Home for Children [Surrey Hills], Sisters of St Joseph (1967 - 1991)
• St Joseph's Home for Children [Flemington], Christian Brothers (1991 - 1997)
• Travancore (1933 - )
• Moorakyne Hostel (1942? - c. 1988)

Footscray

• St Anthony's Family Service (1976 - 1997)
• Tweddle Hospital for Babies and School of Mothercraft (1920 - )

Forrest Hill

• Forest Hill Emergency Kindergarten (1960 - 1988)

Frankston

• Menzies Home for Children (1961 - )
• Minton Boys' Home (1901 - 1943)
• Menzies Home for Boys and Girls (1943 - 1961)

Frankston East

• Bayside Community Youth Hostel (c. 1977 - 1994?)

G

Geelong

• Glastonbury Child and Family Services (1984 - )
• St Catherine's Orphanage (1912 - 1960)
• Geelong Orphan Asylum (c. 1854 - 1862)
• Geelong and Western District Protestant Orphanage (1909 - 1955)
• Glastonbury Children's Home (1977 - 1984)
• Our Lady's Orphanage (1862 - 1912)
• St Augustine's Boys' Home (1966 - 1988)
• St Augustine's Orphanage (1939 - 1966)
• St Augustine's Boys' Orphanage (c. 1855 - 1939)
• St Augustine's Adolescent and Family Services (1988 - 1997)
• Geelong Protestant Orphan Asylum (1862 - 1909)
• Glastonbury - Geelong Protestant Orphanage (1955 - 1977)
• Kardinia Children's Home (1947 - 1986)
• Bethany Babies' Home (1868 - 1977)

Geelong North

• Mercy Family Care Centre (c. 1975 - 1997)

Glen Waverley

• Melbourne Family Care Organisation (1965 - 1987)

Glenmore

• Northcote Farm School (c. 1936 - 1979)

Glenroy

• St Joseph's Babies' Home (1975 - 1985)
• St Nicholas' Boys' Home (1926 - c. 1955)
• St Agnes' Girls' Home (1926 - 1963)
• St Joseph's Babies' and Family Service (1985 - 1997)
• Glenroy Girls' Home (1902 - 1915)

Greensborough

• Churinga Special Residential School (1967 - 1990)
• Diamond Valley Youth Hostel (1979 - 1986)

H

Hamilton

• Currawong House (1976 - 1991)

Harkaway

• Melrose Training Farm for Boys (1938 - 1957)

Hawthorn

• Kildonan Admission Centre (c. 1960 - )
• Arthur Harrison Boys' Home (c. 1966 - 1977)
• Allenby Lodge Young Women's Hostel (1919 - 1984)
• Moorakyne Hostel (1942? - c. 1988)
• The Palms (1948 - 1959)
• Young Christian Workers' Movement Hostel (1948 - 1954)

Healesville

• Ellen Connell Holiday Home (1955 - 1973)

Heidelberg

• Heidelberg Boys' Home (1893 - 1895)
• Alys Key House (1977 - 1985?)

Highett

• Gordon Institute (1886 - 1951)
• Gordon Homes for Boys (1951 - 1969)

Highton

• St Catherine's Children's Home (1960 - 1975)

K

Kew

• St Anthony's Children's Home (c. 1921 - 1943)
• Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1986)
• Blamey House (c. 1949 - c. 1977)
• Stanhope (c. 1945 - 1982)
• Holmbush (1942 - 1956)
• Lutheran Children's Home (1950 - c. 1983)
• Harelands (c. 1952 - 1977)
• St Anthony's Home (1943 - 1976)
• St Paul's School for the Blind (1957? - )
• The Gables (1962 - c. 1985)
• Padua Hall (1945 - 1960)
• Kew Children's Cottages (1887 - 2008)
• Myra House (1945 - )
• Talbot Colony for Epileptics (1907 - c. 1961)
• St Joseph's Nursery (1959 - 1976?)

Kew East

• Catherine Booth Girls' Home (1915 - 1976)

Kyneton

• St Luke's Anglicare (1979 - )

L

Lara

• Pirra Girls' Home (1961 - c. 1980)

Lilydale

• Yarra View Training Farm (1957 - ?)

Lysterfield

• Church of England Boys' Society Training Farm (1937? - c. 1950)

M

Malmsbury

• Malmsbury Youth Training Centre (1965 - )

Malvern

• Lady Dugan Children's Home (1970 - 1976)

Malvern East

• Darling Babies' Home (1927 - 1967)

Meadow Heights

• Orana Family Services (1989 - 2011)

Melbourne

• Sutherland Homes for Children (1908 - 1991)
• Spring House - Young Women's Hostel (1929 - 1984)
• Gordon Institute (1886 - 1951)
• Ragged Boys' Mission (1865 - 1901)

Middle Brighton

• Melbourne Orphan Asylum (1853 - 1926)

Mildura

• St Luke's Anglicare (1979 - )
• Miralee Reception Centre (1963 - )

Mitcham

• Tracy Dutton House (1964 - 1970)

Moonee Ponds

• Heather Anderson Home (c. 1967 - 1973)

Mornington

• Andrew Kerr Memorial Home (c. 1921 - c. 1980)
• Sutton Grange (1957 - 1977)

Mount Eliza

• Morning Star Boys' Home (c. 1936 - 1975)

Murrumbeena

• Murrumbeena Girls' Home (1897 - 1912)

N

Newhaven

• St Barnabas' Boys' Home (1934 - 1939)
• St Paul's Training School (1928 - 1955)
• Seaside Garden Home for Boys (1921? - 1934)
• St Paul's Discovery Centre (1979 - ?)
• St Paul's Home For Boys (1955 - 1979)

Newport

• Buckland House (c. 1980 - c. 1994)

North Balwyn

• Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)

North Brighton

• Melbourne Orphan Asylum (1853 - 1926)

North Fitzroy

• Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1986)

North Melbourne

• Kildonan, North Melbourne (1890 - c. 1937)

Nunawading

• Winlaton (1951 - c. 1991)

O

Oakleigh

• Convent of the Good Shepherd, Oakleigh (1883 - 1981)

Ocean Grove

• Home of Hope for Destitute Children (1880 - 1927?)

Olinda

• Ashendene Boys' Home (1966 - 1988)

P

Pakenham

• Pakenham Boys' Home (1895 - 1897)

Parkville

• Royal Park Depot (c. 1880 - 1955)
• Baltara Reception Centre (1968 - c. 1992)
• Victorian Children's Aid Society (1920 - 1991)
• Melbourne Youth Justice Centre (1993 - )
• Melbourne Youth Residential Centre (1999 - )
• Royal Park Industrial School (1875 - c. 1887)

Portsea

• St Mary's School for the Deaf (c. 1948 - 1985)

Prahran

• St Vincent de Paul Orphanage (1855 - 1967)

Q

Queenscliff

• Cottage By The Sea Queenscliff Inc (1890 - )

R

Richmond

• Kildonan Homes for Children (c. 1960 - c. 1993)
• Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)
• Antonian Children's Home (1959 - 1979)

Riddells Creek

• Riddell's Creek Girls' Home (1900 - 1940)

S

Sale

• Kilmany Park Farm Home for Boys (1923 - 1978)
• Kilmany Family Care (c. 1978 - 2002)
• Our Lady of Sion Orphanage (1913 - 1947)
• Swan House (1968 - ?)

Sandringham

• Cottage By The Sea Queenscliff Inc (1890 - )

Scarsdale

• Brookside Private Reformatory for Protestant Girls (1887 - c. 1900)

Sebastopol

• St Joseph's Home (c. 1911 - 1980)
• Hayeslee House (1976 - )

Silvan

• Olinda Farm Reformatory (1893 - c. 1900)

South Melbourne

• St Joseph's Home for Destitute Children, The Society of St Vincent de Paul (1888 - 1890)
• St Vincent de Paul Orphanage (1855 - 1967)
• Melbourne Orphan Asylum (1853 - 1926)
• St Vincent de Paul's Girls' Orphanage (1861 - 1962)
• St Vincent de Paul's Boys' Home (1967 - 1997?)
• St Vincent de Paul Children's Home (1962 - 1992)

South Yarra

• Methodist Babies' Home (1929 - c. 1974)
• Copelen Street Family Centre (1974 - 1991)
• Elizabeth Fry Retreat (1884 - 1957)
• Swinborn Lodge (1957 - 1979)

Stawell

• Pleasant Creek Colony (1937 - c. 2000)

Strathmore

• Brady House (1964 - 1978)

Sunbury

• Sunbury Industrial School (1865 - 1880?)

Sunshine

• Sunshine Boys' Hostel (1959 - )

Surrey Hills

• St Joseph's Home for Destitute Children, The Society of St Vincent de Paul (1888 - 1890)
• St Joseph's Home for Boys (1925 - c. 1967)
• St Joseph's Home for Children [Surrey Hills], Sisters of St Joseph (1967 - 1991)
• St Joseph's Home for Destitute Children, Sisters of St Joseph (1890 - 1925)
• Lutheran Children's Home (1950 - c. 1983)

Syndal

• Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)

T

Tatura

• Burton Hall Training Farm (1950? - 1967?)
• Dhurringile Rural Training Farm (1951 - 1964)

The Basin

• Bayswater Boys' Homes (1897 - 1986)

Traralgon

• Swan House (1968 - ?)

Trawalla

• Langi Kal Kal Youth Training Centre (1965 - 1993)

W

Warracknabeal

• Woodbine (1954 - )

Wattle Park

• Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)

Wheelers Hill

• Hillside Boys' Home (1959 - c. 1985)

Williamstown

• Reformatory for Boys (1864 - 1893?)
• The Nelson (1868 - c. 1878)

Windsor

• Windsor Youth Welfare Service (1973 - )

Woodend

• St Luke's Anglicare (1979 - )

Y

Yarra Junction

• McOwan Boys' Training Farm (c. 1953 - ?)

Yering

• Church of England Boys' Society Training Farm (1937? - c. 1950)