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Holiday Home
A Holiday Home was an institution designed to provide short-term accommodation for children in need. Some children from other institutions were sent to spend holiday periods at Holiday Homes.
Cottage By The Sea Queenscliff Inc (1890 - )
Ellen Connell Holiday Home (1955 - 1973)
St Paul's Discovery Centre (1979 - ?)
Home
The function Home is assigned to any institution that accommodated children, for example, orphanages, children's Homes, disability institutions, family group homes, hospitals and juvenile justice institutions.
Acheron Youth Training Centre (c. 1966 - )
Alexandra Babies' Home (c. 1909 - 1974)
Allambie Reception Centre (1961 - 1990)
Allenby Lodge Young Women's Hostel (1919 - 1984)
Alys Key House (1977 - 1985?)
Andrew Kerr Memorial Home (c. 1921 - c. 1980)
Antonian Children's Home (1959 - 1979)
Arms of Jesus Babies' Home (1925 - 1935)
Arthur Harrison Boys' Home (c. 1966 - 1977)
Ashendene Boys' Home (1966 - 1988)
Ballarat Benevolent Asylum (c. 1859 - 1960?)
Ballarat Children's Homes (1968 - 1984)
Ballarat Children's Homes and Family Services (1984 - 1998)
Ballarat District Orphan Asylum (1865 - 1909)
Ballarat Female Refuge (1867 - 1921)
Ballarat Industrial School (1869 - c. 1879)
Ballarat Orphanage (1909 - 1968)
Ballarat Orphanage Boys' Hostel (1927 - 1961)
Ballarat Reception Centre (1961 - 1978?)
Ballarat Town and City Mission Rescue and Children's Home (c. 1921 - 1941)
Baltara Reception Centre (1968 - c. 1992)
Bayside Community Youth Hostel (c. 1977 - 1994?)
Bayswater Boys' Homes (1897 - 1986)
Beaconsfield Babies' Home (1915 - 1946)
Bendigo Benevolent Asylum Industrial School (1868 - 1885)
Bendigo Reception Centre (1965 - 1966)
Berry Street - Child and Family Care (1975 - 1992)
Berry Street Babies' Home and Hospital (1964 - 1975)
Beryl Booth Court (1978 - 1991)
Bethany Babies' Home (1868 - 1977)
Beth-el Children's Home (1963 - c. 1983)
Blackburn South Cottages (1963 - 1988)
Blamey House (c. 1949 - c. 1977)
Box Hill Boys' Home (1913 - 1984)
Brady House (1964 - 1978)
Brookside Private Reformatory for Protestant Girls (1887 - c. 1900)
Brunswick Girls' Home (1895 - 1902)
Buckland House (c. 1980 - c. 1994)
Burton Hall Training Farm (1950? - 1967?)
Burwood Boys' Home (1895 - c. 1972)
Burwood Children's Home (c. 1972 - c. 1986)
Butler House for Homeless Girls (1934 - ?)
Canadian Rescue and Children's Home (1897 - c. 1921)
Canterbury Family Centre (1977 - 2000)
Carlton Refuge (c. 1854 - 1949)
Catherine Booth Girls' Home (1915 - 1976)
Church of England Boys' Society Training Farm (1937? - c. 1950)
Church of England Homes for Children (1894 - c. 1968)
Churinga Special Residential School (1967 - 1990)
Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford (1863 - 1971)
Convent of the Good Shepherd, Albert Park (1892 - c. 1973)
Convent of the Good Shepherd, Bendigo (1905 - 1977)
Convent of the Good Shepherd, Oakleigh (1883 - 1981)
Coolock House (c. 1960 - )
Copelen Street Family Centre (1974 - 1991)
Cottage By The Sea Queenscliff Inc (1890 - )
Craig Memorial Hostel (c. 1926 - c. 1929)
Currawong House (1976 - 1991)
Darling Babies' Home (1927 - 1967)
The Deborah (1864 - 1873?)
Dhurringile Rural Training Farm (1951 - 1964)
Diamond Valley Youth Hostel (1979 - 1986)
Elizabeth Fry Retreat (1884 - 1957)
Ellen Connell Holiday Home (1955 - 1973)
Excelsior Boys' Home (1886 - 1915?)
Fairhaven (1927 - 1951)
Fallen Sisters Home (1884 - 1886?)
Family Action (1987 - 1993)
Fernhurst (1968 - ?)
Forest Hill Emergency Kindergarten (1960 - 1988)
The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home (1906 - 1964)
Frances Barkman Homes (c. 1939 - )
The Gables (1962 - c. 1985)
Geelong and Western District Protestant Orphanage (1909 - 1955)
Geelong Industrial School (c. 1865 - )
Geelong Orphan Asylum (c. 1854 - 1862)
Geelong Protestant Orphan Asylum (1862 - 1909)
George Hall Hostel for School Leavers (1973? - ?)
George Street Children's Home (1916 - c. 1920)
Girls' Memorial Home (1922 - 1973)
Glastonbury - Geelong Protestant Orphanage (1955 - 1977)
Glastonbury at Colac (1977 - )
Glastonbury Child and Family Services (1984 - )
Glastonbury Children's Home (1977 - 1984)
Glenroy Girls' Home (1902 - 1915)
Good Shepherd Youth and Family Services (1976 - )
Gordon Homes for Boys (1951 - 1969)
The Gordon Homes for Boys and Girls (1969 - 2000)
Gordon Institute (1886 - 1951)
Government Reformatory for Protestant Girls (1864? - ?)
The Harbour (1898 - 1994)
Harelands (c. 1952 - 1977)
Hartnett House (c. 1955 - c. 1982)
The Haven (1897 - 1988)
Hayeslee House (1976 - )
Heather Anderson Home (c. 1967 - 1973)
Heathfield Homes Reformatory School for Protestant Boys (c. 1905 - 1915)
Heidelberg Boys' Home (1893 - 1895)
Hillside Boys' Home (1959 - c. 1985)
Holmbush (1942 - 1956)
Home of Hope for Destitute Children (1880 - 1927?)
The Homes for Children and Family Counselling Service (1968 - c. 1975)
The Horseshoe (1926 - 1927)
House of Mercy (c. 1892 - 1946)
Hurlingham (1946 - 1963)
Illoura Children's Home (1964 - 1984)
Jacana Children's Home (1976 - 1995)
Janefield Colony (1937 - 1996)
Kardinia Children's Home (1947 - 1986)
Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1986)
Kew Children's Cottages (1887 - 2008)
Kildonan Admission Centre (c. 1960 - )
Kildonan Homes for Children (c. 1960 - c. 1993)
Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)
Kildonan, Burwood (1937 - c. 1961)
Kildonan, North Melbourne (1890 - c. 1937)
Kilmany Family Care (c. 1978 - 2002)
Kilmany Park Farm Home for Boys (1923 - 1978)
Lady Dugan Children's Home (1970 - 1976)
Langi Kal Kal Youth Training Centre (1965 - 1993)
Lincoln House (c. 1939 - 1950)
Lisa Lodge Girls' Hostel (1970 - 1994)
Livingstone House (1888 - 1905?)
Lutheran Children's Home (1950 - c. 1983)
Lyndon Lodge (1946 - 1987)
Malmsbury Youth Training Centre (1965 - )
Marian Lodge Training Centre
Marillac House (1943 - )
McAuley House (1942 - 1965)
McOwan Boys' Training Farm (c. 1953 - ?)
Melbourne City Mission Maternity Home (1900 - c. 1955)
Melbourne City Mission Toddlers' Home (c. 1935 - c. 1955)
Melbourne Family Care Organisation (1965 - 1987)
Melbourne Orphan Asylum (1853 - 1926)
Melbourne Orphanage (1926 - 1965)
Melbourne Youth Justice Centre (1993 - )
Melbourne Youth Residential Centre (1999 - )
Melrose Training Farm for Boys (1938 - 1957)
Menzies Home for Boys and Girls (1943 - 1961)
Menzies Home for Children (1961 - )
Mercy Family Care Centre (c. 1975 - 1997)
Methodist Babies' Home (1929 - c. 1974)
Methodist Homes for Children (1891 - c. 1953)
Minton Boys' Home (1901 - 1943)
Miralee Reception Centre (1963 - )
Molloy House (1968 - 1978?)
Moorakyne Hostel (1942? - c. 1988)
Morning Star Boys' Home (c. 1936 - 1975)
Murrumbeena Girls' Home (1897 - 1912)
Myra House (1945 - )
Napier House (1990? - 1997?)
Nazareth House, Ballarat (1888 - )
Nazareth House, Camberwell (1929 - 1975)
The Nelson (1868 - c. 1878)
Northcote Farm School (c. 1936 - 1979)
Olinda Farm Reformatory (1893 - c. 1900)
Orana Family Services (1989 - 2011)
Orana Homes (1987 - 1989)
Orana, the Peace Memorial Homes for Children (1953 - 1987)
Our Lady of Sion Orphanage (1913 - 1947)
Our Lady's Orphanage (1862 - 1912)
Overton Residential Nursery (1962 - 1974)
Padua Hall (1945 - 1960)
Pakenham Boys' Home (1895 - 1897)
The Palms (1948 - 1959)
Pirra Girls' Home (1961 - c. 1980)
Pleasant Creek Colony (1937 - c. 2000)
Presbyterian Babies' Home (1928 - 1977)
Presbyterian Girls' Home (1906? - c. 1966)
Presbyterian Sisterhood Home (1909 - c. 1978)
Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten for the Deaf (1950 - )
Providence Children's Home (c. 1957 - 1978)
Ragged Boys' Mission (1865 - 1901)
Ramoth (1926 - 1927)
Ramoth Toddlers' Home (1927 - c. 1932)
Ramsay Mailer Hostel (1983 - )
Reformatory for Boys (1864 - 1893?)
Regent House Hostel for Girls (1966? - 1977)
Resurrection House (1952 - 1971)
Riddell's Creek Girls' Home (1900 - 1940)
Robin House (1962 - 1977)
Royal Park Depot (c. 1880 - 1955)
Royal Park Industrial School (1875 - c. 1887)
Sanatory Station (c. 1867 - c. 1868)
Sandhurst Boys' Home (1956? - )
School of Homecrafts Hostel (1935 - 1976)
Seaside Garden Home for Boys (1921? - 1934)
The Sir Harry Smith (1865 - 1873)
Spring House - Young Women's Hostel (1929 - 1984)
St Agnes' Girls' Home (1926 - 1963)
St Anthony's Children's Home (c. 1921 - 1943)
St Anthony's Family Service (1976 - 1997)
St Anthony's Home (1943 - 1976)
St Augustine's Adolescent and Family Services (1988 - 1997)
St Augustine's Boys' Home (1966 - 1988)
St Augustine's Boys' Orphanage (c. 1855 - 1939)
St Augustine's Orphanage (1939 - 1966)
St Barnabas' Boys' Home (1934 - 1939)
St Catherine's Children's Home (1960 - 1975)
St Catherine's Orphanage (1912 - 1960)
St Cuthbert's Home for Boys (1948 - 1977)
St David's Hostel (c. 1973 - 1997?)
St Faith's (1975 - c. 1984)
St Gabriel's Babies' Home (1935 - 1974)
St John of God Training Centre (1953 - 1967)
St John's Home for Boys and Girls (1958 - 1997)
St John's Homes for Boys (c. 1924 - 1958)
St Joseph's Babies' and Family Service (1985 - 1997)
St Joseph's Babies' Home (1975 - 1985)
St Joseph's Foundling Hospital (1901 - 1975)
St Joseph's Home (c. 1911 - 1980)
St Joseph's Home for Boys (1925 - c. 1967)
St Joseph's Home for Children [Flemington] (1991 - 1997), Christian Brothers
St Joseph's Home for Children [Surrey Hills] (1967 - 1991), Sisters of St Joseph
St Joseph's Home for Destitute Children (1888 - 1890), The Society of St Vincent de Paul
St Joseph's Home for Destitute Children (1890 - 1925), Sisters of St Joseph
St Joseph's Nursery (1959 - 1976?)
St Joseph's Receiving Home (1902 - 1985)
St Luke's Anglicare (1979 - )
St Luke's Toddlers' Home (1932 - 1979)
St Martin's Home for Boys (1921 - c. 1926)
St Martin's Hostel for Boys (1944 - ?)
St Mary's School for the Deaf (c. 1948 - 1985)
St Nicholas' Boys' Home (1926 - c. 1955)
St Paul's Discovery Centre (1979 - ?)
St Paul's Home For Boys (1955 - 1979)
St Paul's School for the Blind (1957? - )
St Paul's Training School (1928 - 1955)
St Vincent de Paul Children's Home (1962 - 1992)
St Vincent de Paul Orphanage (1855 - 1967)
St Vincent de Paul's Boys' Home (1967 - 1997?)
St Vincent de Paul's Girls' Orphanage (1861 - 1962)
Stanhope (c. 1945 - 1982)
The Success (1868 - 1873?)
Sunbury Industrial School (1865 - 1880?)
Sunshine Boys' Hostel (1959 - )
Sutherland Homes for Children (1908 - 1991)
Sutton Grange (1957 - 1977)
Swan House (1968 - ?)
Swinborn (1979 - 1986)
Swinborn Lodge (1957 - 1979)
Talbot Colony for Epileptics (1907 - c. 1961)
Tally Ho Boys' Training Farm (1903 - 1986)
Tally Ho Youth Services (1986 - ?)
Tracy Dutton House (1964 - 1970)
Travancore (1933 - )
Turana (1955 - 1993)
Tweddle Hospital for Babies and School of Mothercraft (1920 - )
Unit 64f (1975 - c. 1984)
Victorian Children's Aid Society (1920 - 1991)
The Victorian Infant Asylum (1877 - 1902)
The Victorian Infant Asylum and Foundling Hospital (1902 - 1906)
Victorian School for Deaf Children (1866 - )
Western Youth Welfare Service (1975 - ?), State of Victoria
William Booth Girls' Home (1912 - 1972)
Windsor Youth Welfare Service (1973 - )
Winlaton (1951 - c. 1991)
Woodbine (1954 - )
Yarra View Training Farm (1957 - ?)
Yooralla (1945 - 1993)
Young Catholic Workers' Hostel (1946 - 1959)
Young Christian Workers' Movement Hostel (1948 - 1954)
Hospital
A hospital is an institution that provides medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured, and to women during and after childbirth.
Moira Private Hospital (1924? - 1950?)
Hostel
A hostel was one type of institution for young people, usually those leaving children's homes or reformatories, to prepare them for life after 'care'. Hostels generally catered for 'older' children and young people, from around the age of 15. They were designed to assist former residents of orphanages and children's homes with the transition to paid employment and independent living.
Allenby Lodge Young Women's Hostel (1919 - 1984)
Arthur Harrison Boys' Home (c. 1966 - 1977)
Ballarat Orphanage Boys' Hostel (1927 - 1961)
Bayside Community Youth Hostel (c. 1977 - 1994?)
Brady House (1964 - 1978)
Burwood Boys' Home (1895 - c. 1972)
Butler House for Homeless Girls (1934 - ?)
Church of England Homes for Children (1894 - c. 1968)
Convent of the Good Shepherd, Albert Park (1892 - c. 1973)
Craig Memorial Hostel (c. 1926 - c. 1929)
Diamond Valley Youth Hostel (1979 - 1986)
Elizabeth Fry Retreat (1884 - 1957)
Fernhurst (1968 - ?)
George Hall Hostel for School Leavers (1973? - ?)
Harelands (c. 1952 - 1977)
Hayeslee House (1976 - )
Holmbush (1942 - 1956)
Lincoln House (c. 1939 - 1950)
Lisa Lodge Girls' Hostel (1970 - 1994)
Lyndon Lodge (1946 - 1987)
McAuley House (1942 - 1965)
Molloy House (1968 - 1978?)
Moorakyne Hostel (1942? - c. 1988)
Padua Hall (1945 - 1960)
The Palms (1948 - 1959)
Ramsay Mailer Hostel (1983 - )
Regent House Hostel for Girls (1966? - 1977)
School of Homecrafts Hostel (1935 - 1976)
Spring House - Young Women's Hostel (1929 - 1984)
St David's Hostel (c. 1973 - 1997?)
St Martin's Hostel for Boys (1944 - ?)
St Vincent de Paul Orphanage (1855 - 1967)
St Vincent de Paul's Girls' Orphanage (1861 - 1962)
Stanhope (c. 1945 - 1982)
Sunshine Boys' Hostel (1959 - )
Swinborn (1979 - 1986)
Swinborn Lodge (1957 - 1979)
Western Youth Welfare Service (1975 - ?), State of Victoria
Winlaton (1951 - c. 1991)
Woodbine (1954 - )
Yooralla (1945 - 1993)
Young Catholic Workers' Hostel (1946 - 1959)
Young Christian Workers' Movement Hostel (1948 - 1954)