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Peak body
Peak Bodies are organisations, often formed out of grass roots activism or interest in a particular issue, which act as a representative voice for the people and or groups who are their members.
Alliance for Forgotten Australians (2006 - )
Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare (2003 - )
Charity Organisation Society of Melbourne (1887 - )
Child Saving Council (1910 - 1912)
Children's Welfare Association of Victoria (1912 - 2003)
Committee of Management of the Ballarat District Orphan Asylum (1865 - 1909)
Families Australia
National Children's Bureau of Australia (1971 - 1993)
Victorian Family Council (1958 - )
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is a person who engages in philanthropic (charitable) activities through the contribution of their time, money, or other resources.
Forster, William Mark (1846 - 1921), Philanthropist
Hornbrook, Hester ( - 1862), Philanthropist
Singleton, John (1808 - 1891), Doctor and Philanthropist
Sutherland, Selina Murray MacDonald (1839 - 1909), Philanthropist
Place
A location.
Camp Pell (1946 - 1956)
Policy
A policy is a guiding principle adopted by a group, sector or government with respect to a particular issue.
The Aboriginal Child Placement Principle (c. 1983 - )
Life story work
Looking After Children
Politician
A politician is a person who is, or has been, elected to a government office.
Murray, Andrew (1947 - ), Politician
Presbyterian
A person or organisation affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
Arthur Harrison Boys' Home (c. 1966 - 1977)
Craig Memorial Hostel (c. 1926 - c. 1929)
Dhurringile Rural Training Farm (1951 - 1964)
Kildonan Admission Centre (c. 1960 - )
Kildonan Foster Care Program (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 Park Farm Home for Boys (1923 - 1978)
McOwan Boys' Training Farm (c. 1953 - ?)
Presbyterian and Methodist Child Care Service (1971 - 1977?)
The Presbyterian and Scots' Church Children's Aid Society (1895 - ?)
Presbyterian Babies' Home (1928 - 1977)
Presbyterian Girls' Home (1906? - c. 1966)
Presbyterian Sisterhood (c. 1900 - )
Presbyterian Sisterhood Home (1909 - c. 1978)
The Presbyterian Society for Neglected and Destitute Children (1893 - 1895)
Regent House Hostel for Girls (1966? - 1977)
Scots' Church Neglected Children's Aid Society (1881 - 1895)
Project
A programme established to investigate or redevelop policies, practices or services.
The Who Am I? Project (2009 - 2012)
Protestant
A person or organisation affiliated with any one of the Protestant Churches. With child welfare, services were often clustered under the umbrella terms of Protestant and Catholic.
Abercare Family Services (1981 - 2009?)
Allenby Lodge Young Women's Hostel (1919 - 1984)
Andrew Kerr Memorial Home (c. 1921 - c. 1980)
Anglicare Victoria (1997 - )
Arms of Jesus Babies' Home (1925 - 1935)
Arthur Harrison Boys' Home (c. 1966 - 1977)
Baptcare (1945 - )
Baptist Social Service Homes for Children (c. 1970 - c. 1985)
Bayside Community Youth Hostel (c. 1977 - 1994?)
Bayswater Boys' Homes (1897 - 1986)
Beryl Booth Court (1978 - 1991)
Blackburn South Cottages (1963 - 1988)
Box Hill Boys' Home (1913 - 1984)
Brady House (1964 - 1978)
Brunswick Girls' Home (1895 - 1902)
Buckland House (c. 1980 - c. 1994)
Burton Hall Training Farm (1950? - 1967?)
Butler House for Homeless Girls (1934 - ?)
Catherine Booth Girls' Home (1915 - 1976)
Central Dorcas Society (1888 - 1891)
Church of England Boys' Society Training Farm (1937? - c. 1950)
Church of England Homes for Children (1894 - c. 1968)
Connections UnitingCare (2000 - )
Copelen Street Family Centre (1974 - 1991)
Craig Memorial Hostel (c. 1926 - c. 1929)
Darling Babies' Home (1927 - 1967)
Dhurringile Rural Training Farm (1951 - 1964)
Ellen Connell Holiday Home (1955 - 1973)
Fairhaven (1927 - 1951)
Fernhurst (1968 - ?)
George Hall Hostel for School Leavers (1973? - ?)
Gippsland Family Services (1979 - )
Girls' Memorial Home (1922 - 1973)
Glenroy Girls' Home (1902 - 1915)
The Harbour (1898 - 1994)
The Haven (1897 - 1988)
The Haven Day Care Centre (1985 - 1990)
Heathfield Homes Reformatory School for Protestant Boys (c. 1905 - 1915)
Heidelberg Boys' Home (1893 - 1895)
The Homes for Children and Family Counselling Service (1968 - c. 1975)
The Horseshoe (1926 - 1927)
House of Mercy (c. 1892 - 1946)
Jacana Children's Home (1976 - 1995)
Kardinia Children's Home (1947 - 1986)
Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1986)
Kildonan Admission Centre (c. 1960 - )
Kildonan Foster Care Program (c. 1960 - )
Kildonan Homes for Children (c. 1960 - c. 1993)
Kildonan Residential Units (c. 1958 - 2003?)
Kildonan Uniting Care (2007 - )
Kildonan, Burwood (1937 - c. 1961)
Kildonan, North Melbourne (1890 - c. 1937)
Kilmany Park Farm Home for Boys (1923 - 1978)
Lincoln House (c. 1939 - 1950)
Livingstone House (1888 - 1905?)
Lutheran Children's Home (1950 - c. 1983)
Lyndon Lodge (1946 - 1987)
McOwan Boys' Training Farm (c. 1953 - ?)
Methodist Babies' Home (1929 - c. 1974)
Methodist Homes for Children (1891 - c. 1953)
Mission of St James and St John (1919 - 1997)
Mission to the Streets and Lanes (1886 - 1997)
Moira Private Hospital (1924? - 1950?)
Molloy House (1968 - 1978?)
Murrumbeena Girls' Home (1897 - 1912)
Napier House (1990? - 1997?)
Orana Family Services (1989 - 2011)
Orana, the Peace Memorial Homes for Children (1953 - 1987)
Pakenham Boys' Home (1895 - 1897)
Peninsula Family Services (1980 - )
The Presbyterian and Scots' Church Children's Aid Society (1895 - ?)
Presbyterian Babies' Home (1928 - 1977)
Presbyterian Girls' Home (1906? - c. 1966)
Presbyterian Sisterhood (c. 1900 - )
Presbyterian Sisterhood Home (1909 - c. 1978)
The Presbyterian Society for Neglected and Destitute Children (1893 - 1895)
Ramoth (1926 - 1927)
Ramoth Toddlers' Home (1927 - c. 1932)
Ramsay Mailer Hostel (1983 - )
Regent House Hostel for Girls (1966? - 1977)
Riddell's Creek Girls' Home (1900 - 1940)
The Salvation Army (1882 - )
The Salvation Army EastCare Network
The Salvation Army Peninsula Youth & Family Services
The Salvation Army Westcare (c. 1980 - )
School of Homecrafts Hostel (1935 - 1976)
Scots' Church Neglected Children's Aid Society (1881 - 1895)
Southbridge Adolescent Services
Spring House - Young Women's Hostel (1929 - 1984)
St Agnes' Girls' Home (1926 - 1963)
St Barnabas' Boys' Home (1934 - 1939)
St Cuthbert's Home for Boys (1948 - 1977)
St David's Hostel (c. 1973 - 1997?)
St Gabriel's Babies' Home (1935 - 1974)
St John's Home for Boys and Girls (1958 - 1997)
St John's Homes for Boys (c. 1924 - 1958)
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 Nicholas' Boys' Home (1926 - c. 1955)
St Paul's Discovery Centre (1979 - ?)
St Paul's Training School (1928 - 1955)
Tally Ho Boys' Training Farm (1903 - 1986)
Tally Ho Youth Services (1986 - ?)
Unit 64f (1975 - c. 1984)
Wesley Central Mission (1893 - 1977)
Wesley Central Parish Mission (1977 - 2001)
William Booth Girls' Home (1912 - 1972)
Public Servant
A public servant is a person who works for the government, for example in a state, territory or federal department, but who was hired, rather than elected, to that position.
Duncan, George Oliphant ( - 1887), Public Servant
Guillaume, George ( - 1892), Public Servant