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Receiving Home
A receiving home was an institution designed to provide short term ‘care’ for children before they were sent to a longer term placement (typically a foster home). From the 1950s onwards this type of institution was often called a reception centre.
Royal Park Depot (c. 1880 - 1955)
Royal Park Industrial School (1875 - c. 1887)
St Joseph's Receiving Home (1902 - 1985)
Reception Centre
A reception centre was an institution designed to provide short term ‘care’ for children before they were sent to a longer term placement (typically a foster home). Prior to the 1950s and 1960s, this type of institution was often called a receiving home.
Allambie Reception Centre (1961 - 1990)
Ballarat Reception Centre (1961 - 1978?)
Baltara Reception Centre (1968 - c. 1992)
Bendigo Reception Centre (1965 - 1966)
Kildonan Admission Centre (c. 1960 - )
Miralee Reception Centre (1963 - )
Royal Park Depot (c. 1880 - 1955)
Turana (1955 - 1993)
Winlaton (1951 - c. 1991)
Records Service
A Records Service is an organisation, or part of an organisation, which helps people find and locate records that contain information about them and their time in ‘care’.
Adoption and Family Records Service (c. 1984 - 2010), Department of Human Services
Adoption Information Service (1984 - ), Connections UnitingCare
Anglicare Victoria (1997 - )
Child Migrants Trust (1987 - )
Connections UnitingCare (2000 - )
Corporate Integrity, Information and Resolutions Unit, Department of Human Services
Family Information, Networks and Discovery (2010 - ), Department of Human Services (DHS)
Glastonbury Child and Family Services (1984 - )
GordonCare for Children (2000 - )
Heritage and Background Information Service, Berry Street
Heritage and Information Service (1997 - ), MacKillop Family Services
Heritage Service, Melbourne Citymission
Kildonan Uniting Care (2007 - )
Koorie Records Unit (c. 2001 - ), Public Record Office Victoria
Open Place: Support Service for Victoria's Forgotten Australians (2010 - )
Orana Family Services (1989 - 2011)
OzChild (1993 - )
Past Residents Support Service (2000 - ), Child and Family Services Ballarat
The Salvation Army Westcare (c. 1980 - )
Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1863 - )
St Luke's Anglicare (1979 - )
State Library of Victoria (1854 - )
Victorian Archives Centre, Public Record Office Victoria
Wesley Mission Victoria (2010 - )
Reformatory
Reformatories were a form of children’s institution first promoted by the British nineteenth century child-reformer Mary Carpenter. They were originally intended as a means of separating children who had been convicted of criminal offences from the adult prisoner population. In Australia reformatories were used for children who were convicted of offences, but also for children who were, for a variety of reasons, judged as needing strong discipline.
Bayswater Boys' Homes (1897 - 1986)
Brookside Private Reformatory for Protestant Girls (1887 - c. 1900)
Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford (1863 - 1971)
Convent of the Good Shepherd, Oakleigh (1883 - 1981)
The Deborah (1864 - 1873?)
Government Reformatory for Protestant Girls (1864? - ?)
The Harbour (1898 - 1994)
Heathfield Homes Reformatory School for Protestant Boys (c. 1905 - 1915)
Heidelberg Boys' Home (1893 - 1895)
Immigrants' Aid Society (1853 - c. 1902)
Morning Star Boys' Home (c. 1936 - 1975)
Olinda Farm Reformatory (1893 - c. 1900)
Padua Hall (1945 - 1960)
Pakenham Boys' Home (1895 - 1897)
Reformatory for Boys (1864 - 1893?)
Riddell's Creek Girls' Home (1900 - 1940)
Royal Park Depot (c. 1880 - 1955)
The Sir Harry Smith (1865 - 1873)
Reformer
A person who advocates for change within a system – in this case, child welfare.
Barnett, Frederick Oswald (1883 - 1972), Reformer
Spence, Catherine Helen (1825 - 1910), Reformer and Writer
Religious Minister
A person vested with the authority to preach a particular faith, and often an authority figure within that Church.
Cole, George Henry (1859 - 1919), Religious Minister and Superintendent
Religious Order
A group composed of initiated people committed to a particular set of values within a Church – within Christianity this often refers to religious Brothers (monks) and Sisters (nuns).
Christian Brothers (1868 - )
Community of the Holy Name (1888 - )
Daughters of Divine Zeal (1959 - )
Franciscan Friars
Salesians of Don Bosco
Sisters of Mercy, Melbourne (1857 - )
Sisters of Nazareth
Sisters of Sion (c. 1890 - )
Sisters of St Joseph (1890 - )
Sisters of the Good Shepherd (1863 - )
Sisters of the Resurrection
St John of God Brothers (1947 - )
Repository
A storage facility or a place that holds a collection of records.
Anglicare Victoria (1997 - )
Carry On Club of Victoria (1932 - )
Central Highlands Regional Library
Geelong Heritage Centre
Lentara UnitingCare (2012 - )
Public Record Office Victoria (1973 - )
Records of Teresa Wardell (1866 - 1984), University of Melbourne Archives
University of Melbourne Archives (1960 - )