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Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is a Protestant Church with a strong philanthropic mission which led it to become highly involved with child welfare in many parts of Australia.
Allenby Lodge Young Women's Hostel (1919 - 1984)
Bayside Community Youth Hostel (c. 1977 - 1994?)
Bayswater Boys' Homes (1897 - 1986)
Box Hill Boys' Home (1913 - 1984)
Brunswick Girls' Home (1895 - 1902)
Catherine Booth Girls' Home (1915 - 1976)
Fallen Sisters Home (1884 - 1886?)
Glenroy Girls' Home (1902 - 1915)
The Harbour (1898 - 1994)
The Haven (1897 - 1988)
The Haven Day Care Centre (1985 - 1990)
Heidelberg Boys' Home (1893 - 1895)
Jacana Children's Home (1976 - 1995)
Kardinia Children's Home (1947 - 1986)
Lyndon Lodge (1946 - 1987)
Murrumbeena Girls' Home (1897 - 1912)
Pakenham Boys' Home (1895 - 1897)
Riddell's Creek Girls' Home (1900 - 1940)
The Salvation Army (1882 - )
Salvation Army Children's Creche (1915 - 1947)
The Salvation Army EastCare Network
The Salvation Army Peninsula Youth & Family Services
The Salvation Army Westcare (c. 1980 - )
Spring House - Young Women's Hostel (1929 - 1984)
School
An institution (residential or non-residential) designed to provide general education, or training in a specialised area.
Churinga Special Residential School (1967 - 1990)
Salesian College (1929 - )
School of Homecrafts Hostel (1935 - 1976)
Victorian School for Deaf Children (1866 - )
Yooralla (1945 - 1993)
Social Movement
A philosophy or collection of ideas around which activists organise themselves.
Child Rescue (c. 1880 - c. 1910)
Female rescue (1850s - 1960s)
Stolen Generations
A term used to refer to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children separated from their families and communities, especially those separated under the guise of assimilation, and particularly during the period 1910 to 1970.
The Aboriginal Child Placement Principle (c. 1983 - )
Aborigines Welfare Board (1957 - 1968)
Koorie Records Unit (c. 2001 - ), Public Record Office Victoria
Link Up Victoria (1990 - )
National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families (1995 - 1997)
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (1981 - )
Stolen Generations Victoria Ltd (2005 - 2010)
Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency Co-operative Limited (1977 - )
Superintendent
The person responsible for the administration and functioning of an institution.
Cole, George Henry (1859 - 1919), Religious Minister and Superintendent
Exon, Edwin (1833 - 1910), Superintendent
Harcourt, James Thomas (1813? - 1893), Superintendent
Support Service
Support Services are groups who provide services to assist people who, as children, experienced time separated from their families through being placed in out-of-home ‘care’. Some of these organisations also provide support services to other family members who have been affected.
Australian Church Social Improvement Society (1886 - 1957?)
Broken Rites (1992 - )
Care Leavers Australia Network (2000 - )
Child Migrants Trust (1987 - )
Community Services Victoria (1985 - 1992), State Government of Victoria
Connecting Home (2010 - )
CREATE Foundation (1993 - )
Families Australia
Interim Service for Forgotten Australians (2009)
Link Up Victoria (1990 - )
Open Place: Support Service for Victoria's Forgotten Australians (2010 - )
Presbyterian and Methodist Child Care Service (1971 - 1977?)
Stolen Generations Victoria Ltd (2005 - 2010)
Victorian Adoption Network for Information and Self Help (1989 - )