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Youth Training Centre
A term adopted from the 1950s onwards in place of ‘reformatory’ to describe residential institutions designed for children and young people considered to require stronger discipline that those directed to other forms of ‘care’.
Acheron Youth Training Centre (c. 1966 - )
Baltara Reception Centre (1968 - c. 1992)
Bayswater Boys' Homes (1897 - 1986)
Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford (1863 - 1971)
Langi Kal Kal Youth Training Centre (1965 - 1993)
Malmsbury Youth Training Centre (1965 - )
Nunawading Youth Residential Service (1991 - 1993?)
St Paul's Discovery Centre (1979 - ?)
Turana (1955 - 1993)
Winlaton (1951 - c. 1991)
Youth Welfare Service
An organisation providing a range of support services to young people, particularly teenagers, sometimes including short term hostel placements and life skills training.
Aboriginal Youth Support Service (c. 1973 - )
Hawthorn Youth Welfare Service (1970 - )
Western Youth Welfare Service (1975 - ?), State of Victoria
Windsor Youth Welfare Service (1973 - )