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Carramar Adoption Agency

Carramar Adoption Agency was established in 1961, and was known by that name until 1965, when it became the Church of England Adoption Agency. In 1978 the name was again changed, to Anglican Adoption Agency. Since 1997, the service has been known as Anglicare Adoption Services. Carramar Adoption Agency arranged adoptions for many of the…

Church of England Adoption Agency

The Church of England Adoption Agency was known as the Carramar Adoption Agency until 1965. In 1978 the name was again changed, to Anglican Adoption Agency. Since 1997, the service has been known as Anglicare Adoption Services.

Anglican Adoption Agency

The Anglican Adoption Agency was the adoption agency for the Anglican Church in NSW. I had previously been known as the Church of England Adoption Agency until the name was changed in 1978. It arranged adoptions for many of the babies of women and girls who stayed at the Carramar Maternity Home, and later the Carramar…

Anglicare Adoption Services

Anglicare Adoption Services was established in 1997. Previously it was known as the Anglican Adoption Agency. It is a specific part of the Anglicare Out of Home Care Services and of the Anglicare Telepea Office that supports adoption services. This includes providing ongoing support to all main parties in a past adoption made through the…

Anglicare Welfare Services, Sydney

Anglicare Welfare Services, Sydney was the welfare division of Anglicare New South Wales (formerly the Anglican Home Mission Society) which in turn was the welfare arm of the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church (Church of England). Charlton Youth Services was part of Anglicare Welfare Services. Care Force (later known as Anglicare Child and Family…

Charlton Youth Services

Charlton Youth Services was an agency of the Anglican Home Mission Society and, after Anglicare was formed in 1985, of Anglicare Welfare Services. It was formed to manage Charlton Boys Homes in the 1950s. Charlton Youth Services provided care for older boys, many of whom were referred by the courts. By 2012, the name Charlton…

New South Wales Protestant Federation Children’s Home

The New South Wales Protestant Federation Children’s Home was situated in Garnet Street, Hurlstone Park, on the border of Dulwich Hill. It was founded in 1921 and, despite the title, was a girls’ home that in the 1940s held up to 90 girls at a time. It closed in 1980. As Garnet Street forms the…

Cooinoo Home for Destitute Children

Cooinoo Home for Destitute Children was established in 1924 at Burwood then moved to Enfield in 1938. It was administered by a Board connected with St Thomas’ Anglican Parish, Enfield. It housed up to 25 children aged two to 13 years. While it was established as a children’s home it also served as a girls’…

Anglican Diocese of Sydney

The Anglican Diocese of Sydney was founded in 1788, when the Church of England arrived with the First Fleet. The Sydney Diocese ran a number of children’s homes, through various committees including Church of England Children’s Homes and the Home Mission Society, and supported independent committees to run others. Since 1983 the Church of England…

Home Mission Society of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney

The Home Mission Society of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, also known as the Church of England Home Mission Society,  was established in Sydney in 1856. It was originally called the Church Society before its name was changed to the Home Mission Society in 1911. It ran several children’s Homes through its Homes and Hostels…