Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity linked with John Wesley and known for mission work. The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia was formed in 1946. Some members of the Methodist Church of Australasia formed a union with the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches in 1977. The Wesleyan Methodist Church, New South Wales, remained independent and…
The Uniting Church in Australia was inaugurated in 1977, following the union of members of the Methodist Church, the Congregational Church and some congregations of the Presbyterian Church from all states and territories. A number of welfare programmes linked with the member churches are now connected with the Uniting Church in Australia.
Uniting Church Synod Archives NSW/ACT, formerly known as Uniting Church Records and Historical Society, holds records of several children’s Homes run by the Uniting Church in New South Wales and its predecessor denominations, the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches. These Homes include Iandra Methodist Rural Centre, Tahmoor Children’s Home, Heighway House, Westwood and Iandra Lodge.
The Salvation Army’s Foster Care Program was established in 1984. Its first goal was to place long-term residents from the Stanmore Children’s Home. The program eventually evolved to become a short-term crisis foster care program. It was stopped in 1994.
The Salvation Army Australia, Eastern Territory was one of two autonomous territories of this world-wide Christian Church in Australia. Its international headquarters are in London, England. The Eastern Territory comprised the Salvation Army in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. (South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory made up…
Presbyterian Social Services Child and Family Programme auspiced three medium to long term youth accommodation programs in Sydney. These were Kyle Williams Home at 52 Waratah Street, Blakehurst, New Anchor home at 79 Sutherland Road, Jannali, and Cornerstone at 20 Wrentmore Street, Fairfield. By 2010, all youth accommodation services had closed. By the mid 2010s,…
The Archives of Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart hold the official records of the Congregation dating back to the foundation of the religious order. It no longer holds any records of children’s Homes operated by the Sisters of St Joseph. In 2020, records of children’s Homes are held…
In 1925, St Anthony’s Home moved from Petersham to Croydon. It was a Home for unmarried pregnant women and accommodated them and their babies for up to 12 months after the birth, as well as infants and children up to around the age of 3. Sister Kathleen Burford’s history of the Home states that mothers…
St Anthony’s was opened in 1922 by the Society of St Vincent De Paul, first in St Peters, and then in Petersham. It was not intended to provide long term residential care. Several hundred adoptions and foster placements were arranged from Petersham. In 1925 the home became St Anthony’s Home Croydon. St Anthony’s was developed…
The Sisters of Mercy, Wilcannia-Forbes Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women, was established in 1890. The Sisters ran St Anne’s Home, Broken Hill from 1898-1941. In 2011, the Sisters of Mercy, Wilcannia-Forbes Congregation was dissolved and merged with 15 former Australian congregations to become the Institute of Sisters of Mercy Australia and Papua New…
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