The Catholic Family Welfare Bureau was established in 1941 by the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney to provide social welfare services to needy children, families and individuals. It provided marriage counselling, worked with children in orphanages and children’s homes, deserted mothers and provided adoption services. The social work methods used by the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau…
CatholicCare Sydney is the welfare agency of the Sydney Archdiocese of the Catholic Church. There are a number of CatholicCare and Centacare offices throughout New South Wales, each of which is aligned with its local Catholic Diocese and forms part of Catholic Social Services Australia. It was formerly called Centacare Catholic Community Services. It provides…
Baptist Community Services was established in 1986. It was a non-profit corporation limited by guarantee and was an agency of the Baptist Union of New South Wales. Previously, it was known as New South Wales Baptist Homes Trust. Baptist Community Services operated a number of child and youth programs including Carisbrook, Kings Langley Substitute Care…
The Adolescent Program, formerly run under the name of St Saviour’s Cottage Home, operated at Goulburn until 1994. This service implemented individual care programs for children and young people with a goal of restoration and reconciliation with families as the option of first choice. The Program changed from a residential model in 1995 and in…
The Sisters of the Holy Cross were an Anglican order who came from Nyngan, New South Wales. They ran St Saviour’s Children’s Home from 1929-1933.
The Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn (previously known as the Church of England Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn) was first established as a separate diocese (the Diocese of Goulburn, New South Wales) in 1863. As the new city of Canberra developed in the early twentieth century, the Diocese of Goulburn also became responsible for…
St Saviour’s Neighbourhood Centre, in Goulburn, was established in 1980. From 1994 it provided long term care for up to 12 State wards with high support needs. St Saviour’s was an agency of Anglicare and part of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. In 2013 St Saviour’s is part of Anglicare NSW South, NSW…
The North Coast Children’s Home was established in Lismore as a ‘district home’ for orphan and neglected children in April 1920, by the Vicar of St Andrew’s and the Church of England. It ran in rental houses and private homes until 1936, when the committee bought an old police station, next to St Andrews’ Anglican…
Church of England Children’s Homes was established in 1927. It was previously known as Church of England Orphanage. It was run by a private committee. The home accepted children between the ages of two and six years old, who remained at the home until they were old enough to work. In the 1980s the organisation…
Bungarimbil Boys’ Home was a small, cottage-style Home founded by the Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn at Tumbarumba in 1957. Some children were transferred from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and placed in this Home. The property was bequeathed to the Church by Mrs Jean McLeod. Later, extra land was added…
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