The House of Mercy and Retreat for Women was established in Walkerville by the Church of England in 1881. It provided shelter for unmarried mothers during pregnancy and the first year of their babies’ lives. Babies stayed with their mothers, were placed at the Babies’ Home Walkerville or adopted. The House of Mercy closed in…
The Karingal Youth Hostel was opened by the Church of England in Hindmarsh in 1952. It was run by an independent management committee that reported to the Diocese of Adelaide. It provided accommodation for boys of 15 to 18 years, from the Church of England Boys’ Home at Walkerville and similar institutions, while they studied…
The Girls’ Friendly Society began in England in 1875 and in South Australia in 1879. Its object was ‘to unite girls and women in a fellowship of Prayer, Service and Purity of Life for the Glory of God’. The Society managed lodges in Adelaide, South Australia to provide safe, home-like accommodation for girls, particularly those…
The Hostel of the Holy Name was the new name given to the Church of England Diocesan Mission House in 1949. The hostel was situated in Wellington Square, North Adelaide. Run by the Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name, it cared for teenage girls from the country who were studying or working in…
The Girls’ Friendly Society Lodge was opened by the Church of England Girls’ Friendly Society at Kermode Street, North Adelaide in 1913. It provided a home for country girls working or studying in the city. In 1916 the lodge moved to Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide. During World War II it provided accommodation for female munitions…
Farr House was the new name given to The Orphan Home in 1935. It was situated on Fullarton Road, Upper Mitcham and operated as a Home for girls of primary school age. In later years it also accepted teenage girls. Farr House was run by an independent management committee that reported to the Anglican Diocese…
The Babies’ Home at Walkerville was established by the Church of England in Walkerville in 1912. It cared for, and often adopted out, babies born at the House of Mercy, a refuge for unmarried mothers. After the home closed in 1945, babies were placed at St Mary’s Mission of Hope. The Babies’ Home at Walkerville…
Mitchell River Mission, at Trubanaman, was established by the Church of England in 1905. In 1918 the mission relocated to a site on Magnificent Creek and was given the name Kowanyama (however, for many years after this move it was still referred to as Mitchell River Mission). In 1966, the Anglican Church approached the government…
The Lockhart River Mission, on Cape York Peninsula, was run by the Church of England, and operated a dormitory system to house Mission children. It opened in 1924 and control was handed over the the State Government in 1967. The Lockhart River Mission followed the usual pattern for Church of England missions, which was to…
The Home of the Good Shepherd, in Ormiston was run by the Sisters of the Sacred Advent at Ormiston House, near Cleveland. The home trained homeless girls aged 12 to 13 in domestic service, with girls initially transferred from the Home of the Good Shepherd, Nundah. It opened in 1897 and closed in 1913 as…
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