Charlton Boys’ Home, Bowral, was opened in 1961 by the Home Mission Society as a branch of the Charlton Boys’ Home at Ashfield. In 1963 there were 21 boys living at Charlton Boys’ Home. The home had capacity for up to 24 boys. It closed in 1969 and the boys were moved to new buildings…
Birralee was a children’s home that was opened in Wagga Wagga on 27 March 1971 by the Church of England Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. It provided cottage care for seven children. In 1976, after changes to NSW Government funding of out-of-home care, the Diocese closed the home. The decision to close Birralee was taken…
The Weldon Centre at Burwood was a new name for the Church of England Children’s Homes, Burwood. It operated in the same buildings. The Weldon Centre closed its residential operations in 1993 and in 2012 offered a range of early childhood services. In 2012 the Weldon Centre was operating Before, After and Vacation Care Programs,…
Lawson Rural Centre, in Lawson in the Blue Mountains, was a children’s home established by the Homes and Hostels Committee of the Home Mission Society, part of the Church of England’s Sydney Diocese, in 1944. The Lawson Rural Centre is mentioned in a Sydney Morning Herald article about children’s homes run by the Home Mission…
Arleston Young Men’s Hostel opened in August 1943 at Petersham. It was operated by the Homes and Hostels Committee of the Home Mission Society. It held up to 25 boys, most of whom were studying or working.
The Carlingford Children’s Home was opened in October 1914 with children in residence from 1915. The building ‘Minden’ at Carlingford was purchased in 1913 to enable the Church of England to expand its operations as a home for children in the country accommodating around 30 children. In December 1917, The Daily Telegraph reported that…
The Anglican Diocese of Grafton is one of the 23 Dioceses which constitute the Anglican Church of Australia (formerly the Church of England). It was first established in 1868 as the Anglican Diocese of Grafton and Armidale but became its own diocese in 1914. The Anglican Diocese of Grafton covers the coastal area south of…
Charlton Boys Home at Castle Hill was opened in 1960 by the Home Mission Society as an Anglican boys’ home. It was a branch of the Charlton Boys’ Home that was originally located at Glebe, and later Ashfield. It closed in 1969 and the boys were moved to the new Charlton Boys’ Home site at…
The Sky Pilot Fellowship was an evangelical Christian organisation set up by Gwen and Keith Langford-Smith, who fostered Aboriginal children on their Kellyville farm property, which became Marella Mission Farm. Keith Langford-Smith was a pilot and Anglican missionary who had lived in the Northern Territory, and had run Roper Mission for the Church Missionary Society…
Marella Mission Farm originated in the early 1950s with Gwen and Keith Langford-Smith fostering Aboriginal children on their farm property at Kellyville. From 1953, Marella Mission Farm operated as an institution where Aboriginal children were removed to. Keith Langford-Smith was a missionary who rose to fame in the 1930s for his accounts of flying across…
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