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St George’s Training Farm Home for Boys

St George’s Training Farm Home for Boys was opened in a homestead known as ‘Maudeville’, at Oakhampton, near Maitland and Morpeth, in the Hunter Valley in 1927. It was run by the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle and took boys aged 13 and over who had been in Morpeth Home for Children (St Alban’s). St George’s…

St Christopher’s Home for Little Children

St Christopher’s Home for Little Children was established by Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in 1928, with they day to day operations of the Home initially overseen by the Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name in 1928. It was located at Lochinvar in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales in a house called Clifton….

Anglican Diocese of Newcastle

The Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Newcastle was formed around 1800. It was responsible for the operation of several children’s homes in the Hunter and Manning River areas of New South Wales. Children’s homes run by the Church of England/Anglican Diocese of Newcastle included St Christopher’s Home for Little Children, Morpeth Home for Children,…

St Elizabeth’s Home for Girls

St Elizabeth’s Home for Girls was opened at Mayfield in 1926 as a home for orphan and destitute girls up to 16 years old, owned by by the Church of England Diocese at Newcastle. St Elizabeth’s Home for Girls was relocated to Singleton in 1942, and closed in 1977. St Elizabeth’s Mayfield was located in…

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…

Robinson House

Robinson House was established at Ashfield by the Home Mission Society of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in the 1970s. It was on the site of the former Milleewa Home, in Ashfield, and replaced the Charlton Boys Home. It appears this home moved to Campbelltown in February 1990, where it was run by Charlton Youth…

Anglicare Adoption Services

Anglicare Adoption Services was established in 1997. Previously it was known as the Anglican Adoption Agency. Until 2024, it organised adoptions and provided ongoing support to all main parties in a past made through Anglicare and its predecessor organisations. As of 1 July 2024, the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) became the sole provider of…

Trigg Hostel

Trigg Hostel was established by the Home Mission Society of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in 1979 in Granville, and was run by the society’s welfare arm, Care Force. It replaced the Trigg Working Boys Hostel that had previously been located as part of the Church of England Boys’ Home, and briefly on the site…

Lisgar House

In 1986 the Sydney Anglican Home Mission Society took over management of the Lisgar Hostel in Arncliff from the Church of England Deaconess Institute. It was a long term residential unit for girls aged 12 to 18. It was later run by Charlton Youth Services, later known as Anglicare Youth Services. In 1989 the Home…

Carramar Homes

Carramar Homes, also known as Carramar Cottages or Carramar Hostels, at Girraween (near Parramatta) and Turramurra were established by the Home Mission Society of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and were later run by the Church of England (Anglican) organisation Charlton Youth Services. The Carramar Homes were maternity homes providing accommodation to expectant single mothers….