St Martin’s Centre, in West End, was a residential facility operated by the Aboriginal and Islanders’ Catholic Council. It was licensed in May 1977 and closed on 31 December 1991. The 1983-84 annual report of Aboriginal Hostels Limited stated that it provided funding to the Aboriginal & Islander Catholic Council to operate St Martin’s through…
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council was established in 1973. According to Sherriff, the AICC was designed to “provide a unifying centre for all involved in Aboriginal and Islander Ministry and give official recognition to the importance of that work”. The AICC appears to have been wound up in around 1992, when the…
St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol (near Rockhampton) was run by the Sisters of Mercy. The Home was commonly referred to as ‘Neerkol’ or ‘Meteor Park’ Orphanage. It was built in 1885 to accommodate children transferred from St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bucasia. Over 4,000 boys and girls lived at Neerkol throughout its years of operation, including child migrants…
Nazareth House, Wynnum North, was operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of Nazareth. It accommodated the aged, orphans and children from various backgrounds. Nazareth House opened in 1926 and ceased taking children in 1982 . Nazareth House, situated at 272 Wynnum North Road, Wynnum North, was operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of…
Mt Maria Re-Education Centre, in Mitchelton, was run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Previously known as the Good Shepherd Home for Girls, it was established in 1966. In 1973 the home was renamed Mt Maria Youth Centre. Previously known as the Industrial School for Girls, Mitchelton, the home was initially set up in…
Logan Reserve Lodge was operated by the De La Salle Brothers (in conjunction with BoysTown). It was a residental care facility that housed six girls aged 12 to 16 years. It opened in 1989, was funded from June 1991 and closed 3 December 2001. The 1999 publication, A Piece of the Story, a National Directory…
Kiah Hostel was a residential facility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care, which opened in Norman Park in around 1973. It was operated by the Queensland Aboriginal and Islanders’ Catholic Council. By around the early 1990s, Kiah Hostel was operated by the Aboriginal & Islander Apostolate within the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane….
The Industrial School for Girls, in Nudgee, was operated by the Order of the Sisters of Mercy. It was co-located with St Vincent’s Home for Children. No girls were placed there after 1942. The Industrial School for Girls, Nudgee was established and licensed in 1903 under the lndustrial and Reformatory Schools Act 1865 and later…
The Sisters of Mercy, Rockhampton Congregation was a Catholic religious order of women who arrived in Rockhampton in 1873 from Brisbane. The Sisters operated a number of out-of-home care facilities for children during the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, including St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol and St Brigid’s Industrial School. In 1955 the…
Holy Cross Retreat or Magdalen Asylum, in Wooloowin, was operated by the Sisters of Mercy, Brisbane Congregation. It opened in 1889 as a home for unmarried mothers, disabled girls and infants. It ceased operating as a home for very young children in 1959. From 1974 it no longer cared for children but provided continuing care…
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