Havilah Group Home, at Frampton Street, Marrickville, was run by Church of England Children’s Homes from 1979 until 1984 as a family group home for up to 8 Aboriginal children between the ages of 6 and 14 years old. It was staffed by Aboriginal people and was one of the first homes of its kind….
Freeman Cottage was opened in 1984 by the Wesley Mission as a family group home. It was located in Abbottsford. As at 2014, it is not clear when this home closed or whether it has.
Wesley James Home, in Burwood, was established by the Central Methodist Mission in 1976 then run by the Wesley Central Mission from 1977. According to Wesley Mission, which is the new name for the Wesley Central Mission, Wesley James Home provided family-style living for young people who had graduated from children’s homes. As at 2014,…
Murray-Dwyer Group Homes were run by the Daughters of Charity at Mayfield West. According to a report about the use of the Murray-Dwyer Orphanage site, ‘An Assessment of the Historical and Archaeological Values of BHP Land at Tourle Street, Newcastle’ (1996), the group homes replaced the Murray-Dwyer Orphanage in around 1969, and operated until 1979….
Montrose Child Protection Centre, in Burwood, was established around 1978. Before it was converted by the Department of Youth and Community Services to a specialist child protection centre it had been the Montrose Infants’ Home. From 1978 Montrose functioned as crisis accommodation and a hostel for children who needed protection from abuse. It also served…
In 1983 the Wagga District Council (Riverina District Council) branch of the United Protestant Association closed Gumleigh. The funds from the sale of the property were used to finance two family group homes, one in Heydon Street and one in Grandview Avenue. In 1985 the scheme was phased out and the homes were closed.
Henson Cottage was a family group home that was established at Orange by the United Protestant Association in 1982. It is thought to have closed in the late 1990s.
The Adelaide Walker Family Group Home was opened by the United Protestant Association at Orange in 1982. It is thought to have closed in the 1990s.
Hillview Cottage was a family group home established in Gardiner Road, Orange by the United Protestant Association in 1983. It closed in 1996 and was replaced by a larger family group home in James Cook Crescent.
The Family Group Home, Lismore United Protestant Association, was set up by the United Protestant Association’s Far North Coast District Council in Murwillumbah in 1984. It closed in the early 1990s.
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