Phillips Cottage was a foster home set up by the United Protestant Association at Maitland. The UPA had intended to open a family group home at Maitland, but it was not required. It opened as Special Projects of the UPA then became a foster home for a family of three children and was named Phillips…
FRYAR Cottage is a family group home set up by the United Protestant Association in 1993 at Thornton, near Maitland. Thornton was funded by the Fryars, a brother and sister who had been benefactors to Woodlands and Ellimatta Homes.
Hargrave House was established at Bathurst by the Department of Youth and Community Services as a home for school aged girls, in 1971. It had capacity for up to 24 children. In 1974 it was a co-educational family group home. Children living at the home attended local schools. Hargrave House closed in 1988. The property…
Wybalena was established in the former William Thompson Masonic School hospital at Baulkham Hills. It was converted into a family group home for boys. The children moved into their new accommodation on 27 November 1976. In 1978 a new building was built to replace the old hospital building. The home closed around the 1990s. In…
Orana was established by William Thompson Masonic School in 1978 at Baulkham Hills as a family group home. It closed in the early 1990s. In 2012 Find and Connect staff were advised by the United Grand Lodge of the Masons NSW/ACT that all records relating to the Masonic Orphan Schools, William Thompson Masonic School and…
Boronia was established in 1976 at Castle Hill by the Freemasons for use as a family group home. It was for girls. It closed in the 1990s. In 2012 Find and Connect staff were advised by the United Grand Lodge of the Masons NSW/ACT that all records relating to the Masonic Orphan Schools, William Thompson…
Drummoyne Lodge was established at Drummoyne in the 1980s by Sydney City Mission as a family group home. Sydney City Mission changed to Mission Australia in 1996. In 2004 Drummoyne Lodge was managed by Mission Australia as a medium to long-term semi-permanent accommodation service for homeless and disadvantaged young people aged 18-24. It was still…
Lemongrove Lodge was established at Penrith by Sydney City Mission in the 1980s. It operated as a family group home. Sydney City Mission changed to Mission Australia in 1996, which in 2004 managed Lemongrove Lodge as Lemongrove Lodge Transitional Youth Services, a secure accommodation service for homeless youth aged 16 to 21. In 2013 Lemongrove…
Harold Lodge was established at Ingleburn around 1984 by Sydney City Mission as a family group home. Sydney City Mission changed to Mission Australia in 1996. In 2004 Harold Lodge provided mediation, long term accommodation and supportive intervention to homeless youth aged 14-18. In 2013 Mission Australia still managed Harold Lodge.
Clifton Lodge was established around the 1970s by Sydney City Mission as a residential youth service. It was in North Sydney. Sydney City Mission changed to Mission Australia in 1996. In the 1950s the North Sydney property was a Home for the Aged run by the Sydney City Mission, also called Clifton Lodge. A newspaper…
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