Montrose Family Group Home was opened by Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children in 1965. Its name was later changed to Ross. It operated until 2013, as part of UnitingCare Burnside.
Gordon Family Group Home is located at Pennant Hills. It was opened by Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children in 1967 as a family group home. In 2013 Gordon Family Group Home was known as Gordon House and operated as a residential programme for children and families run by UnitingCare Burnside. Gordon House closed around 2014…
Minnamurra Family Group Home was opened in 1975 by Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children. In 1999 Minnamurra Residential Care Program was established on the site. In 2013 this was a residential programme for children and families run by UnitingCare Burnside.
Earlwood Family Group Home was opened in 1989 at Sutton Avenue, Earlwood. Most of the residents were only short-term, and a number of them were transferred to one of the other family group homes which the Salvation Army operated in Sydney (Dulwich Hill or Narwee), or to the foster care program. It closed in June…
Narwee Family Group Home, run by the Salvation Army, was opened in 1987 at Grove Avenue, Narwee. The first residents were girls transferred from Stanmore Children’s Home but later residents included boys. It closed in January 1996.
Algate House was opened as a boys’ home by the Salvation Army in Lane Street, Broken Hill in 1968. It was converted to a family group home consisting of three residences, each supervised by a house parent, though it retained one name. The home closed on 30 June 1996. According to staff members from the…
Dulwich Hill Family Group Home was opened in 1989 at Wardell Road in Dulwich Hill. The first residents were boys who were transferred from the Marrickville Children’s Residence. A number of the children who lived here also spent some time in care at the Stanmore Children’s Home and/or the Earlwood Family Group Home.
Gill Memorial Family Group Home was established in 1980 at Eldon Street, Goulburn. In 1983 it moved to Mary Street, Goulburn. The home closed on 29 December 1995.
New Anchor was a group home established in Jannali around 1990 by the Presbyterian Social Services Department. It was a supported family home with places available for six 12 to 16 year olds. It closed around 1999.
The Katie Julia Thompson Memorial Home was opened in May 1968, as part of the Church of England Children’s Homes, Burwood. Reflecting a change in attitudes towards child care, the home evolved into a family group home in the late 1970s. In the 1980s Church of England Homes Burwood changed their name to the Weldon…
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