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…
Marella Aboriginal Temporary Care, was a programme for Aboriginal children run by Church of England Homes on behalf of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Marella Aboriginal Temporary Care was a family group home for 8 children aged between 6 and 14 years old, located in Marrickville and staffed by Aboriginal people. It opened at Harney…
Crecy Group Home was opened at Eastwood (also known as Marsfield) in 1969. It was run by the Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Sydney as a children’s home. The first children to live at Crecy were transferred there from the Anglican Killara Composite Group Home at Carlingford. Crecy closed in December 1978.
Kingsleigh Group Home was established by Church of England Homes at Blacktown in 1978, at a time when the Anglican Diocese of Sydney was focusing its child welfare programs in the Western Sydney area. It was a temporary accommodation service, providing crisis care for up to seven children. In July 2000, Kingsleigh Group Home changed…
Buckland Group Home was situated at North St Marys and was established by Church of England Homes in 1978. It was run by the Diocese of Sydney as a family group home offering temporary care for children until December 1992. In 1984, in its newsletter Care, Church of England Homes described the purpose of its…
Orana Group Home was opened in 1970 at Wahroonga. It was run by the Church of England Homes as a home for children. It closed in February 1977.
From the 1960s the Sisters of St Joseph ran a number of Family Group Homes and Residential Units across Melbourne. Some of these homes were initially run in conjunction with St Joseph’s Home for Children in Surrey Hills. In 1991 these homes came under the management of the Christian Brothers, and in 1997 management again…
From 1977 St Luke’s ran a number of family group home and residential care units in Bendigo. Several of these home had previously been run by The Mission of St James and St John, and were transferred to St Luke’s in 1977 when it became an independent agency. Other homes were transferred to the control…
From the 1970’s Tally Ho and Wesley Central Parish Mission ran a number of Family Group Homes and Residential Units in Melbourne’s eastern and southern suburbs. The exact opening and closing dates for many of these homes are not yet known.
From the 1980s Melbourne City Mission, and its subsidiary Southport Youth Support Services, ran a number of family group homes across suburban Melbourne. The exact opening and closing dates for many of these homes are not yet known.
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