The Independent Living Unit, run by the Tasmanian government, opened in about 1983. It was a part of the Northern Regional Resource Unit in Launceston. Wards of state learned independent living skills through a residential six month course at the Independent Living Unit which could also take emergency placements. It closed around 1990.
Haldon Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in about 1987. It was in northern Tasmania. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Department of Community Welfare and its successors. Haldon closed around 2000. A married woman managed Haldon Family Group Home…
The Sight Saving School opened in March 1940 on the grounds of the Elizabeth Street Practicing School. Its purpose was to prevent children with partial sight from losing it and to teach them Braille. The school closed around 1991. The Sight Saving School evolved out of the school for children who were blind at the…
Campbell Street Gaol opened in 1821. Although for adults, it housed a number of children. The Gaol closed in 1960 when the newly built Risdon Prison replaced it. Campbell Street Gaol opened as a barracks for male convicts in 1821. Children’s presence in the Gaol was widely accepted by nineteenth century society because of the…
Launceston Gaol, run by the government, opened in 1827. Although the Gaol was for adults, it housed quite a few children, some as young as eight or nine. It closed in 1917. Launceston Gaol, located in Patterson Street, opened in 1827. By 1900, it was mostly used as temporary accommodation for offenders waiting to go…
The Boys’ Reformatory, run by volunteers, opened in the Female Factory at Cascades, South Hobart, in 1869. It provided an alternative to gaol for boys who were homeless or had broken the law. The boys were about school age. The Reformatory closed in 1876. The Boys’ Reformatory was run by volunteers under the provisions of…
Wingfield School opened in the 1940s. It was for the children who lived at Wingfield House. Initially it was located between the Tasmanian Sanatorium and the Women’s Division on the grounds of St John’s Park, New Town. In 1957, it moved to two new classrooms built to the rear and east of Wingfield House. Wingfield…
The After Care School, held in St John’s Home for the Aged at St John’s Park, New Town, opened in the 1940s. It provided schooling for children with disabilities. The School appears to have closed in 1957. The After Care School provided schooling for children receiving outpatient care at Wingfield House or living in the…
The Bevis Marks Independent Living Unit opened in South Hobart in 1988. It was a pilot project run by the Department for Community Welfare’s Southern Regional Resource Centre for teenage boys it described as ‘disturbed’. The independent living unit provided support for young people to prepare them for leaving out of home care and taught…
Woodlands Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in about 1985. It was located on Hearps Road, Ulverstone. Woodlands provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Department of Community Welfare and its successors. Woodlands closed around 2000. A married woman managed Woodlands Family Group…
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