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.
Minda Juvenile Justice Centre, in Lidcombe, replaced the Minda Remand Centre in 1991, when the Department of Juvenile Justice was created and assumed control of remand centres, shelters and juvenile detention centres from the Department of Family and Community Services. Minda housed around 60 boys at one time. Their average age was 15. Minda 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.
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.
Ellimeek was established by the United Protestant Association in 1945, next to Ellimatta at East Maitland. Originally used as flats, it was converted to a girls home. Ellimatta and Ellimeek closed in 1982.
Fairbridge Farm School was established at Molong in 1938 by Fairbridge Farm Schools of New South Wales, as a home for child migrants, aged four to 18, who travelled from the United Kingdom under the Fairbridge Society. Around 1,000 children lived at Molong over a 35 year period, including Australian-born children who were also sent…
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