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.
Havilah Little Children’s Home was established in a house called Havilah in Hinemoa Road, Normanhurst (also referred to as Wahroona) in 1918 by the Church of England Diocese of Sydney. It was a home for infant children aged under six years. Havilah Little Children’s Home was established by the Homes and Hostels Committee for Children,…
The Church of England Girls’ Home was opened by the Church of England Homes in Carlingford in 1928. It was located in the same buildings, Minden and No. 2 Home (which was renamed the Tress-Manning Home in 1929), that had previously operated as the Church of England Boys’ Home. It was a Home for girls…
The Church of England Boys’ Home was for boys aged 3 to 18 years. It was established by Church of England Homes in 1918 in a rented house in Cronulla, before moving in 1920 to Carlingford occupying the building ‘Minden’ at 216 Pennant Hills Road, the site that had previously housed the Carlingford Children’s Home….
Warangesda Dormitory was established on an Aborigines Protection Association station at Warangesda, near Darlington Point, in 1893. It trained Aboriginal girls for domestic service and served as a welfare depot for younger children from other reserves and stations. In 1897 the Aborigines Protection Board took over managing Warangesda Mission and the Dormitory. Girls from Warangesda…
Glendonald School for Deaf Children in Kew was run by the Victorian Department of Education. It provided education and some residential services for deaf children. The school was located in Marshall Avenue and the hostel was nearby in Belmont Avenue, Kew. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, ‘Deaf children whose families lived…
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…
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