Illoura Family Group Home in Beaudesert was operated by Queensland Baptist Care. It opened and was licensed in 1975. The Illoura Family Group Home closed in 1990, and subsequently became a family counselling centre. Records The Queensland Baptist Community Service has advised that a search of the archives of The Baptist Union of Queensland has…
The Industrial School for Girls, Chelmer, was operated by the Salvation Army. It was opened in 1920 and was licensed under the State Children Act 1911. The Home was also registered as a babies nursing home from 1921, however from around 1924 only girls aged 14 to 18 were admitted to the Home, with younger…
Horton House, in Toowoomba, was a children’s home run by the Salvation Army. It opened in 1963 and in 1976 the extended complex was renamed Horton Village. Former residents of Horton House gave evidence to the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions in 1998-1999. Some remembered being easily identifiable as ‘Home…
The Home of the Good Shepherd, Eton House, Nundah was operated by the Anglican Society of the Sacred Advent. The Home was formally opened in June 1893, and accommodated homeless girls. In 1894, the Home expanded to receive ‘private payment orphans’ as well. In 1901 the children were transferred to the Tufnell Home. In June…
Holy Cross Retreat or Magdalen Asylum, in Wooloowin, was operated by the Sisters of Mercy, Brisbane Congregation. It opened in 1889 as a home for unmarried mothers, disabled girls and infants. It ceased operating as a home for very young children in 1959. From 1974 it no longer cared for children but provided continuing care…
Holy Cross Home, in Wooloowin, was operated by the Sisters of Mercy. The institution was renamed in 1966 – formerly it was known as the Industrial School for Girls, Wooloowin. Holy Cross Home discontinued accepting girls in care and control from 1 April 1973. State Government funding ceased in 1974. Holy Cross Home was located…
Hilldale Village for Boys, in Mulgowie, was operated by the Salvation Army. It opened in around 1973 and closed in 1977.
Holland Park Family Group Home opened in 1964. Run by the Presbyterian Church, it was licensed under the Children’s Services Act 1965 on 4 August 1966. It closed in July 1978 and reopened on 2 April 1980. In 2001, it was no longer a licensed residential facility. A publication from 1968 stated that the purpose…
Hackwood, in Caboolture, was operated by the Uniting Church. It opened under the Receiving, Assessment, Placement and Therapy Program in 1993 and closed in 1996.
Harrison House, in Southport, is operated by the Uniting Church. It opened on 1 May 1986 and operates as a residential care service for children aged between 12 and 17 years of age. In 2014, Harrison House was providing medium to longer term care for young people.
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