Albion Lodge was a children’s Home in Bridge Street, Albion. It was operated by the De La Salle Brothers, in conjunction with BoysTown. It housed boys who had graduated from BoysTown. Albion Lodge opened in 1965 and the first boys moved in on 24 August that year. Albion Lodge closed in 1974. Albion Lodge was…
Turner Cottage Special School for Truants was proclaimed a special school on 20 May 1938. It was located on the same site as the Mittagong Farm Home for Boys, and for a time, the school was under the administration of the Superintendent of Mittagong. When Anglewood Special School opened, boys from Turner Cottage were transferred…
Rehoboth was a Home for Aboriginal girls run by the Aborigines’ Inland Mission. It was officially opened in March 1924. Elizabeth McKenzie Hatton, a white missionary (later secretary of the Australian Aborigines Progressive Association), was instrumental in the establishment of Rehoboth. According to the Encyclopedia of Women & Leadership, McKenzie Hatton’s intention for Rehoboth was:…
St Andrew’s Presbyterian Boys’ Hostel, Dubbo, opened in 1923 as a boarding hostel that provided accommodation to boys from remote areas so they could attend high school in Dubbo. The hostel was owned by the Presbyterian Church. By 1945 the hostel had closed. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Boys’ Hostel, Dubbo, was officially opened in June 1923,…
The Sydney Female Mission Home was established on 17 November 1873. It was an institution for single pregnant women. It also admitted some single mothers together with their infants. It was a Protestant organisation run by a committee of women, with a non-sectarian admission policy. It was located in premises on Elizabeth Street, Sydney, overlooking…
Mackay House was established by Dr Barnardos in Australia as a family group home around 1970 in Killarney Heights. It closed around 1973.
Karingal House was opened in 1960 as a family group home by Dr Barnardo’s Homes (Australia Branch) in Lindfield. Karingal House closed in 1984. Prior to 1960, Karingal House was a small transitional home run by Barnardo’s for young women while they became established in employment. It became a family group home in 1960.
Wongala Junior Red Cross Home in Turramurra was established in 1947 as one of several children’s homes run by the Australian Red Cross. Wongala was described in The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser ‘as a holiday home for the delicate sons of service and ex-servicemen’. There were 10 boys already living at Wongala when it…
Eleanor MacKinnon Memorial Junior Red Cross Home was officially opened on 15 February 1938 as a boys’ home in Ramsgate. It had, however, already taken in groups of boys over the preceding summer. In 1942-1943, the Home temporarily relocated to ‘Belltrees’, near Scone. After moving back to the Ramsgate location, the Home closed in early…
Kurrawong House was established by the St Vincent de Paul Society as a girls hostel around 1967 in Granville/Parramatta. Kurrawong House became a youth hostel and accommodated both boys and girls from c.1982. In 1986 Kurrawong House joined with Sienna Youth Crisis Centre and provided what was described as a total service, including assessment, crisis…
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