Connellen Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in about 1981. It was in Burnie. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Connellen closed around 2005. A married woman managed Connellen Family Group Home with the…
Bevis Marks Family Group Home, run by the government, replaced Bevis Marks Receiving Home in about 1981. It was in South Hobart. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successor, the Department of Community Welfare. Bevis Marks closed…
Roseneath Children’s Home opened in about 1982. It was in Launceston. Roseneath was an approved children’s home that accommodated children under the Domestic Service Assistance Scheme. It closed around 1985. Roseneath Children’s Home was an approved children’s Home under the Child Welfare Act 1960. In 1984, five children lived at Roseneath Children’s Home.
Mardon Family Group Home, run by the government, replaced Mardon Receiving Home in about 1981. It was in Devonport. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Mardon closed in about 2000. A married woman managed Mardon with…
Binnowee Family Group Home, run by the government, replaced Binnowee Receiving Home in about 1981. It was in Launceston. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Binnowee closed around 2001. A married woman managed Binnowee Family Group…
Malmesbury Family Group Home, run by the government, replaced Malmesbury Receiving Home in about 1981. It was in West Hobart. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. The Home closed in 2009. A married woman managed Malmesbury…
Casablanca Family Group Home, run by the government, replaced Casablanca Receiving Home in about 1981. It was in Launceston. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. It closed in about 2011. A married woman managed Casablanca Family…
Yalambee Hostel opened in Glenorchy in 1958. At first, the Retarded Children’s Welfare Association ran it with the Retarded Citizens’ Welfare Association taking over in 1982. Oakdale Services Tasmania replaced them in 1992. The original purpose of the Hostel was to accommodate country children with intellectual disabilities so that they could attend a special school…
Malmesbury Girls’ Home, run by the government, opened in 1950. Initially it provided cottage accommodation for wards of state. In 1960, the Social Services Department began using it for girls considered to need close supervision because of behavioural problems. Malmesbury became a receiving home in 1962. Malmesbury Girls’ Home took up to 12 children. When…
Omaru Hostel opened in Launceston in 1968. It provided accommodation for about three older boys who had started paid work. The Hostel closed in the mid 1970s. Omaru Hostel was in the same building as the former Omaru Receiving Home. A married couple ran Omaru Hostel in exchange for free accommodation. The boys paid them…
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