The New Town Charitable Institution, run by the government, opened in 1879. From 1896, the Boys’ Training School and the offices of the Neglected Children’s Department were at the Institution. In 1912, it became the New Town Infirmary. The New Town Charitable Institution was housed in the former buildings of the Queen’s Orphan School after…
The Royal Derwent Hospital was established in 1968 when Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospital and Lachlan Park Hospital merged. It was in New Norfolk. In 1968, a new complex opened on the eastern side of the Lachlan River. The Royal Derwent Hospital closed in 2000. In a 1944 report, Dr Catarinich, Victoria’s Director of Mental Hygiene,…
Lachlan Park Hospital, run by the government, replaced the Mental Diseases Hospital in 1937. It was in New Norfolk. Lachlan Park was a secure mental asylum which, in addition to adults, held children and adolescents, including wards of State. In 1968, it became part of the Royal Derwent Hospital. Lachlan Park was on the western…
Garthfield Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in Claremont in about 1983. It 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 about 1990. A married woman managed Garthfield Family Group Home with the assistance…
Summerhill Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in the 1980s. It was in West Hobart. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Department of Community Welfare. Summerhill closed in about 1990. A married woman managed Summerhill Family Group Home with the…
Point Puer, run by the government, opened in 1834. It was at Oppossum Bay on the Tasman Peninsula. Point Puer was a reformatory for boys who had been transported from Britain. It closed in 1849. Point Puer was established by Governor Arthur to accommodate boys aged between 10 and 14. During the convict era, they…
The Hobart City Mission was founded in 1852. Its brief was to spread the gospel to non-church goers in inner city working class communities. The Hobart City Mission is still active. Like the London City Mission, Hobart City Missioners were Protestant but non-denominational. They saw working class communities as a mission field because they seemed…
The Anchorage Home, run by the Ladies Christian Association, opened in 1889. It was initially in Hobart. Later it moved to New Town. The Home was for young single mothers having their first baby. It closed in 1920. The Anchorage Home opened on 17 September 1889 in Carr Street, off Argyle Street. The house had…
The Contagious Diseases Hospital was established at the Female Factory, Cascades in 1879. Initially the government ran it but in 1895, the committee of the Home of Mercy, a Church of England rescue home, took it over. The Hospital was for women and girls suffering from sexually transmitted diseases. It closed in 1900. The Contagious…
St Joseph’s Child Care Centre replaced St Joseph’s Orphanage (Aikenhead House), opening on 22 February 1970. It was located in Taroona and run by the Sisters of Charity. The Centre provided cottage accommodation for 30 children in three cottages, and also supervised the Family Group Homes of Villa Maria, Loreto, Carinya, and later, Bimbadeen. In…
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