Durack Cottage, at Durack, was run by the Open Brethren (Council of Silky Oaks Children’s Haven). It opened prior to December 1981 and closed in 1993.
Farm Cottage, at Manly West, was run by the Open Brethren (Council of Silky Oaks Children’s Haven). It opened in 1965 and funding ceased in 1989.
Balmoral Cottage, at Hawthorne, was run by the Open Brethren and the Silky Oaks Children’s Haven Council. It opened in 1977 and closed in 1993.
The United Protestant Association Home, at Corinda, was a children’s home run by the United Protestant Association of Queensland. It opened in 1951 and around 1960 became known as Beulah Home. At the United Protestant Association Home, approximately 20 Protestant girls, mainly state wards, were housed in dormitories containing two to five beds.
The Doomadgee Mission was established by the Open Brethren on the Nicholson River, in far North Queensland, in 1936. It opened in 1936, replacing the Old Doomadgee Mission which was damaged in a cyclone. Children on the Mission were housed in girls’ and boys’ dormitories, and were trained to become domestic servants or station hands….
The Old Doomadgee Mission was run by the Open Brethren. The Mission was located at Dumaji at Bayley Point Aboriginal reserve, on Gangalidda land. It opened in 1933 and following a cyclone, relocated to a site on the Nicholson River in 1936. The Old Doomadgee Mission is described as growing “rapidly with the arrival of…
The Daintree River Mission, near Mossman, was run by the Assemblies of God. It opened in 1941. Children on the Mission were housed in girls’ and boys’ dormitories. The mission closed in 1962 and the residents transferred to the Mossman Gorge Mission. A girls’ dormitory was officially opened at the Daintree River Mission on 22…
The Assemblies of God in Australia was formed in 1937. It is a movement of Pentecostal Churches in voluntary cooperation. The movement was renamed the Australian Christian Churches in April 2007.
The Home of the Good Shepherd, in Ormiston was run by the Sisters of the Sacred Advent at Ormiston House, near Cleveland. The home trained homeless girls aged 12 to 13 in domestic service, with girls initially transferred from the Home of the Good Shepherd, Nundah. It opened in 1897 and closed in 1913 as…
The St George’s Family Group Home, Mason Street, in North Rockhampton was established in 1978 and closed mid 1982. It was run by the St George’s Homes for Children Executive Committee.
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