Kunara Family Group Home, in Toombul, was operated by Queensland Baptist Care. It opened and was licensed in around 1969/70. It closed 16 December 1989. Records The Queensland Baptist Community Service has advised that a search of the archives of The Bapist Union of Queensland has failed to find any client records of children who…
Yarrabah Mission was founded by the Anglican Church. It was run by the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland, and received funding and staffing assistance from the Australian Board of Mission. Canon Ernest Richard Bulmer Gribble was in charge at Yarrabah from 1893 until 1910. In 1900, the Yarrabah Mission was declared an industrial school, and…
The Presbyterian Church of Queensland which was formed in 1849, is a protestant church which continues to exist. In 1977, 75 percent of the Presbyterian Church of Australia joined with the majority of the membership of the Congregational Union of Australia and the Methodist Church of Australasia, to form the Uniting Church in Australia. The…
Industrial School for Girls, in Clayfield, was operated by the Anglican Society of the Sacred Advent. It opened in 1903 and closed on 21 October 1920. The Industrial School for Girls, Clayfield was first established in a rented house called ‘Arthurton’, on Wagner Road, Clayfield. In 1911 it moved to premises on the corner of…
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 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…
Enoggera Boys’ Home, was also known as the Church of England Boys’ Home, Enoggera. It was operated by a private committee and the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane. Previously located at Wooloowin, and known as the Brisbane Boys’ Home, it was established at Enoggera in June 1906. From around 1947, it was governed…
Bindari Lodge, in Kangaroo Point, opened in 1971. It was run by Queensland Baptist Care. In 1975, Bindari Lodge relocated to Tarragindi. In 1995 it changed from a hostel to a shared house model and was no longer a licensed residential care facility. Records The Queensland Baptist Community Service has advised that a search of…
Beulah Home, in Corinda, was run by the United Protestant Association of Queensland. Previously known as the United Protestant Association Home, it housed children between 2 and 16 years. Its licence was cancelled in September 1974 after the Department of Children’s Services raised concerns about the management of the Home. Beulah Home was licensed as…
Bethel Home, Dalby, was operated by the Association of Bethel Home. It was established in 1952 by Alan Back, a Baptist pastor in Dalby, as a Christian home for children who were wards of the state, although it wasn’t officially opened until 1954. It functioned as a Home for “orphans, and otherwise destitute and needy…
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