Our Babies Home was founded in Enmore in 1894 by George Edward Ardill’s Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children. It moved to Knox Street, Newtown in 1897 then to Albemarle Street, Camperdown in 1901. Our Babies Home closed in 1904 and the children moved to the Society’s new premises at Rockdale.
Camp Toukley, located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, was originally built as a holiday camp for children living at Lutanda Children’s Home. Operated by Lutanda Children’s Services it opened in 1954 on 27 acres of land. Over time its main purpose changed to running Christian holiday camps for groups of children, family…
The Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children was established in October 1887. The Society was founded by George Edward Ardill who was later to found the Sydney Rescue Work Society. It ran babies and children’s homes. In the 1970s the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children converted its children’s homes to child care…
Lutanda Children’s Home was established in Wentworth Falls in 1930 by Miss Florence Dalwood. After Dalwood’s death in 1949, Lutanda moved into a large purpose-built orphanage on Boundary Road in Pennant Hills which later housed around 50 to 60 children in separate buildings for boys and girls. Lutanda closed in 1984. The Lutanda Children’s Home…
Inasmuch Children’s Home was established in 1956 at Falls Creek, near Nowra, by a retired Salvation Army Officer who had been a welfare worker. It was a Home for children who had been removed by the courts or were placed by their parents. Inasmuch was converted to an aged care facility in 1986. Inasmuch was…
Mission Australia was formed in 1996 when Sydney City Mission (established in 1862), Adelaide City Mission (established in 1867), Wollongong City Mission, Perth City Mission (also known as Jesus People Inc.), Brisbane City Mission, Mission Australia Northern New South Wales, Mission Australia Southern New South Wales, Mission Australia Group Training and Mission Employment all joined…
The Hunter Mission evolved out of charitable operations conducted by Mayfield Baptist Church. It commenced its operations in Newcastle under the name Hunter Mission in 1991. The Hunter Mission ran a substitute care service for young people. It became part of Mission Australia in 2000.
Fairbridge Farm Schools of New South Wales was set up in 1937 to arrange the emigration of children from the United Kingdom and their care and schooling at the Fairbridge Farm School, Molong. Children were sent to New South Wales by the Fairbridge Society, London, but their care and schooling after they arrived in Australia…
The Fairbridge Foundation was established in 1973 to administer the money derived from the 1973 sale of the Fairbridge Farm at Molong. It replaced the original Fairbridge Society, which was the administrative arm of Fairbridge in New South Wales and was headquartered in Sydney. The Fairbridge Foundation wound up in 2017 with a $24 million…
The United Aborigines Mission (UAM) was established in 1929. Formerly, it was known as the Australian Aborigines Mission. Its missionaries were active in New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia, where the UAM established missions as well as institutions for children. All UAM children’s Homes had been shut down by the early 1980s. The…
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