Phillips Cottage was a foster home set up by the United Protestant Association at Maitland. The UPA had intended to open a family group home at Maitland, but it was not required. It opened as Special Projects of the UPA then became a foster home for a family of three children and was named Phillips…
FRYAR Cottage is a family group home set up by the United Protestant Association in 1993 at Thornton, near Maitland. Thornton was funded by the Fryars, a brother and sister who had been benefactors to Woodlands and Ellimatta Homes.
Ellimeek was established by the United Protestant Association in 1945, next to Ellimatta at East Maitland. Originally used as flats, it was converted to a girls home. Ellimatta and Ellimeek closed in 1982.
The Fairbridge Society developed from the Child Emigration Society, established in 1909 by Kingsley Fairbridge. Its purpose was to send British child migrants to different parts of the Empire where they would learn farming at special farm schools. The Fairbridge Society ran Pinjarra in Western Australia from 1913, and sent children to farm schools in…
The Methodist Department of Social Services was the social welfare arm of the Methodist Church. Its work evolved from the Methodist Missions at Leichhardt, Paddington, Balmain and the Central Methodist Mission. It ran Iandra at Grenfell and Heighway House at Drummoyne and Thornleigh. According to Reverend Harry Herbert, the Methodist Church’s first Director of Social…
Stead House was opened at Marrickville in 1973 by the Salvation Army in ‘Hopeleigh’, which had been part of Bethesda Maternity Hospital. Stead House was opened as Bethesda House but its name was changed to honour the founding matron of the hospital. Stead House was a hostel for working girls and students and a home…
The Salvation Army Youth Refuge, Warilla was a Salvation Army refuge for young people located at Bucknell Street in Warilla. It opened in 1983 and closed in 1991.
Oasis Youth Care Centre was a Salvation Army hostel for homeless girls that was located in Surry Hills. It opened in 1991 and closed in 1994, when it became part of Oasis Youth Support Services.
The La Perouse Women’s and Children’s Home was a Salvation Army refuge for women and children that was established at the Old Cable Station at La Perouse in 1944. It closed in 1987. According to the New South Wales Migration Heritage Centre, the La Perouse Women’s and Children’s Home was unique: Until the late 1970s,…
John Irwin Lodge was a Salvation Army hostel for homeless youth located in Surry Hills. It opened in 1980 and closed in 1993 when it was absorbed into Oasis Youth Services.
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