Boys’ Home, Washpool was an institution at Washpool Farm near Kalbar. It was run by the Salvation Army and accommodated boys from the Industrial School for Boys, Indooroopilly from 1942 to 1945, during the second World War. After the war the boys were moved back to Indooroopilly. The facility was known as the Boys’ Home,…
The Peirson Memorial Trust Home, in Bundaberg, was a family group home run by the Peirson Memorial Trust. The Home opened on 1 November 1983. It was established to provide accommodation for young people, primarily residents of the Redcliffe and Heytesbury homes, to undertake apprenticeships in Bundaberg. Its funding ceased 1990. The Peirson Memorial Trust…
Redcliffe Home, in Goodwood, was run by the Peirson Memorial Trust. It opened in 1955. The original home was remodelled in 1968, closed in January 1977 and reopened in September 1979. Redcliffe Home closed again in November 1983, and reopened February 1984. It finally closed as a group home around 1989/90. The land on which…
New Farm St Vincent’s, in New Farm was operated by the Sisters of Mercy. It opened in the early 1860s and was originally situated in rented lodgings at Carirncross House and adjacent cottages at New Farm. In 1867 the children were transferred to Queens Road, Nudgee and the name changed to St Vincent’s Orphanage. In…
The Records and Archives Centre was established in 1979 as the official repository of the records of the Anglican Church within the Diocese of Brisbane. There are more than 140 parishes and 315 churches within the Diocese. By the authority of the Records and Archives Canon (1992), all diocesan and parish records are to be…
The Boys’ Home was established in April 1890 in the South Brisbane home of Mr and Mrs Thompson. It was run by a Committee of private citizens. In late 1897 it moved to a property named ‘Rowallan’ at 84 Kedron Park Road, Wooloowin. In 1906, under Canon EC Osborn, the home moved to a nine-acre…
The Catholic Women’s League, State of Queensland Inc. was established in 1975. It developed out of the Catholic Daughters of Australia, Brisbane, which was established in 1927. The League aims to unite Catholic women in a common bond of friendship for the promotion of religious, intellectual and social work. Membership to the CWL is open…
Heytesbury Family Group Home was operated by the Peirson Memorial Trust. Located in Goodwood, Heytesbury provided residential care for approximately 22 young boys 12 to 17 years of age. It was situated on the same property as Redcliffe Home, also run by Peirson Memorial Trust. Heytesbury opened in 1968 and closed June 1977. It then…
St Ann’s Industrial School (for girls) in Brisbane was established in 1868, by the Sisters of Mercy. It consisted of a number of rented premises which housed the school and provided accommodation. The Industrial School was bound by Wickham, Ann and Gotha Streets, Fortitude Valley. The location in 2014 was known as Centenary Place. In…
St Christopher’s Lodge, situated at Brookfield, was operated by the Church of England, under the management of the Reverend Robert Bates and a ladies’ committee. It opened in 1934 and accommodated boys only. The Home closed in the late 1950s and later became known as the Anglican Franciscan Friary. The rector of All Saints, Wickham…
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