The North Adelaide Community Unit was the new name given to Stuart House Boys’ Hostel in 1990. It was run by the government as a home for older school boys under the care of the Department. Boys attended local schools and took part in other community activities. In 1997 the North Adelaide Community Unit relocated…
The Ningana Community Unit opened at Campbelltown in 1979. Run by the government, it operated on the site of the former Brookway Park secure institution which closed in 1978. It provided longer term accommodation for up to eight State children, usually from the age of eight to upper teens. Research suggests that the Unit was…
The Lochiel Park Community Unit was the new name given to the Lochiel Park Boys’ Training Centre at Campbelltown in 1995. Run by the government, the Unit was also known as The Lodge. It accommodated State children with intellectual disabilities. The Unit closed between 2008 and 2013. The Lochiel Park Community Unit was the new…
The Glandore Community Unit was the new name given to the Southern Region Group Home in Glandore in 1990. Run by the government, it provided longer term accommodation for up to eight children from the age of eight to upper teens who were deemed to be able to live in the community. The Glandore Community…
The Gilles Plains Community Unit opened at Gilles Plains in 1979 as an open unit for boys who had been committed to Brookway Park. Run by the government, it provided long term accommodation for up to eight boys aged 9 to 15 who were deemed to be able to live in the community. The Unit…
The Enfield Community Unit opened at Enfield in 1990. Run by the government, it was a purpose-built unit and it replaced the Northern Region Admission Unit which had been running on an adjoining property. The Enfield Community Unit accommodated up to eight children aged from eight years to upper teens for longer term accommodation. It…
The Campbelltown Community Unit, also known as Cornerways, opened in 1995 at Campbelltown. It was a purpose-built government community unit, taking in up to eight children for longer term accommodation. Children on remand, or deemed to be at risk, were often placed there. Cornerways was still operating in 2011. The Campbelltown Community Unit, also known…
The Central Region Admission Unit (CRAU) was opened by the government in 1979 on the site of the former Reception Cottage at Somerton Park. It took in up to eight State children for short term care. The name of this Unit changed to the Western Region Admission Unit in 1980. The Central Region Admission Unit…
Brookway Unit was a government-run residential care unit for up to eight children. It opened in the mid-1980s at Campbelltown. Its location suggests that it was on the former site of Brookway Park and may have been the new name for the last remaining unit at that site, Ningana Community Unit. Existing records suggest that…
The Blair Athol Unit was opened by the government in Blair Athol in 1982 as a Home Care Unit. Home Care Units were located in the private homes of senior residential care workers who agreed to care for a small number of children who had been in State care for a long period, for whom…
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