The Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital was opened in 1932 at Northfield. It was run by a board of management to care for and isolate people suffering from infectious diseases including influenza, scarlet fever, diphtheria, poliomyelitis and tuberculosis (also known as TB or consumption). Both children and adults were patients at the Hospital. In 1948 the…
The City Archives of the Adelaide City Council was established in 1978. The documentary heritage of the City is preserved in the Archives, Civic Collection, and Oral History collections. The Archives holds about 5,000 shelf metres of records and these exist in a wide variety of physical formats: volumes, files, documents, photographs, maps, plans, microfilms,…
Adelaide Central Mission came into being in 1977, with the establishment of the Uniting Church in Australia. Previously, it was known as the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission. In 2003, its name changed to UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide Inc, when Adelaide Central Mission joined a Partnership in Mission along with Port Adelaide Central Mission, UnitingCare Port Pirie…
UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide came into being in 2003. It was previously called Adelaide Central Mission. In 2012, there was another name change, to Uniting Communities.
The Morialta Protestant Children’s Home Board of Management ran the Morialta Protestant Children’s Home from 1924 until 1974. The board included representatives from a number of religious and philanthropic organisations including the Independent Order of Oddfellows (IOOF), the Congregational Union, Churches of Christ, the SA Protestant Federation, the Baptist Union and the Presbyterian Church.
Cann Cottage was created by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission in 1957 when Cann Home, part of the Methodist Children’s Homes at Magill, was divided into two Cottages. The other half of the building was named I’Anson Cottage. Each cottage accommodated approximately 12 children with a Housemother or Cottage Parents. Cann Cottage continued to operate…
St Joseph’s Sanatorium opened in Largs Bay in 1903. Run by the Sisters of St Joseph, it operated as a rest home for women and children. In 1906 it moved to a larger premises in the same suburb and cared for children from infancy to school age. In 1907, the Home changed its name to…
The Babies’ Hospital at St Peters was established in 1915 by the Babies’ Hospital Association. It took over the role of caring for sick infants under the age of two from Quambi Nursing Home in North Adelaide. In 1917 the Hospital moved to new premises in Woodville and became known as the Mareeba Babies’ Hospital….
McBride Hospital was the new name given to the Salvation Army run McBride Maternity Hospital in 1975. Situated in Medindie it ceased to operate as a maternity hospital in 1978 and became a convalescent hospital with a small hostel for single mothers and their babies. The hostel ceased operating in 1983 and the convalescent hospital…
The Department for Communities and Social Inclusion was the new name given to the Department for Families and Communities in 2011. This department retains responsibility for Youth Justice. The Department was renamed to the Department of Human Services in 2018.
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