Harrison House Youth Services was the new name for the services that were previously known as Harrison House Youth Hostel. In around 1985 the hostel in Hawthorn closed, and Harrison House Youth Services were established, in Harrison Street, Mitcham. At this time a new model of accommodation was introduced, with volunteer home parents. Harrison House…
Terrapee Hostel was established in Frankston in 1975 to cater for fifteen wards of the state and probationers. It was sponsored by the Frankston Inter-Church Council. It closed in 1977. Terrapee Hostel was one of the 24 hostels operated by voluntary agencies at the time. In 1975 the introduction of the new funding scheme for…
Melbourne City Mission came into being in 1979. From 1970 and 1979 the organisation had been known as the Community Welfare Foundation. In 1979, it reverted back to the name Melbourne City Mission, which dates back to 1854. In around 2000 there was another name change, and it became Melbourne Citymission.
Swinborn a was hostel in Carlton established by the Melbourne City Mission in 1979. It was formerly Swinborn Lodge, which had been located in South Yarra, and had moved to the Carlton site in 1974. Swinborn provided professional residential and support services for girls on Children’s Court orders. It closed in 1986. In 1972, the…
Community Welfare Foundation was the new name given in 1970 to the Melbourne City Mission. In 1979 the organisation reverted to the name Melbourne City Mission. The Melbourne City Mission changed its name in 1970 to the Community Welfare Foundation as a reflection of the agency’s moves to ‘professionalise’ its services and to distinguish it…
Swinborn Lodge, South Yarra, was established by the Melbourne City Mission in 1957. It was formerly the Elizabeth Fry Retreat. It accommodated girls aged from 14 to 18. In 1974 the Lodge moved to Carlton, and in 1979 it became a hostel known as Swinborn. Swinborn Lodge was formerly the Elizabeth Fry Retreat (1884-1957) in…
The St Paul’s Home for Boys was established in 1955 by the Mission of St James and St John. It was located at Newhaven, Phillip Island, on the site of the former St Paul’s Training School. In 1979, it ceased to be a Home and became the site of the St Paul’s Discovery Centre, a…
The Australian Church Social Improvement Society was established in 1886 to ‘carry out social and charitable work in Richmond and Collingwood’. It became involved in placing ‘neglected children’ on farms and other accommodation in the country. Registered under the Neglected Children’s Act 1887 as Child Rescuers, it received children from the police court as well…
Lentara UnitingCare was formed as a result of UnitingCare Sunshine and Broadmeadows (UCSB) and Orana UnitingCare (OUC) agreeing to form a new organisation. Agreement was reached on 29 June 2012 to be effective from October 2012. In 2017, Lentara UnitingCare became part of the new organisation, Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited.
The Success was a hulk [ship] anchored in Hobsons Bay. From 1869 it accommodated children over the age of seven who had been convicted under the Neglected and Criminal Children’s Act of 1864. Later, the Success was used as the sleeping quarters for those boys described as ‘difficult’ who were living in the reformatory ship,…
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