Our Children’s Home, Liverpool was established by George Edward Ardill, of the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children, in 1887. It was a home for boys aged four to eight and girls aged four to fourteen. It held up to 40 children. In 1918 Ardill opened a new Our Children’s Home at Concord (Ardill House). Both homes were operated until 1936, when the Liverpool home was closed and children were transferred to the Concord Our Children’s Home.
Ardill claimed that the children in the homes were found on the streets, needy and friendless, or the victims of vice, ill-treatment and neglect. Some must have been born in the Home of Hope and others came from Our Babies Home and Rockdale Babies Home.
The land for the home was donated by Mr Frederick Kingston Olliver, and included a building known as Drummond cottage, which was used as the Children’s Home. In the home boys received training in farm labouring and girls were trained in domestic service. When children left the home Ardill placed them as apprenticed servants, or ‘adopted’ them, informally, by placing them with Christian families.
Records
Prior to 2026, the Find & Connect website stated that the collection held by the Society for Providing Services for Neglected or Needy Children contained records from Our Children’s Home Liverpool. This information was published in error, and in May 2026 the Society has confirmed that it holds no records for this institution. Unfortunately, we have been unable to locate the whereabouts of any records of residents from the Home.
From
1887
To
1936
1887 - 1936
Our Children's Home was situated on Terminus Street, Liverpool, New South Wales (Building Demolished)