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Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Freedom of Information Unit – Contact Details

Please contact the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Freedom of Information Officer Postal address: 72 King William Road, North Adelaide SA 5006 Phone: (08) 8161 8145 or (08) 8161 6127 Email: Health.WCHNFOIOfficer@sa.gov.au Website: https://www.wchn.sa.gov.au/about/freedom-of-information

Department of Education Information Release Unit, State Government of South Australia – Contact Details

Please contact the Department of Education’s Information Release Unit Postal address: GPO Box 1152, Adelaide SA 5001 Phone: (08) 8226 3231 Email: Education.InformationRelease@sa.gov.au Website: https://www.education.sa.gov.au/department/about-department/freedom-information/freedom-information-foi-requests

The new Family Care group home situated at Pascoe Vale

This is a photograph showing a new Family Group Home opened by St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls at 20 Longview Street, Pascoe Vale. It shows three people in front of a brick house with tile roof and a long curved driveway. This image was published in the Church Scene magazine of the Anglican…

Tress Kingsdene Home

This is a photo of the Tress Kingsdene Home at Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford, which was part of Anglicare’s Kingsdene disability program. It shows a raised split-level brick house with a garage underneath, and large plants at the front. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Manning Kingsdene Hostel

This is a photo of the Manning Hostel at 28 Gladstone Street, North Parramatta, which was part of Anglicare’s Kingsdene disability program. It shows a two-storey white weatherboard house with a small front verandah. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.

Family Group Homes run by Charlton Youth Services

Charlton Youth Services ran several Family Group Homes in the Sydney area from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. These were a half-way house at Summerhill (open 1976 to 1983), a half-way house for girls at Five Dock (open 1978 to 1984), and a Group Home for Boys at Canterbury (open April to December…

Badge from St John’s Homes for Boys

This is a copy of an image of a badge from St John’s Homes for Boys. It was published on an old website about the Shrublands mansion site. The badge likely dates from the period before 1958 when St John’s started to accept girls as well as boys.

Mental Hospitals (around Victoria designed by Percy Everett)

This is a poster created by the Victorian Department of Public Works to show buildings at Mental Hospitals around Victoria that had been designed and built by the department. It includes images of ward blocks, administration offices, and staff residences at Ballarat Mental Hospital, Sunbury Mental Hospital, Mont Park, Janefield, Larundel, and Brierly Hospital Warrnambool.

Records of Ballarat Mental Hospital, Public Record Office Victoria

These records were created by Ballarat Mental Hospital, Dana Street and Novar Receiving Houses, and Ballarat Psychiatric Hospital, and contain information about patients, staff, and administrative matters at the hospital. The collection is held by the Public Record Office of Victoria. The records contain personal details of people admitted to Ballarat Mental Hospital, including children…

Ballarat Hospital for the Insane c1909 – Men’s Ward

This is an image of the men’s wards at Ballarat Hospital for the Insane, also known as Ballarat Mental Hospital. It shows a large two-storey brick building with arched windows and doorways on the ground floor. The face of the building is covered in climbing vines. This building is the same building that housed the…