The Quamby Youth Detention Centre in Symonston opened in 1962. It was a government-run facility, housing youth on short term remand, and (in the absence of any other facility) some children unable to live at home. Most ACT children who were sent to institutions in New South Wales initially spent some time in Quamby. In…
The Child Welfare Agreement Ordinance 1941 (Act no. 12/1941) was Commonwealth legislation that approved an agreement made between the Commonwealth and the state of New South Wales for the reception, detention and maintenance in institutions in NSW of children committed to those institutions by courts of the ACT. When an ACT court committed a child…
Marymead Child and Family Centre was established in 1967 in Narrabundah. It was run by the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, until the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn took over responsibility in 1986. In 2018, Marymead continues to provide residential care for girls and boys aged 5 to 17, as well as foster care and…
The Catholic Diocese of Goulburn was established in 1862, later including the city of Canberra and surrounding areas. It became the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn in 1948.
Barnardos Children’s Family Centre in Downer came into being in 1983 and replaced Barnardos House and Berwick House in Curtin. By the early 1990s Barnardos had shifted away from residential care to foster care and family support. From 1993 Barnardos Children’s Family Centre has run Find-a-Family ACT, a program organising permanent foster placements. Barnardos Children’s…
This photograph shows the C.W.A Girls’ Hostel, Bunbury (also known as Heath House) in 1957. The hostel is shown as a single-storey cottage located on a small hill. The photograph shows a neighbouring cottage to the right of the hostel, and what appears to be a large water tower behind it. This photograph was published…
This is a small collection of photographs showing the exterior and interior of Catherine House in Broome. The photos include the plaque unveiled on the opening of Catherine House, children playing on the front verandah, kitchen, dining room, play room, bathroom, bedrooms, and lounge room. These photographs were contained within a file from the Department…
This is a copy of an image that appeared on the front of the NSW Homeless Children’s Association “Choices” magazine in August 1983. It is captioned, “Model of Community Centre and accommodation superimposed on the actual site at Mangrove Mountain”.
This photograph was published in the Kildonan Children’s Home Annual Report, 1961. It shows the front of a wide house with hedges in front. The description published alongside the photograph reads “Family Group Home, Ellsa St., North Balwyn – a large, new house built on two levels.”
This is a copy of an image that appeared on the front cover of “Choices”, the magazine of the New South Wales Homeless Children’s Association, in March 1983. It shows houses in Cumberland Street, The Rocks, that were the location of a residential facility for homeless young people run by the Association.
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