The Rockhampton Receiving Depot, in Rockhampton, was run by the State Government. Although the facility arranged for the fostering and boarding-out of children, it continued to care for infants. It also acted as a training school for girls in domestic service. It was previously known as the Rockhampton Orphanage. In 1964 its name changed to…
The Birralee Children’s Home, a state run institution, was situated at 124 Quarry Street, Rockhampton. Until 1964, it was known as the Rockhampton Receiving Depot. In 1967, it became the Birralee Receiving and Assessment Centre.
Micah Projects is a community based not-for profit organisation that provides a range of support and advocacy services to individuals and families. One of its initiatives is to provide support services toForgotten Australians and Care Leavers in the form of state-wide information and referral; drop in space for individual support and group activities; community education,…
The Rockhampton Orphanage was established in 1870. It was located at 124 Quarry Street, Rockhampton. On the passing of the Orphanages Act in 1879, the Queensland Government assumed responsibility for its operation. The name was changed to the Rockhampton Receiving Depot in 1894. With the majority of children boarded-out, Rockhampton Orphanage was re-named the Rockhampton…
The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary were first established in Australia in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1941, and worked primarily with Aboriginal people. In Queensland they took over the care of the Leprosarium on Fantome Island and the primary school on Palm Island, both Aboriginal settlements under Government control. They also ran the Xavier Home for Crippled…
The Society of the Sacred Advent is an Anglican religious order founded at Brisbane, Australia, in 1892 by Caroline Grace Millicent Short (1839-1922). In 2014 the order was still active in Brisbane.
Save the Children Fund, Queensland was established in 1919 in Brisbane and runs programs throughout Queensland. It works with communities across the country, delivering programs to help disadvantaged, Indigenous, migrant and refugee children and young people reach their full potential. Save the Children Fund developed programs for children in Australia back in the 1950s.
The Xavier Children’s Support Network was the new name for the Xavier Home for Crippled Children. The name changed in 1994 when the model of care changed from institutional to a community based model. In 2003, it became an agency of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane. Xavier supports families with children with severe disabilities…
St Brigid’s Industrial School, in Rockhampton, was run by the Sisters of Mercy. Information about this institution is scarce but it originally operated as a boarding facility and industrial school for young girls from outlying areas of the Diocese. It then became a working girls’ hostel. St Brigid’s opened around 1874 and closed in 1985….
St Henry’s Roman Catholic Asylum, on Thursday Island, was an orphanage run by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. It was part of the Sacred Heart Mission. The orphanage opened in 1889 and closed 1942 when the children were moved from Thursday Island to Cooyar…
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