Please contact Challenge Community Services: Postal Address: PO BOX 487, Tamworth, NSW 2340 Phone: (02) 6763 1800 or 1800 679 129 Email: info@challengecommunity.org.au
The John Mulligan Photograph Collection, ca. 1960-1976 is a collection of photographs taken by John Aloysius Mulligan between 1960 and 1976. The subjects are social, religious and cultural events in Australia. The acetate negatives have been discarded due to deteoriation but the National Library of Australia holds digital copies of all the images. The collection…
St Alban’s Family Group Home was opened on the 29 November 1981 in Aberdare and was run by the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle. It was previously known as St Alban’s Home for Boys. The family group Home was built on the same grounds as the boy’s Home but in new premises, and the matron, Dulcie…
Biloela Reformatory School for Females was established in 1871 and was located in a small cottage on Cockatoo Island within the grounds of Biloela Industrial School. Girls were transferred to Biloela Reformatory School from Newcastle Reformatory School for Girls when it closed. Biloela Reformatory School for Females shut on 5 February 1800 and girls were…
The Secretary to the Governor was a position established when the Colony of New South Wales was founded on 26 January 1788. The Secretary to the Governor was an executive officer appointed by the Governor to complete duties at his discretion. These duties generally related to administration and recordkeeping of the new colony. The office…
Newcastle Reformatory School for Females was established on 19 January 1869. The Reformatory School was located in the North Wing and grounds attached to the Newcastle Public Industrial School for Girls with the same matron serving both schools. The Reformatory was established to house girls who had committed criminal offences. The Reformatory School was closed…
Carters’ Barracks, Boys Dormitory was established in 1820. It provided separate accommodation and a training program for convict boys under the age of 16 at Carters’ Barracks, Brickfields in Sydney. On arrival at the Barracks the boys became government apprentices and were trained to work as tradesmen. They lived at the Barracks for a maximum…
Achieve Australia was established on 1 January 2009. The Achieve Foundation and Crowle Foundation merged to form Achieve Australia. It ran Crowle House from 2009 to 2012.
Pathways Out of Home Care Youth Accommodation Service was established by Baptist Community Services in 2008. It was previously known as Pathways Adolescent Unit. From 1 October 2013 Challenge Community Services ran Pathways Out of Home Care Youth Accommodation Service.
Norfolk Island Orphan School was established in 1795 by the Lieutenant-Governor Of Norfolk Island, Philip Gidley King. The Orphan School was a residential facility for female orphans who lived on the island and it was run by the Secretary of the Governor. Norfolk Island Orphan School closed in 1814 when the entire settlement on Norfolk…
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