Please contact the Historical Records Department, The Salvation Army: Postal Address: PO Box 479, Blackburn VIC 3130 Phone: (03) 8878 2404 Email: historicalrecords@salvationarmy.org.au Website: https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/about-us/governance-policy/historical-records-request/
From the mid 1950s the State Government of Victoria, via its various departments governing child welfare, operated a large number of family group homes under its Family Group Home Program. These Family Group Homes were located in inner and outer suburban Melbourne as well as in more regional locations across the state. The opening and…
Salvation Army Australia, Records of Homes in the former Eastern Territory is a collection relating to Salvation Army children’s institutions in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. The Salvation Army also holds records relating to maternity Homes and adoptions conducted in its Eastern Territory. The surviving records vary for each institution however…
The Murdoch Holiday Home was a holiday home run by Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children. It opened at Murdoch Street, Huskisson on 6 November 1954. It was a holiday home for children living at other Burnside homes. Children from each of the Burnside homes spent two weeks at the Huskisson home every year. It was…
The Anglican Diocese of Armidale was established in 1914. Previously, it was known as the Diocese of Armidale and Grafton. The Diocese had two children’s Homes, run by a committee of management – Ohio Boys’ Home and Coventry Home. In a statement to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2016,…
The Salvation Army, Australian Territory was established in 1880 when the first members of the church came to Australia. From 1880 until 1907, the Salvation Army Australasian Territory comprised the church’s operations in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga. In 1907, the Australian Territory was separated from New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga. In 1921, the…
Woorabinda, 170 kilometres south-west of Rockhampton, Queensland, was gazetted as an Aboriginal Reserve in 1927; the reserve status remained in place until 1986. Additionally, in 1951 Woorabinda was gazetted as an Industrial School institution for the maintenance of State Children under the Children Services Act. Consequently the Woorabinda dormitories housed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
churches of Christ NSW & ACT holds a collection of records dating from 1936 to 1971 relating to the Dunmore Boys’ Home (also known as Dunmore House) at the churches of Christ Resource Centre in Rhodes. Access Conditions People wishing to access these records need to contact the churches of Christ in NSW and ACT…
Please contact the churches of Christ Safe Ministry Practices Leader: Postal Address: PO Box 3561 Rhodes NSW 2138 Phone: (02) 8573 6000 Email: hello@ccnswact.org.au Website: https://ccnswact.org.au/
Kurnell Gardens was run by the State Children’s Relief Department as a remand home for children from Broken Hill who had been charged with offences by the police and were awaiting court appointments or being sent to other institutions. It was officially opened in December 1937, however it had been running since November 1936 when…
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