From 1975 Ballarat Children’s Home and its successors ran a number of Family Group Homes in Ballarat and the surrounding area. The exact opening and closing dates for many of these homes are not yet known.
From the mid 1970s Glastonbury – Geelong Protestant Orphanage, and its successors Glastonbury Children’s Home and Glastonbury Child and Family Services, ran a number of family group homes in the Geelong area. The first family group home was established by Glastonbury in 1974. Over the following decade Glastonbury opened several more family group homes in…
From the early 1960s St Vincent de Paul ran a number of Family Group Homes throughout Victoria. In 1997 the family group homes that were still operating came under the control of MacKillop Family Services, along with the rest of St Vincent de Paul Child and Family Services. The exact opening and closing dates for…
From the 1970s Berry Street ran a number of family group homes across Melbourne and in Gippsland. In 1975 Berry Street made the decision to shift their focus of child care from an institutional style to residential care of children in family group homes, which was reflected in their change of name from Berry Street…
From 1959 to the 1990s Melbourne Family Care, its predecessor Melbourne Orphanage, and its successor Family Action, ran a number of Family Group Homes across the outer suburbs of Melbourne. The first family group homes were established in 1959 as institutionalised care was phased out. By 1963, 14 family group homes had been established. By…
The Salvation Army Australia came into being in 2018 when the Salvation Army Southern Territory and Salvation Army Eastern Territory merged. The Australian Territory Board of Governance held its first meeting in September 2018. The Salvation Army (also known as The Salvos) continues to provide a range of community services in Australia, including out-of-home care…
Please contact the Historical Records Department, The Salvation Army: Postal Address: 95-99 Railway Road, Blackburn, VIC, 3130 Phone: (03) 8878 4580 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…
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