The Samuel MacMahon Wadham Papers are held at University of Melbourne Archives. Samuel Wadham (1891-1972) came to Australia in 1926, to take up the position of Professor of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. Throughout his life, Wadham was involved with a wide range of scientific and community organisations, particularly in rural Victoria, including the…
The Seaside Home at Frankston was established in 1901. It was originally intended to be a holiday home for the boys from Melbourne Ragged Boys’ Home but from 1904 boys were placed permanently in Frankston. In 1924, Seaside Home, Frankston became Minton Boys’ Home. In 1901, William Minton the superintendent of Melbourne Ragged Boys’ Home,…
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Ballarat Health Services was established in 1997, to bring together three public health services: Queen Elizabeth Centre, Ballarat Base Hospital and Grampians Psychiatric Services. In 2014, the organisation ran the Ballarat Base Hospital.
Glastonbury Community Services was established in 2011. Previously, the organisation was called Glastonbury Child and Family Services. Based in Geelong, Glastonbury is a provider of out-of-home care, family and community services in regional Victoria. Glastonbury Community Services merged in 2015 with Time for Youth and Barwon Youth to become Barwon, Child Youth & Family.
Menzies Inc. is a not for profit organisation that was established in 2000. It was previously known as the Menzies Home for Children. Menzies Inc. has provided residential care to children and young people since 2000 in a suburban home setting. The ages of children range from to 4 to 17 and up to four…
The Victorian Children’s Aid Society records (MS10051) is a manuscript collection held by the State Library of Victoria. It includes by laws, annual reports, minutes; financial records; case histories, court committals, fostering and adoption records of children under the care of the Society; correspondence relating to children under the control of the Society and the…
The National Library of Australia in Canberra was formally established by the passage of the National Library Act 1960. Its origins can be traced back to the establishment of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Library in 1901. The Library’s role “is to ensure that documentary resources of national significance relating to Australia and the Australian people, as…
Strathmore Lodge was established in 1953 as a girls’ home in Surrey Hills run by the United Protestant Association of Victoria. The home was shortlived and the property was sold in 1955. The State Council of the United Protestant Association of Victoria purchased a property at 18 Scottsdale St, Surrey Hills, in 1952 to establish…
The United Protestant Association of Victoria was one of four branches of the United Protestant Association in Australia. Other branches existed in Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania. The four branches acted independently of each other, although all attempted to run children’s Homes. The Victorian effort was small and shortlived; it appears there was only…
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