Dr Barnardos in Australia was, from 1966, the name used by Dr Barnardo’s Homes (Australia Branch). In 1964 Dr Barnardo’s Homes had stopped its child migration scheme and began to offer a broad range of services to children and families in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The name change reflected this shift to family services. Around 1995, the agency became known as Barnardos Australia.
After Dr Barnardo’s Homes changed its name to Dr Barnardos in Australia in 1966, it developed its local services, and began to move into providing family-based care for children; it established the New South Wales Find-A-Family scheme in 1975.
Dr Barnardos in Australia ran a number of family group homes in New South Wales, most of which had been established before 1966: Greenwood (1951-1966); Tarana at Belmont South (1959-1977); Hartwell House Kiama (1960-1970); Atherstone House Cronulla (1962-1977); Rickard House West Ryde (1962-1982); Illawong at Keiraville (1962-1975); Ladd House and Fairfax House at Normanhurst (1966-1976), Karingal House, Lindfield (1960-1984) and Mackay House (1970?-1973?).
In the Australian Capital Territory, Dr Barnados ran Berwick House in Curtin (1968 – 1983) and Barnardos House in Downer (1964 – 1982), which from 1978 were replaced by Barnardos Children’s Family Centre.
According to the Barnardos Australia website, Barnardos now recognises that its programmes of child migration were damaging, and it works actively with the Child Migrants Trust and its UK sister organisations to support former child migrants and their families.
From
1966
To
c. 1995
Alternative Names
Barnardos
Barnardo's
Dr Barnardos
Dr Barnardo's
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