Malmesbury Receiving Home (1962 - 1980)

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The former Malmesbury Girls', Receiving and Family Group Home, c. 2010, courtesy of .
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c. 1962

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c. 1980

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Receiving Home, Government-run, Home, Temporary Care

Alternative Names

Receiving Home, Cavell Street
Cottage Children's Home
Cavell Street Children's Home
Malmesbury Cottage House

Malmesbury Receiving Home, run by the government, opened in West Hobart in the early 1960s in the building of the former Malmesbury Girls' Home. It provided temporary accommodation for children who were wards of the state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department. In the early 1980s, Malmesbury Receiving Home became a family group Home.

1962 - 1980: Location - Malmesbury Receiving Home was situated in Cavell Street, West Hobart

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1962 - 1980: Malmesbury Receiving Home
1981 - 2009: Malmesbury Family Group Home

Item Title: T7979 Conveyance: Malmesbury to Barclay Pre-School (11/67), Malmesbury Receiving Home (1967)
Date Range: 1967 - 1967
Reference: ED183/1/5355 [Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Item Number]
Contact: Please contact Research Enquiries, Tasmanian Archives:
Postal address: 91 Murray St, Hobart TAS 7000
Phone: (03) 6165 5538 or (03) 6165 5541
Website: https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/Pages/default.aspx
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The former Malmesbury Girls', Receiving and Family Group Home in 2010.The evacuation slide is on the right.The Social Welfare Department installed it in case of fire.

The former Malmesbury Girls', Receiving and Family Group Home in 2009

The former Malmesbury Girls', Receiving and Family Group Home in 2008

The former Malmesbury Girls', Receiving and Family Group Home

Malmesbury Receiving Home (1962 - 1980)

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