St John's Home, Auburn Street Goulburn, provided care for girls and boys and was established in 1976 when St John's Home, Goulburn and St Joseph's, Goulburn were
amalgamated. It closed in 1987.
1864 - 1975 St Joseph's Orphanage, Goulburn
1905 - 1978 St John's Home, Goulburn
1976 - 1987 St John's Home, Auburn Street Goulburn
Sources used to compile this entry: Hanson, Dallas, Why are they in children's homes: report of the ACOSS children's home intake survey, Australian Department of Social Services: Australian Council of Social Services, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1979, 83 pp; Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf.
Prepared by: Melissa Downing
Created: 8 March 2011, Last modified: 18 May 2014
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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