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New South Wales - Organisation

St Anne's Group Homes (1960s - 1985)

From
1960s
To
1985
Categories
Catholic, Children's Home and Home
Alternative Names
  • St Anne's Children's Centre

St Anne's Group Homes were established in the 1960s on the site of St Anne's Orphanage at Liverpool. They were for children aged 2 to16 years. St Anne's group homes were also opened at Dundas, Ryde and 9 Loloma Street, Cabramatta (the latter being the site where St Anne's Emergency Centre was established). St Anne's Group Homes closed in 1977.

Details

Copies of most records from St Anne's Group Homes and St Anne's Children's Centre are held by the Catholic Children's Homes Enquiry Service, CatholicCare Adoption Services.

Original records are held by the Sisters of Charity.

Location

1960s - 1977
Location - St Anne's Group Homes was situated near Cabramatta Creek, off Elizabeth Drive, Liverpool. Location: Liverpool

Publications

Reports

  • 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. Details

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.

Prepared by: Naomi Parry