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Gateway Children's Home (1964 - 2017)

  • Gateway Children's Home

    Gateway Children's Home, 1964? - 1990?, courtesy of Wesley Mission.
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From
1964
To
2017
Categories
Children's Home, Home and Wesleyan Methodist
Alternative Names
  • Gateway Children's Cottage
  • Gateway Cottage
  • Gateway House

Gateway Children's Home, at Lewisham, was set up by the Central Methodist Mission in 1964 as a short-term childcare centre for families in crisis. It had accommodation for 14 children. In 2014, Wesley Dalmar Children's Services (part of Wesley Mission) ran the premises as Gateway Children's Cottage (also called Gateway House), a crisis care accommodation program. In 2017, this program ended and the service closed down.

Details

Location

1964 - 2017
Address - Gateway Children's Home was located on the corner of Toothill Street and The Boulevard, Lewisham. Location: Lewisham

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

Online Resources

Photos

Gateway Children's Home
Title
Gateway Children's Home
Type
Image
Date
1964? - 1990?
Source
Wesley Mission

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Wesley Dalmar: over a century of caring, Wesley Mission, 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20170424114846/https://www.wesleymission.org.au/home/our-services/wesley-foster-care-services/wesley-dalmar/welcome-to-wesley-dalmar/; Wesley Mission 200 Years Pioneering Care: Celebrating the bicentenary of Methodism in Australia, Wesley Mission, 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20140719125406/http://www.wesleymission.org.au/200years/history.asp; 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; Moyes, Gordon, 'Caring for the Kids', in Rev Dr Gordon Moyes, AC, Gordon Moyes, 21 March 2007, https://web.archive.org/web/20101219162646/http://www.gordonmoyes.com/2007/03/21/caring-for-the-kids/; Email correspondence with Wesley Mission, 2-4 May, 2017.

Prepared by: Naomi Parry