Lahey Cottage Family Group Home, in Wynnum North, was operated by the Methodist and Uniting Churches. It opened and was licensed 6 July 1973. It transferred to the Uniting Church 22 June 1977 and closed in 1985.
The Lahey Cottage Family Group Home was situated behind the Margaret Marr Memorial Home for Boys, adjacent to Saunders Family Group Home.
Sources used to compile this entry: Department of Families, Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records, State of Queensland, 2001. p.59.; Methodist Church of Australasia. Queensland Conference. Division of Child & Family Welfare, Golden jubilee souvenir booklet : Margaret Marr Memorial Home for Boys, 1924-1974, Methodist Division of Child & Family Welfare, Nundah, 1974, 16 pp.
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 14 June 2011, Last modified: 3 August 2017
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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