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South Australia - Organisation

Central Region Admission Unit (1979 - 1980)

From
1979
To
1980
Categories
Government-run, Home, Residential Care and Temporary Care
Alternative Names
  • CRAU (Acronym)

The Central Region Admission Unit (CRAU) was opened by the government in 1979 on the site of the former Reception Cottage at Somerton Park. It took in up to eight State children for short term care. The name of this Unit changed to the Western Region Admission Unit in 1980.

Details

The Central Region Admission Unit (CRAU) was opened by the Department for Community Welfare in 1979 on the site of the former Reception Cottage at Somerton Park. CRAU took in up to eight State children for short term care. The name of this Unit changed to the Western Region Admission Unit (WRAU) in 1980. In some departmental documents the WRAU is referred to as the Central/Western Admission Unit.

During the 1970s and into the 1980s, the department used smaller residential care units for State children rather than large institutions. Each metropolitan region had a number of units which were used for different purposes. Admission Units provided short term crisis care; Assessment Units were used for teenage young offenders and other units provided therapeutic care for children with specific needs. Community Units provided longer term care and also assisted young people to move gradually back into the community.

Location

1979 - 1980
Location - Central Region Admission Unit was situated at Somerton Park. Location: Somerton Park

Timeline

 1869 - 1898 Magill Industrial School
       1898 - 1949 Edwardstown Industrial School
             1949 - 1958 Glandore Industrial School
                   1958 - 1966 Glandore Children's Home
                         1966 - 1973 Glandore Boys' Home
                               1973 - 1979 Reception Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park
                                     1979 - 1980 Central Region Admission Unit
                                           1980 - 1986 Western Region Admission Unit

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Sources used to compile this entry: George, Karen, Finding your own way, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2005, http://nunku.org.au/resources/.

Prepared by: Karen George and Gary George