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Holiday Home
A Holiday Home was an institution designed to provide short-term accommodation for children in need. Some children from other institutions were sent to spend holiday periods at Holiday Homes, while staff were on leave.
Lady Norrie Junior Red Cross Children's Home (1947 - 1959)
Warrawee, Grange (1950 - 1975)
Woorabinda Hostel (and Campsite) (1968 - 1993)
Home
The term Home is used to describe any institution that accommodated children, for example, orphanages, children's Homes, disability institutions, family group homes, hospitals and juvenile justice institutions.
Aboriginal Women's Home, North Adelaide (1926 - c. 1975)
Adelaide Children's Hospital (1876 - 1989)
Adelaide Kids' Shelter (1976 - 1989?)
Adelaide Lunatic Asylum (1852 - 1902)
Adelaide Maternity Home (1893 - 1914)
Adelaide Youth Training Centre (2012 - )
Albara Road Cottage (1982 - )
Allambi Girls' Hostel (1947 - 1977)
Ashford House (1952 - 1976)
Auricht House (2005 - )
Avila, Brighton (1981 - 1994)
The Babies' Home Walkerville (1912 - 1945)
Babies' Hospital, St Peters (1915 - 1917)
Balaklava Aboriginal Welfare Institution (1942 - 1946)
Barton Vale Girls' Home (1922 - 1947)
Bedford Park Boys' Training Centre (1961 - 1965)
Birralee Hostel (1971 - 1998)
Blair Athol Unit (1982 - ?)
The Boarding section of the Salesian School (1954 - 1984)
Bon Agor House (1975 - 1989s), St Vincent de Paul Group Homes
Bonython Cottage (1980 - 1987)
Boys' Probationary School (1900 - 1945)
Boys' Reformatory Hulk, Fitzjames (1880 - 1891)
Boys' Reformatory, Magill (1869 - 1880)
Boys Reformatory, Magill (1891 - 1967)
Braemore Cottage (1980s - 1996?)
The Bridge Industrial Home (1934 - 1977)
The Bridge Rescue Home (1899 - 1934)
Brighton Industrial School (1867 - 1869)
Brookman Cottage (1985 - 1989)
Brookway Park (1965 - 1978)
Brookway Unit (c. 1984 - 1992)
Cabra Dominican Convent Boarding House (1868 - 1999)
Campbell House Farm School, Meningie (1959 - 1963)
Campbelltown Community Unit (1995 - )
Cann Cottage (1957 - c. 1977)
Cann Home (1924 - 1957)
Carinya Hostel (1973 - 1994)
Catholic Boys' Hostel, Parkside (1977 - 1979)
Catholic Girls' Home Parkside (1930 - 1943)
Catholic Girls' Reformatory, Kapunda (1897 - 1909)
Cavan Training Centre (1993 - 2012)
Cecil Street Cottage (1980s - c. 1995)
Central Depot (1900 - 1965)
Central Region Admission Unit (1979 - 1980)
Cheltenham Cottage Home (1976 - 1980s)
The Children's Home at Walkerville (1886 - 1904)
Christies Beach Cottage (1976 - c. 1985)
Christies Beach Family Home (1975? - 1980)
The Church of England Boys' Home at Walkerville (1903 - 1955)
Church of England Diocesan Mission House (1945 - 1949)
Church of England Hostel for Inland Children (1945 - 1946)
Clarence Park Assessment Unit (c. 1990 - c. 1992)
Claring-bould Cottage (c. 1982 - c. 1995)
Clark Cottage, Clarence Park (1963 - 1979)
Colebrook Home (1927 - 1981)
Colonial Lunatic Asylum (1846 - 1852)
Colton Cottage (1987 - 1994?)
Colton Cottage, Thorngate (1965 - 1982)
Contact and Exchange Centre (1975 - 1978)
Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Carrieton (1942 - 1945)
Convent of the Good Shepherd "The Pines" (1942 - 1974)
Cooinda Hostel (1969 - 1994)
Craigburn Farm (1923 - 1990s), Minda Home
Cullford Cottage (1980s - 1995?)
Curtice Cottage (1957 - 1977)
Dartmouth Family Home, Port Augusta (1973 - ?)
Davenport House (1964 - 1977)
Destitute Asylum (1851 - c. 1917)
Dew Street Cottage (1986 - 1991)
Dismus House (1980), Good Samaritans, Greek Orthodox
Don Bosco Youth Hostel (1999 - 2010)
Drapers' Hall (1962 - 1981)
Dunant House (1970? - c. 1995)
Edwardstown Industrial School (1898 - 1949)
Elizabeth Downs Cottage (1976 - 1980s)
Elizabeth Grace Community Unit (1975 - 1979)
Enfield Community Unit (1990 - )
Enfield Hospital (1963 - 1982)
Enfield Receiving House (1922 - 1963)
Estcourt House (1894 - 1989)
Exodus Youth Shelter (1985 - 1990?)
Family Home, Mount Gambier (1972 - ?)
Farr Cottage (1982 - 1996?)
Farr House (1935 - 1982)
Finniss Springs Mission (1939 - c. 1961)
Fullarton Children's Home (1969 - 1986)
Fullarton Cottage, Myrtle Bank (1970 - 1979)
Fuller Street Cottage (1976? - 1982)
Garden Cottage (1976 - 1984)
Gerard Mission (1946 - 1974)
Gilles Plains Assessment Unit (1992 - )
Gilles Plains Community Unit (1979 - 1990)
Girls' Friendly Society Lodge (1913 - 1975)
Girls' Probationary School (1901 - 1945)
Girls' Reformatory, Edwardstown (1891 - 1898)
Girls Reformatory, Magill (1881 - 1891)
Glandore Boys' Home (1966 - 1973)
Glandore Children's Home (1958 - 1966)
Glandore Community Unit (1990 - 1994)
Glandore Family Home (1972 - 1975)
Glandore Industrial School (1949 - 1958)
Glandore Unit (1975 - 1980)
Glenside Hospital (1967 - 2007)
Greenslade Home (1912 - 1976)
Gurney Street Legacy Hostels (1964 - c. 1967)
Hannah Buckley Home (1980 - 1987)
Hay Community Unit (1979 - 1989)
Hay Cottage, Lockleys (1968 - 1979)
Highgate Park (2006 - 2020)
Hillcrest Hospital (1964 - 1994)
The Home for Incurables (1879 - 1981)
Hostel of the Holy Name (1949 - 1975)
House of Mercy and Retreat for Women (1881 - 1974)
Hove Cottage (1976 - 1986)
I'Anson Cottage (1957 - c. 1977)
ICRA Cottage (1979 - 1994)
Ilfracombe, Boys Reformatory (1869 - 1880)
Joyce Shultz House (1980s)
Joyville Cottage (1972 - 1986?)
Julia Farr Centre (1981 - 1994)
Julia Farr Services (1994 - 2006)
Junior Red Cross Home, Glenelg (1959 - 1968)
Junior Red Cross Home, Henley Beach (1933 - 1946)
Kadina Family Home (1977 - ?)
Kali Boys' Hostel (1971 - 1972)
Kali Cottage (1972 - 1977)
Kalyra Sanatorium (1894 - 1988)
Karingal Youth Hostel (1952 - 1964)
Kate Cocks Memorial Babies' Home (1954 - 1976)
Kennion Cottage (1984 - 1990)
Kennion House (1955 - 1982)
Kilkenny House (1993? - )
Killalpaninna Mission (1867 - 1915)
Klemzig Family Home (1973 - 1980)
Kolbe Cottage Home (1982 - )
Koonibba Children's Home (1913 - 1963)
Kumanka Boys' Hostel (1946 - 1980)
Kurbingai Hostel (1958 - 1962)
Kurinda Cottage (1981 - )
Lady Hore-Ruthven Junior Red Cross Home (1946 - 1959)
Lady Norrie Junior Red Cross Children's Home (1947 - 1959)
Lady Victoria Buxton Girls' Club (1898 - 1955)
Largs Bay Cottage (1976 - c. 1985)
Largs Bay Cottage Home (1970 - ?)
Lentara (1960 - 1977)
Little Para House Youth Shelter (1978 - 1984?)
Lochiel Park Boys' Training Centre (1958 - 1995)
Lochiel Park Community Unit (1995 - 2008?)
Louise Place (c. 2001 - )
Loxton Hostel (1977 - 2012)
Luprina Hostel (1971 - )
Lutheran Emergency Home for Children (1966 - 1984)
Lutheran Girls' Hostel, College Park (1959 - 1982?)
Magill Industrial School (1869 - 1898)
Magill Training Centre (1993 - 2012)
Malvern Cottage (1972 - 1980)
Mansfield House
Mareeba Babies' Hospital (1917 - 1960)
Mareeba Children's Annex of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (1960 - c. 1969)
McAuley Lodge (1990 - 1994)
McBride Hospital (1975 - 1986)
McBride Maternity Hospital (1914 - 1975)
McNally Training Centre (1967 - 1979)
Merrilama Cottage, Glenelg (1960 - 1979)
Methodist Children's Home (1905 - 1924)
Methodist Children's Homes (1924 - 1960)
Methodist Home for Babies and Unmarried Mothers (1937 - 1954)
Minda Home (1911 - 1976)
Minda Home for Weak-Minded Children (1898 - 1911)
Minda Inc. (1976 - )
Minnie Maughan Cottage (1955 - 1980?)
Miroma Respite Care (1985 - )
Monarto Family Home (1977 - )
Montrose Cottage (1986 - 1995?)
Morada Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1979)
Morialta Children's Homes Incorporated (1972 - 1974)
Morialta Protestant Children's Home (1924 - 1972)
Morris Hospital (1936 - 1981)
Mount Gambier Aborigines' Home (1865 - 1867)
Naldera Family Home (1975? - 1978)
Nepabunna Mission (1931 - 1977)
Nidlandi Hostel (1974 - 1981)
Nindee Hostel (1971 - )
Ningana Community Unit (1979 - 1984?)
North Adelaide Community Unit (1990 - 1997)
Northcote Home (1928 - 1973)
Northern Region Admission Unit (1979 - 1990)
Northern Region Group Home (1980 - ?)
Northfield Consumptive Home (1931 - 1936)
Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital (1932 - 1948)
Northfield Mental Hospital (1929 - 1964)
Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital (1948 - 1981)
Norwood Youth Shelter (1978 - 1980s)
Oodnadatta Children's Home (1924 - 1974)
Oodnadatta Hostel (1971 - 1986)
Ooldea Mission (1933 - 1952)
Orana Cottage Home (1975 - 1980), St Vincent de Paul Group Homes
The Orphan Home (1860 - 1935)
Otherway House (1983 - 1984)
Parkside Hostel (2001 - )
Parkside Lunatic Asylum (1870 - 1913)
Parkside Mental Hospital (1913 - 1967)
Pleasant Avenue Cottage (1975 - 1979)
Point McLeay Mission Station (1859 - 1974)
Poonindie Mission (1851 - 1894)
Port Lincoln Family Home (1973 - 1980)
Port Pirie Cottage (1962 - 1972)
Port Pirie Family Home (1972 - 1980)
Port Pirie Hostel (1974 - 1990s)
Pybus Family Home, Port Augusta (1972 - 1980)
Queen Victoria Convalescent Home for Children (1898 - 1943?)
Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital (1939 - 1966)
Queen's Home (1902 - 1939)
Ragless Avenue Cottage (1983 - 1985)
Reception Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park (1973 - 1979)
Redruth Girls' Reformatory (1897 - 1922)
Regency Park Centre (1976 - 1992)
Regency Park Community Unit (1997 - )
Renmark Family Home (1978 - )
Rescued Sisters' Home (1890 - 1899)
Roberts Cottage (1964 - 1980s)
Roberts Home (1921 - 1954)
Rose Cottage (1983 - 1993)
Rose Street Family Connections Unit (1990 - 1993)
Ross Cottage (1984 - 1993)
Royston Park House (1997 - 1998?)
Ru Rua Nursing Home (1978 - 1989)
Sacred Heart Orphanage (1940 - 1979)
The Salvation Army Boys' Home, Kent Town (1929 - 1972)
The Salvation Army Boys' Home, Mount Barker (1945 - 1982)
The Salvation Army Girls' Home, Fullarton (1945 - 1969?)
Salvation Army Young Women's Hostel (1922 - 1988)
Seaford Youth Support Unit (1980 - ?)
Seaforth Convalescent Home (1921 - 1946)
Seaforth Home (1946 - 1975)
Seanachai Cottage Home (1988 - 1997)
Slade Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park (1973 - 1988)
Smith Street Cottage (1976 - 1984)
Somerton Crippled Children's Home (1939 - 1976)
South Australian Institution for the Blind and Deaf and Dumb (1874 - 1946)
South Australian Youth Remand and Assessment Centre (1979 - 1993)
South Australian Youth Training Centre (1979 - 1993)
Southern Region Admission Unit (1979 - c. 1990)
Southern Region Group Home (1979 - 1990)
Spence Cottage, Kensington Gardens (1963 - 1980)
St Francis House (1946 - c. 1961)
St John the Baptist Home for Boys (1898 - 1941)
St John's Boys Town (1941 - 1954)
St John's Cottage Home (1985 - 1988)
St Joseph's Children's Home (1969 - 1980)
St Joseph's Home (2001 - )
St Joseph's Junior Boys' Home (1960s - 1969)
St Joseph's Orphanage Largs Bay (1907? - 1960s)
St Joseph's Refuge (1868 - c. 2001)
St Joseph's Sanatorium, Largs Bay (1903 - 1907?)
St Mary's Home for Children (1953 - 1990)
St Mary's Mission of Hope (1904 - 1953)
St Monica's Cottage Home (1985 - 1987)
St Stanislaus House (1956 - 1978)
St Vincent de Paul Group Home (2001 - )
St Vincent de Paul Orphanage (1866 - 1975)
Stirling Cottage, St Peters (1962 - 1979)
Strathmont Centre (1971 - 2014)
Struan Farm School, Naracoorte (1947 - 1969)
Stuart House Boys' Hostel (1964 - 1990)
Sturt Assessment Unit (1995 - )
Sturt Community Unit (1990 - 1995)
Tanderra Girls' Home (1952 - 1973)
Tintoo Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1979)
Toorak Gardens Boys' Hostel (1967 - 1972)
Townsend House for Deaf and Blind Children (1970 - 1999)
Townsend House Schools for Deaf and Blind Children (1946 - 1970)
Umeewarra Mission Children's Home (1937 - 1964)
Umeewarra Mission Home, Davenport Reserve (1964 - 1995)
Unit Living, Marion (1974 - 1990)
Vaughan House (1947 - 1979)
Wanslea Children's Home (c. 1946 - 1980s)
Warrawee, Grange (1950 - 1975)
Waverley Hostel (1972 - 1988)
Waverley House (1946 - 1964)
Wentworth House (1945 - 1960?)
Western Region Admission Unit (1980 - 1986)
Wiltja Hostel (1956 - 1978)
Windana Remand Home (1965 - 1975)
Woodville Assessment Unit (1990 - 1992)
Woodville Community Unit (1992 - 1993)
Woodville Spastic Centre (1960? - 1993?)
Woodville Spastic Children's Home (1952 - 1960?)
Woodville Youth Hostel (1980s)
Woorabinda Hostel (and Campsite) (1968 - 1993)
Xavier Cottage (1986 - 1988)
Yalata Mission (1954 - 1974)
Yoorana Cottage (1975 - 1989), St Vincent de Paul Group Homes
Hospital
A Hospital is an institution that provides medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured, and to women during and after childbirth.
Adelaide Children's Hospital (1876 - 1989)
Adelaide Hospital (1841 - 1939)
Adelaide Maternity Home (1893 - 1914)
Adelaide Medical Centre for Women and Children (1989 - 1995)
Babies' Hospital, St Peters (1915 - 1917)
Colonial Lunatic Asylum (1846 - 1852)
Enfield Hospital (1963 - 1982)
Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre (1981 - )
Kalyra Sanatorium (1894 - 1988)
Mareeba Babies' Hospital (1917 - 1960)
Mareeba Children's Annex of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (1960 - c. 1969)
McBride Hospital (1975 - 1986)
McBride Maternity Hospital (1914 - 1975)
Morris Hospital (1936 - 1981)
Northfield Consumptive Home (1931 - 1936)
Northfield Infectious Diseases Hospital (1932 - 1948)
Northfield Wards of the Royal Adelaide Hospital (1948 - 1981)
Quambi Nursing Home (1913 - 1915)
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (1954 - )
Queen Victoria Hospital (1966 - 1989)
Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital (1939 - 1966)
Royal Adelaide Hospital (1939 - )
Women's and Children's Hospital (1995 - )
Hostel
The term 'Hostel' refers to a type of institution for young people. Most commonly, hostels catered for 'older' children and young people from around the age of 15. Often young people came to a hostel after leaving a children's home or reformatory. Hostels were designed to assist former residents of orphanages and children's homes with the transition to paid employment and independent living. Educational Hostels were another category, providing accommodation and possibly some educational support for young people, in a location nearby to school. Educational hostels are usually located in rural areas.
Adelaide Kids' Shelter (1976 - 1989?)
Allambi Girls' Hostel (1947 - 1977)
Avila, Brighton (1981 - 1994)
Birralee Hostel (1971 - 1998)
Carinya Hostel (1973 - 1994)
Catholic Boys' Hostel, Parkside (1977 - 1979)
Church of England Diocesan Mission House (1945 - 1949)
Contact and Exchange Centre (1975 - 1978)
Cooinda Hostel (1969 - 1994)
Davenport House (1964 - 1977)
Don Bosco Youth Hostel (1999 - 2010)
Elizabeth Grace Community Unit (1975 - 1979)
Exodus Youth Shelter (1985 - 1990?)
Girls' Friendly Society Lodge (1913 - 1975)
Hostel of the Holy Name (1949 - 1975)
ICRA Cottage (1979 - 1994)
Kali Boys' Hostel (1971 - 1972)
Karingal Youth Hostel (1952 - 1964)
Kumanka Boys' Hostel (1946 - 1980)
Kurbingai Hostel (1958 - 1962)
Lady Victoria Buxton Girls' Club (1898 - 1955)
Little Para House Youth Shelter (1978 - 1984?)
Loxton Hostel (1977 - 2012)
Luprina Hostel (1971 - )
Lutheran Girls' Hostel, College Park (1959 - 1982?)
McAuley Lodge (1990 - 1994)
Nidlandi Hostel (1974 - 1981)
Nindee Hostel (1971 - )
Norwood Youth Shelter (1978 - 1980s)
Oodnadatta Hostel (1971 - 1986)
Parkside Hostel (2001 - )
Port Pirie Hostel (1974 - 1990s)
Salvation Army Young Women's Hostel (1922 - 1988)
St Francis House (1946 - c. 1961)
Stuart House Boys' Hostel (1964 - 1990)
Tanderra Girls' Home (1952 - 1973)
Toorak Gardens Boys' Hostel (1967 - 1972)
Warrawee, Grange (1950 - 1975)
Waverley Hostel (1972 - 1988)
Waverley House (1946 - 1964)
Wentworth House (1945 - 1960?)
Wiltja Hostel (1956 - 1978)
Woodville Youth Hostel (1980s)
Woorabinda Hostel (and Campsite) (1968 - 1993)