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Tasmania - Organisation

Woodbridge-West Winds Receiving Home (1963 - 1967)

From
1963
To
1967
Categories
Government-run, Home, Receiving Home and Temporary Care
Alternative Names
  • Woodbridge-Westwinds (Also known as)

Woodbridge-Westwinds Receiving Home, run by the government, opened in 1963. It was in Woodbridge. The Home provided accommodation for wards of state. It closed in 1967.

Details

The Social Welfare Department intended Woodbridge-Westwinds Receiving Home to be temporary. The Department had bought the property of 44 acres with a timber house at Woodbridge where they planned to put up a new building for a home. Meanwhile, they leased the house to a married couple in exchange for them taking boys at the usual rate for foster mothers. In 1967, when the building was complete, the Receiving Home became part of West Winds Boys' Home.

Location

1963 - 1967
Location - Woodbridge-West Winds Receiving Home was on the Channel Highway, Woodbridge. Location: Woodbridge

Related Glossary Terms

Publications

Reports

  • Report of the Department of Social Welfare; for the year ended 30th June 1962, Department of Social Welfare, Hobart, 1962. Details
  • Department of Social Welfare: report for the year ended 30th June 1965, Department of Social Welfare, Hobart, 1965. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Report of the Department of Social Welfare; for the year ended 30th June 1962, Department of Social Welfare, Hobart, 1962; Department of Social Welfare: report for the year ended 30th June 1965, Department of Social Welfare, Hobart, 1965.

Prepared by: Caroline Evans