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Diocese
A Diocese is the district or area under the control of a particular Bishop of a specific Church.
Anglican Diocese of Ballarat (c. 1863 - )
Disability Institution
Disability Institution is an umbrella term used to describe an institution (or other residential program) which provided services to children with special needs, specifically those considered to be living with intellectual, physical and mental disabilities.
Churinga Special Residential School (1967 - 1990)
Dame Mary Herring Spastic Children's Hostel (1956 - 1992)
Janefield Colony (1937 - 1996)
Kew Children's Cottages (1887 - 2008)
Marian Lodge Training Centre (1953 - 1967)
Marillac House (1943 - )
Moorakyne Hostel (1942? - c. 1988)
Pleasant Creek Colony (1937 - 1999)
Princess Elizabeth Kindergarten for the Deaf (1950 - 2002)
Sandhurst Boys' Home (1956 - 2016)
St John of God Training Centre (1953 - 1967)
St Mary's School for the Deaf (c. 1948 - 1985)
St Paul's School for the Blind (1957 - )
Talbot Colony for Epileptics (1907 - c. 1961)
Travancore (1933 - )
Victorian College for the Deaf (1995 - )
Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution (1860 - 1949)
Victorian School for Deaf Children (1949 - 1995)
Woodbine (1954 - )
Yarra View Training Farm (1957 - 1967?)
Yooralla (1945 - 1993)

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Last updated: 11 May 2022
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/vic/browse_d_function.htm
First published by the Find & Connect Web Resource Project for the Commonwealth of Australia, 2011

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