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Maternity Home
The term Maternity Home refers to institutions that provided residential accommodation to pregnant women, usually single women, and they often functioned (officially or not) as adoption agencies.
Ballarat Female Refuge (1867 - 1921)
Ballarat Town and City Mission Rescue and Children's Home (c. 1921 - 1941)
Cara Inc. (1979 - 2016)
Girls' Memorial Home (1922 - 1973)
The Harbour (1898 - 1994)
Hartnett House (c. 1955 - c. 1982)
The Haven (1897 - 1988)
Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1986)
Melbourne City Mission Maternity Home (1900 - c. 1955)
Mission House (1886 - c. 1997)
Presbyterian Sisterhood Home (1909 - c. 1978)
St Joseph's Babies' and Family Service (1985 - 1997)
St Joseph's Foundling Hospital (1901 - 1975)
St Joseph's Receiving Home (1902 - 1985)
Methodist
The term Methodist describes a person or organisation affiliated with the Methodist Church.
Central Dorcas Society (1888 - 1891)
Copelen Street Family Centre (1974 - 1991)
Lincoln House (c. 1939 - 1950)
Livingstone House (1888 - 1891)
Methodist Babies' Home (1929 - c. 1974)
Methodist Homes for Children (1891 - c. 1953)
Mintaro Reformatory Home for Girls (1903 - 1912)
Orana, the Peace Memorial Homes for Children (1953 - 1988)
Presbyterian and Methodist Child Care Service (1971 - 1977?)
The South Yarra Home (c. 1878 - c. 1936)
South Yarra Hostel (c. 1974 - c. 1982)
Tally Ho Youth Services (1986 - 1989)
Wesleyan Church Neglected Children's Aid Society (1891 - ?)
Mission Dormitory
Mission Dormitory refers to the dormitory style accommodation buildings that were often placed on Aboriginal missions to house children of school age apart from the rest of their families.
Coranderrk Children's Asylum and Dormitory (1863 - 1924)
Ebenezer Mission (1859 - 1904)
Lake Condah Mission Station (1867 - 1919)
Lake Tyers Mission Station (1861 - 1971)
Ramahyuck Aboriginal Mission (1863 - 1908)