The Fairfield Home for Refugee Children was a children’s Home run by the Sydney Anglican Home Mission Society, via it’s Care Force unit. It was also known as the Fairfield Hostel for Refugees, and the Condell Park Home for Refugee Children (though it is not known if it was ever located at Condell Park). It…
This is a photo of the Tress Kingsdene Home at Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford, which was part of Anglicare’s Kingsdene disability program. It shows a raised split-level brick house with a garage underneath, and large plants at the front. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.
This is a photo of the Manning Hostel at 28 Gladstone Street, North Parramatta, which was part of Anglicare’s Kingsdene disability program. It shows a two-storey white weatherboard house with a small front verandah. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate.
Charlton Youth Services ran several Family Group Homes in the Sydney area from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s. These were a half-way house at Summerhill (open 1976 to 1983), a half-way house for girls at Five Dock (open 1978 to 1984), and a Group Home for Boys at Canterbury (open March to November…
The Protestant Federation Children’s Home (PFCH) records is a collection of records created by the Protestant Federation Children’s Home. The records include: Basic admission information “Roll Call” books which kept admission and discharge information from 1964-1980 Minutes of the Protestant Federation Children’s Home Board of Management 1975-1982 which include admission and discharge information. These records…
The Cram Foundation was established in 1932 as the Wollongong and District Society for Crippled Children. In 1964 it changed its name to the Illawarra Society for Crippled Children. As the Illawarra Society, it opened and operated Cram House, a disability institution for children which ran from 1975-2003. It also opened Bellambi Group Home, a…
Cram House was established in 1975 by the Illawarra Society for Crippled Children, as a residential facility for children with intellectual and physical disabilities. The Illawarra Society had existed since 1932, and was bequeathed the Cram House property in 1965. After the property was used for a variety of activities run by the Society, it…
This is a youtube video showing a children’s park on the former site of Fairbridge Farm School, Molong.
This is an image of the Carramar Hostel at Girraween. It shows two people standing in the doorway of the Carramar Home, which is a brick house with three dormer windows along the roof. The caption published with the photo reads “Maureen Gordon and Rev. John Turner outside 69 Lyle St., Girraween”. This photo is…
This is a photo of St Alban’s Home for Boys at Cessnock. It shows a large single-storey brick building with ‘St Alban’s Church of England Home for Boys’ written in white text on the side next to a large white cross. There is a bicycle lying on the lawn in front of the building.
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