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.
This is a photo of the interior of the chapel at the Church of England Boys’ Home, Carlingford. It shows the inside of a room with eight rows of chairs on either side of a small aisle leading up to a small wooden altar.
This is a photo of a sign outside the Church of England Boys’ Home at Carlingford. It is a small white sign with grey text that reads ‘Church of England Home for Boys’, and it has a small figure of a boy kicking a ball sitting on top of it. A Union Jack flag can…
This is a photo of the exterior of the Charlton Boys’ Home, Bowral. It shows five boys and one man standing next to a bus outside a white single-storey cottage.
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