St Christopher’s Home for Little Children was established by Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in 1928, with they day to day operations of the Home initially overseen by the Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name in 1928. It was located at Lochinvar in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales in a house called Clifton….
The Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Newcastle was formed around 1800. It was responsible for the operation of several children’s homes in the Hunter and Manning River areas of New South Wales. Children’s homes run by the Church of England/Anglican Diocese of Newcastle included St Christopher’s Home for Little Children, Morpeth Home for Children,…
St Elizabeth’s Home for Girls was opened at Mayfield in 1926 as a home for orphan and destitute girls up to 16 years old, owned by by the Church of England Diocese at Newcastle. St Elizabeth’s Home for Girls was relocated to Singleton in 1942, and closed in 1977. St Elizabeth’s Mayfield was located in…
Carramar Adoption Agency was established in 1961, and was known by that name until 1965, when it became the Church of England Adoption Agency. In 1978 the name was again changed, to Anglican Adoption Agency. Since 1997, the service has been known as Anglicare Adoption Services. Carramar Adoption Agency arranged adoptions for many of the…
The Church of England Adoption Agency was known as the Carramar Adoption Agency until 1965. In 1978 the name was again changed, to Anglican Adoption Agency. Since 1997, the service has been known as Anglicare Adoption Services.
The Anglican Adoption Agency was the adoption agency for the Anglican Church in NSW. I had previously been known as the Church of England Adoption Agency until the name was changed in 1978. It arranged adoptions for many of the babies of women and girls who stayed at the Carramar Maternity Home, and later the Carramar…
Robinson House was established at Ashfield by the Home Mission Society of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in the 1970s. It was on the site of the former Milleewa Home, in Ashfield, and replaced the Charlton Boys Home. It appears this home moved to Campbelltown in February 1990, where it was run by Charlton Youth…
Anglicare Adoption Services was established in 1997. Previously it was known as the Anglican Adoption Agency. It is a specific part of the Anglicare Out of Home Care Services and of the Anglicare Telepea Office that supports adoption services. This includes providing ongoing support to all main parties in a past adoption made through the…
Trigg Hostel was established by the Home Mission Society of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in 1979 in Granville. It replaced the Trigg Working Boys Hostel that had previously been located as part of the Church of England Boys’ Home, and briefly on the site of the Church of England Girls’ Home in Molly-Trigg Cottage…
In 1986 the Sydney Anglican Home Mission Society took over management of the Lisgar Hostel in Arncliff from the Church of England Deaconess Institute. It was a long term residential unit for girls aged 12 to 18. It was later run by Charlton Youth Services, later known as Anglicare Youth Services. In 1989 the Home…
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