Please contact the Congregation Leader at Sisters of Mercy, Paramatta Congregation: Postal address: PO Box 2012, North Parramatta NSW 1750 Phone: (02) 9683 2555 Email: enquiries@parrasom.org.au Website: http://www.parramattamercy.org.au/
Please contact Barnardos Australia (Aftercare Office): Postal Address: Barnardos After Care, GPO Box 9996, Sydney NSW 2001 Phone: (02) 9281 2300 Email: aftercare@barnardos.org.au Website: https://www.barnardos.org.au/services/
Avona Hostel, in Glebe, was set up by the Anglican Home Mission Society in 1947. It was for boys aged 15 to 18 who had appeared before the Children’s Court and were described by the Home Mission Society as ‘neglected, homeless or unwanted.’ The hostel held 25 boys. Avona Hostel closed around 1962. Avona Hostel…
The Church Rescue Home was established in 1885 and run by a committee associated with the Church of England Temperance Society. It opened as a Home for the “rescue” of “intemperate”, “inebriate”, and “fallen” women (‘Church Home for the Intemperate and the Fallen’, published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 September 1884), including teenage girls….
The Community of the Sisters of the Church of England, also known as the Kilburn Sisters, is a group of Anglican religious women. They ran the Church of England Orphanage in Burwood, as well as a number of schools. They have been active in Australia since 1892.
Pallister Young People’s Unit and Special School was established in 1977 by the Church of England Deaconess Institution at Pallister House, in the grounds of Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich. The building, also known as Standish, had previously been a girls’ home known as Pallister House or Lisgar Trust. It closed in 1981.
Tresillian, in Petersham, was the first ‘Infant Welfare Training School’ established in 1921 by the Royal Society for Mothers and Babies. It was located at ‘Tresillian’, a fine house in Shaw Street, Petersham. The house name became the name of the Royal Society for Mothers and Babies mothercraft facilities. Tresillian Petersham cared for up to…
Pallister Church of England Girls’ Home was a girls’ home run by the Church of England Deaconess Institution. It was formerly the Deaconess Children’s Home (or Agincourt) in Strathfield. In 1946, Pallister Church of England Girls Home moved to Greenwich. The new premises were a house called Standish, in the grounds of Greenwich Hospital, and…
Montrose Hostel, at Burwood, was established in the mid 1930s, in what had been Montrose Maternity Home. Run by the Child Welfare Department, it was a hostel for girls who were state wards. In 1949 Montrose changed its use to become Montrose Infants’ Home.
Montrose Infants’ Home was a home for preschool-aged children that was established in Burwood by the Child Welfare Department. Montrose had previously been a hostel for older children. It had a kindergarten programme and mostly took children who were being prepared for foster placement. However its use varied according to need, and four girls aged…
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