The Society for the Relief of Destitute Children was formed in Sydney in 1852 by members of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales. It was a separate organisation and ran the Asylum for Destitute Children at Ormond House in Paddington (1852-1858) and the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children. The Society was incorporated in 1857…
The Benevolent Society of New South Wales Collection, 1813-1996 is an aggregated collection held by the State Library of New South Wales. It comprises a large amount of records created between 1813 and 1996 by the Benevolent Society and its predecessor, the New South Wales Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Benevolence. The aggregated collection…
Berida Junior Red Cross Home was established by the Junior Red Cross in Bowral in 1950. The house had previously been a Red Cross convalescent home for servicewomen and servicemen. Berida was a school for special purposes that provided temporary care to school-aged girls whose families were experiencing illness, childbirth or crisis. From 1972 until…
Schools for Specific Purposes were public schools for children with special needs that were set up by the New South Wales Department of Education. Sometimes they are referred to as Schools for Special Purposes. They operated within a number of state child welfare institutions. Their naming and classification has changed over time, but such schools…
Yarra Bay Boys’ Home, also known as Yarra Bay House, was established at Phillip Bay (La Perouse) in the mid-1950s by the Child Welfare Department. Previously, the site had housed the Yarra Bay Truant School. Yarra Bay Boys’ Home was used as a receiving home as well as a more permanent children’s home. By the…
Yarra Bay House was established at Phillip Bay, at La Perouse, as an institution for children defined as handicapped by the State Children’s Relief Board in 1917. It was converted to La Perouse Training School for Girls in 1923.
Yarra Bay House Truant School was established in 1939 in Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay. This building had been the La Perouse Training School for Girls. It was run by the Child Welfare Department as a truant school for boys. It was converted to a boys’ home in the 1950s. In around 1955, Yarra Bay…
Keelong Juvenile Justice Centre was located at Unanderra and run by the Department of Juvenile Justice. It was formerly the Keelong Remand Centre. The name change occurred when the remand centre was transferred from the Department of Family and Community Services to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Some of the boys remained at Keelong during…
Reiby Juvenile Justice Centre, at Airds, near Campbelltown, was opened under the Department of Juvenile Justice in 1991. It had been the Reiby Training School for girls. In 2025, Reiby accommodates a maximum of 55 girls and boys under the age of 15 years, who are on control orders or remanded in custody According to the…
In 1983 the Wagga District Council (Riverina District Council) branch of the United Protestant Association closed Gumleigh. The funds from the sale of the property were used to finance two family group homes, one in Heydon Street and one in Grandview Avenue. In 1985 the scheme was phased out and the homes were closed.
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