Nicklin Cottage Family Group Home, in Aspley, opened in 1960. It was run by the Methodist Church until 1977 when management of the home was transferred to the Uniting Church. Nicklin Cottage Family Group Home was licensed under the State Children Act 1911 on 27 October 1960 and then the Children’s Services Act 1965 on…
OPAL House, in South Brisbane, was operated by the One People of Australia League (OPAL). It was Brisbane’s first purpose-designed hostel for homeless Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. OPAL House in Russell Street was purchased by the Queensland government in 1962. In 1985, the building in Russell Street was demolished and the remaining 16…
Chester House, in Ipswich, opened in 1980/81 and was operated by the Uniting Church. Funding for Chester House ceased temporarily in August 1984. The institution closed in 1996.
The State Children Amendment Act 1917 with the full title “An Act to Amend “The State Children Act of 1911″ in certain particulars” (Act no.8 Geo.V No.13) raised the age of children who received State benefits through their natural or foster mothers from 13 to 14 years. If a State child gained a State scholarship,…
Industrial Schools were institutions where children could receive industrial training. It was a model borrowed from England. The central idea was that neglected children with living parents needed to be taught to be industrious and be able to support themselves in the future. Notions about poverty in the nineteenth century saw poor people as lazy…
Gribble, E.R.B. (Ernest Richard Bulmer) 1868-1957, Collected Papers, 1892-1970 is a manuscript collection held by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (manuscript number MS 1515). Ernest Gribble co-founded the Yarrabah Mission alongside his father, J.B. Gribble, which they ran until 1910. Ernest Gribble then held a number of religious roles at…
In December 2018, the UK government announced they were establishing a payment scheme for former British Child Migrants. The scheme was for people who had been separated from their families and sent overseas as part of the UK government’s participation in child migration programs. The payment scheme was established in response to the Interim Report…
The National Redress Scheme was established by the Commonwealth government in response to the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. It is administered by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services. The NRS was established in 2018 and was announced that it would run for 10 years. The National Redress…
The Anglican Diocese of North Queensland was incorporated in 1883, when it was known as the Church of England Diocese of North Queensland. In 1900, part of North Queensland was separated to form the new Diocese of Carpentaria, which also included the Northern Territory. In 1981 the Church of England changed its name to the…
The Church of England Women’s Shelter in Brisbane opened in 1903. It was a shelter for single mothers as well as women needing “rescue”. First located in William Street, it moved to a building in Mary Street in 1907 and remained there until 1928 when it moved to Spring Hill. The Shelter moved to its…
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