Queen Alexandra Home for Children was operated by the Methodist Church. It originally opened in 1910 at Indooroopilly, in a house known as Robgill. Within a year, the Home moved to new premises (‘Hatherton’) in the suburb of Coorparoo. From February 1937, the Home received state wards. Queen Alexandra Home closed in September 1960. The…
The Petford Training Farm Aboriginal Corporation was incorporated in 1983. It managed the Petford Training Farm in North Queensland.
Primmer Lodge, Taringa, was operated by Teen Challenge. A facility for male and female adolescents, it was opened and licensed 19 April 1978. Funding ceased around 1981/82.
Teen Challenge was established in Brisbane in 1971. It provides long-term residential treatment and rehabilitation services for young people aged 16-29 who are experiencing life-controlling problems.
Petford Training Farm was in Petford, to the west of the Atherton Tablelands in North Queensland. It provided station-based training to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youths. It opened in 1978 and in August 1983, the Petford Training Farm Aboriginal Corporation was licensed as a foster home. Funding for Petford Training Farm as a residential…
The Peirson Memorial Trust was founded in 1947, following the donation of land and properties belonging to the Peirson family in Goodwood to the Ann Street Presbyterian Church, Brisbane, for the purposes of establishing a training farm for boys. It ran a number of children’s homes in Queensland. In 2013, the Peirson Memorial Trust provides…
Pallarenda Family Group Home, in Townsville, was operated by the Presbyterian Church. It opened 17 December 1979 and closed in 1994. As of 2019 we have been unable to find further information about this home. Please contact Find & Connect if you know more about this home.
Peim Metta Family Group Home, in Whiterock (Cairns) was operated by the Boopa Werem Kindergarten Association. It opened late 1982. In 2001 it was no longer a licensed residential facility. As of 2019 we have been unable to find further information about this home. Please contact Find & Connect if you know more about this…
In 2013 the Boopa Werem Kindergarten is a pre-school and childcare operator, based in Bungalow (Cairns), Queensland. It is part of the Creche and Kindergarten Association Limited (C&K) which dates back to 1907. According to the publication Missing Pieces (2001), the Boopa Werem Kindergarten Association operated a family group home in 1980s.
OPAL Joyce Wilding Home was operated by the One People of Australia League (OPAL). In 1970, OPAL purchased the home (on the Pacific Highway in Upper Mount Gravatt, later known as Eight Mile Plains) with funding from Commonwealth and Queensland governments in 1970, and the Home was licensed on 7 August 1970. Its licence was…
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