Adolescent Community Placement (or ACP) is a term used to describe a home-based care model for young people aged 12 to 18 years who are experiencing crisis and are unable to live with their families for a range of reasons. This type of placement enables young people to reside in a home-like environment with the…
Orphanages or orphan asylums were a prominent feature of Australian urban landscapes from the early nineteenth through to the mid-twentieth centuries. Orphanages founded in both Britain and the United States from the late 18th century were voluntary organisations designed to rescue the children of the ‘deserving’ poor from being admitted to the workhouse. In Australia,…
A Sanatorium was a medical facility for long-term illness, most typically associated with the treatment of tuberculosis. Several institutions existed in Australia where children and young people spent long periods recovering from illness. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
Sending Agency was the name given to the organisation responsible for arranging the migration of children to Australia from the United Kingdom or Malta. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
Temporary Care is a term to describe the short-term, emergency, respite or crisis accommodation of children and young people. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
Therapeutic Residential Care (or TRC) describes placements for children and young people in an environment to help them recover from the effects of trauma from abuse or neglect. In these placements, the child or young person lives with carers with specialised training and accesses specialist therapists. Click here to see the full Find & Connect…
Non-Government Organisation, or NGO, is a broad term for charities, not-for-profit agencies and religious organisations which provide services to the community, including services to support families and out-of-home ‘care’ programs. It is commonly used in New South Wales. In some states and territories, including Victoria, such organisations are known as Community Service Organisations, or CSOs….
United Aborigines Mission, records deposited with State Library of South Australia is an archival collection that came into the custody of the State Library of South Australia in late 2022. It comprises some records from the United Aborigines Mission archives, relating to Homes in South Australia, and the Bomaderry Aboriginal Children’s Home in New South…
Papers and photographs of Sister Ruby Hyde is held by the State Library of South Australia. It includes a collection of photographs taken by Hyde when she was Matron at Colebrook Home Access Conditions Please contact the State Library of South Australia about access to these records, as written permission is required. Records This is…
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the word Mission has a specific meaning, as a residential settlement or institution. Religious missions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people existed in many states and territories from the nineteenth century up to the 1980s. On Aboriginal missions, families were forcibly separated by a dormitory system, where…
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