Welfare House was a convalescent Home for mothers and children, on the corner of Alma Road and Chapel Street in East St Kilda. The Red Cross leased the property from around 1946 and until around 1953. Initially Welfare House provided accommodation for children of ex-servicemen whose mothers were in hospital. From around 1948, Welfare House…
Edgecliffe, Red Cross Convalescent Home was located on Beach Road, Hampton. The Red Cross took over the property from the Australian Army in early 1944, to use it for the ‘recreation and well-being of convalescent girls’. (Previously, the building belonged to the Royal Children’s Hospital, and was used for convalescent children.) It could accommodate from…
Lady Dugan Red Cross Home in Malvern was a Home for convalescent servicewomen, run by the Australian Red Cross. For the first 2 years of its operation it was known as Kooringa Home. It also received convalescent mothers and babies, and later provided temporary accommodation for children of ex-servicemen whose parents were hospitalised. It opened…
From the mid 1950s St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls, and later Anglicare Victoria, ran a number of family group homes across Melbourne. In around 1955, St John’s opened its first four family group homes, or cottage homes, on the main St John’s site in Canterbury. Initially St John’s housed only boys, however the…
The Victorian Children’s Aid Society Home was opened on 13 November 1901 by the Victorian Neglected Children’s Aid Society. Situated in Leonard Street, Parkville, this Home had a number of different names over time. It was a non denominational children’s Home, providing accommodation for boys and girls. From around 1920, it was referred to as…
The Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (PDPA) replaced the Information Privacy Act 2000 and the Commissioner for Law Enforcement Security Act 2005. This Act merged the functions of the Privacy Commissioner and the Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security into a single Privacy and Data Protection Commissioner. The PDPA retained the 10 Information Privacy…
The Rutherglen Viticultural College, Chiltern Valley Road, Rutherglen, from 1904 accepted wards of the state deemed to be suitable for viticultural and general farm work as trainees. The Department for Neglected Children and Reformatory Schools and the Agricultural Department struck an agreement to facilitate this placement. The arrangement appears to have ceased by 1927. The…
Please contact the Heritage Officer, bestchance Child Family Care: Postal Address: PO Box 4190, Mulgrave VIC 3170 Phone: (03) 8562 5100 Email: burwoodboyshome@burwoodboyshome.com.au Website: https://www.bestchance.org.au/
Please contact Care Leavers of Australasia Network (CLAN), Australian Orphanage Museum: Street Address: 351 Ryrie Street, Geelong Postal Address: PO Box 164, Georges Hall NSW 2198 Phone: 0425 204 747 Email: aom@aomuseum.com.au Website: https://aomuseum.com.au/
Please contact the Heritage and History Service Team, Child and Family Services Ballarat Postal Address: 115 Lydiard Street North, Ballarat, Victoria 3550 Phone: (03) 5337 3333 Email: records@cafs.org.au Website: https://cafs.org.au/services-records/
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