Meli is an organisation created in April 2023, following a merger of Bethany and Barwon Child Youth & Family (BCYF). Meli’s office in Hamlyn Heights (Geelong) is on the former site of the Geelong Female Refuge, established in 1868, and Bethany Babies’ Home (1928-1977). BCYF’s originated with the Geelong Orphan Asylum (established 1854), later known…
This is a photograph of the exterior of Leawarra Hostel, Winlaton.
This is a black and white image of the Darling Babies’ Home at a mansion known as ‘Yarrayne’. It shows a large family home surrounded by gardens. The house has several gables, including one with windows for an upper-storey room. One of the ends of the house appears to be covered in ivy. This image…
This is an excerpt from the Uniting Heritage newsletter from March 2020. It shows a handwritten version of the lyrics of a song sung by the Senior girls at Kildonan in the years following World War Two. At a reunion in 2018, Bev and Nancy recollected about the songs they had sung as children at…
Visit to Australia of Major-General Hawthorn, director and secretary of Fairbridge Society is a file held by the National Archives of Australia. It is part of the correspondence files of the Commonwealth Immigration Department. It contains information about the activities of the Fairbridge Society in Australia. Access Conditions Open access. Records The hard copy file…
Adoption is the legal process by which a person legally becomes a child of the adoptive parent(s) and legally ceases to be a child of his/her existing parent(s). The first adoption law to be passed in Australia was in the Colony of Western Australia in 1896, and other jurisdictions followed with their own legislation. However,…
This is a photograph of a Family Group Home run by Kildonan at 36 Moselle Street, Box Hill. It was published by the Presbyterian Social Services Department in a pamphlet titled The Work of Presbyterian Social Services. It shows the front of a single-storey brick house with an asymetrical roof, large windows, and brick front…
This is a photograph of the Kildonan Family Group Home at Main Street, Blackburn. It was published by the Presbyterian Social Services Department in a pamphlet titled The Work of Presbyterian Social Services. It shows the front of a single-storey house with a driveway to the side and young trees planted on the front lawn.
This is a copy of a photograph of the Victorian Neglected Children’s Aid Society Home in Leonard Street, Parkville from the inside cover of an annual report.
This is a photograph showing the Kildonan home at 149 Flemington Road, North Melbourne. This photo is undated, the date included is an estimate
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