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
This is a copy of an image of Harrison House that was published in a Presbyterian Church publication, Outreach in November 1968.
This is a copy of a photograph of Regent House, Elsternwick (previously known as the Presbyterian Home for Girls).
This is a copy of a photograph in a scrapbook from the collection of Uniting Heritage Service. It shows two removal trucks parked in front of the Presbyterian Girls’ Home in Regent Street, Elsternwick (later known as Regent House). This photograph dates from around 1937.
Annexe is a term used to describe a smaller residential facility that is part of a larger institution. For example, the Victoria Park (Riverbank) Annexe was part of the youth detention facility, Riverbank, even though it was located many miles distant. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
Custodial Care describes a model that was historically used on many people with intellectual disabilities or mental illness. In a custodial care model, a person was not given any treatment to help them improve from their condition at admission. Many children with intellectual disabilities in psychiatric hospitals up to the 1960s suffered as a result…
Receiving Agency was the name given to the organisation named as the custodian of children who were sent to Australia as migrants from the United Kingdom or Malta. The term is used mostly for post-World War Two migration, but includes some organisations that were responsible for children who came earlier in the century. Click here…
The Farm School was a model of residential ‘care’ for children, based in a rural area, which trained children (typically boys) in agricultural duties. A Western Australian newspaper article from 1935 described the purpose of farm schools: The policy has been to remove unemployed youth from the scrap heap of idleness, train them, and place…
A borstal (or borstall) was a reformatory for young offenders aged about 16 to 21. The term was used between about 1920 and 1970. Click here to see the full Find & Connect glossary
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