Please contact the Heritage Services and Redress Manager, Anglicare Victoria: Postal Address: PO Box 45, Abbotsford VIC 3067 Phone: (03) 9412 6133 Email: redress@anglicarevic.org.au Website: https://www.anglicarevic.org.au/our-services/former-clients/
Please contact Kids First Australia: Postal address: 70 Altona Street, Heidelberg West VIC 3081 Phone: (03) 9450 0900 Email: info@kidsfirstaustralia.org.au Website: https://www.kidsfirstaustralia.org.au/
Please contact the Heritage and Background Information Service, Berry Street : Postal address: 1 Salisbury Street, Richmond VIC 3121 Phone: (03) 9429 9266 Email: heritage@berrystreet.org.au Website: https://www.berrystreet.org.au/what-we-do/supporting-past-care-leavers
Please contact Charlotte Armstrong, Head of Legal and Privacy, Melbourne City Mission: Postal address: 164-180 Kingsway, South Melbourne 3205 Phone: (03) 9102 1856 Email: privacy@mcm.org.au Website: https://www.mcm.org.au/about/our-history/apology-to-forgotten-australians
Please contact the Manager of the Geelong Heritage Centre: Postal address: Geelong Heritage Centre, 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong VIC 3220 Phone: (03) 4201 0630 Email: heritagecentre@grlc.vic.gov.au Website: https://www.grlc.vic.gov.au/glhc/heritage-centre
Harrison House Youth Services was the new name for the services that were previously known as Harrison House Youth Hostel. In around 1985 the hostel in Hawthorn closed, and Harrison House Youth Services were established, in Harrison Street, Mitcham. At this time a new model of accommodation was introduced, with volunteer home parents. Harrison House…
Terrapee Hostel was established in Frankston in 1975 to cater for fifteen wards of the state and probationers. It was sponsored by the Frankston Inter-Church Council. It closed in 1977. Terrapee Hostel was one of the 24 hostels operated by voluntary agencies at the time. In 1975 the introduction of the new funding scheme for…
Melbourne City Mission came into being in 1979. From 1970 and 1979 the organisation had been known as the Community Welfare Foundation. In 1979, it reverted back to the name Melbourne City Mission, which dates back to 1854. In around 2000 there was another name change, and it became Melbourne Citymission.
General Correspondence Files (given the series number VPRS 6345 by Public Record Office Victoria) includes records created by the Mental Health Authority (1962 – 1978) and the Mental Hygiene Branch (1944 – 1959). Some files relate to institutions including Moorakyne Hostel, Travancore, Pleasant Creek and Janefield. Access Conditions These records are open and accessible by…
Swinborn a was hostel in Carlton established by the Melbourne City Mission in 1979. It was formerly Swinborn Lodge, which had been located in South Yarra, and had moved to the Carlton site in 1974. Swinborn provided professional residential and support services for girls on Children’s Court orders. It closed in 1986. In 1972, the…
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