Community Welfare Foundation was the new name given in 1970 to the Melbourne City Mission. In 1979 the organisation reverted to the name Melbourne City Mission. The Melbourne City Mission changed its name in 1970 to the Community Welfare Foundation as a reflection of the agency’s moves to ‘professionalise’ its services and to distinguish it…
Swinborn Lodge, South Yarra, was established by the Melbourne City Mission in 1957. It was formerly the Elizabeth Fry Retreat. It accommodated girls aged from 14 to 18. In 1974 the Lodge moved to Carlton, and in 1979 it became a hostel known as Swinborn. Swinborn Lodge was formerly the Elizabeth Fry Retreat (1884-1957) in…
The St Paul’s Home for Boys was established in 1955 by the Mission of St James and St John. It was located at Newhaven, Phillip Island, on the site of the former St Paul’s Training School. In 1979, it ceased to be a Home and became the site of the St Paul’s Discovery Centre, a…
Carry On (Victoria) holds some historical material relating to children’s homes run by the Carry On Club. It has Minutes relating to the management of Hurlingham in Brighton (1946-1963), as well as annual reports. Unfortunately, it is very likely that personal records of former residents have been destroyed. Former residents are very welcome to contact…
The Australian Church Social Improvement Society was established in 1886 to ‘carry out social and charitable work in Richmond and Collingwood’. It became involved in placing ‘neglected children’ on farms and other accommodation in the country. Registered under the Neglected Children’s Act 1887 as Child Rescuers, it received children from the police court as well…
On 25 October 2012 at 11.30 am, the Premier of Victoria, Ted Baillieu, Opposition leader Daniel Andrews and Nationals leader Peter Ryan addressed a joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament to apologise officially to all those who were affected by the forced adoption practices in the state between the 1950s and the 1970s. The Apology…
Lentara UnitingCare was formed as a result of UnitingCare Sunshine and Broadmeadows (UCSB) and Orana UnitingCare (OUC) agreeing to form a new organisation. Agreement was reached on 29 June 2012 to be effective from October 2012. In 2017, Lentara UnitingCare became part of the new organisation, Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited.
‘An Act to further amend the Law relating to Neglected and Criminal Children’ (Act no. 626) amended the Neglected and Criminal Children’s Act 1864. It allowed for the Governor in Council to transfer any child in an industrial school to a reformatory school and vice versa for the period of their term of detention. Left…
This Act Number 693 amends the Neglected and Criminal Children’s Act 1864. Section 10 sets out the amount to be paid out of consolidated revenue, five shillings per week per child maintained in every school established under the Act of 1864. Left to operation on 26/11/1881 Government Gazette No.7 1882, p. 146. This Act was…
The Success was a hulk [ship] anchored in Hobsons Bay. From 1869 it accommodated children over the age of seven who had been convicted under the Neglected and Criminal Children’s Act of 1864. Later, the Success was used as the sleeping quarters for those boys described as ‘difficult’ who were living in the reformatory ship,…
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