Anglicare Youth House, in West Perth, was established by Anglicare WA in 1994 replacing the Carlisle Group House. It provided support and medium term accomodation for six young people aged 16-19 years in a group house setting. Anglicare Youth House was open until at least 1995 and was possibly also known as ‘Youth House’. According…
The Independent Living Unit, run by the Tasmanian government, opened in about 1983. It was a part of the Northern Regional Resource Unit in Launceston. Wards of state learned independent living skills through a residential six month course at the Independent Living Unit which could also take emergency placements. It closed around 1990.
The Bevis Marks Independent Living Unit opened in South Hobart in 1988. It was a pilot project run by the Department for Community Welfare’s Southern Regional Resource Centre for teenage boys it described as ‘disturbed’. The independent living unit provided support for young people to prepare them for leaving out of home care and taught…
Malmesbury Girls’ Home, run by the government, opened in 1950. Initially it provided cottage accommodation for wards of state. In 1960, the Social Services Department began using it for girls considered to need close supervision because of behavioural problems. Malmesbury became a receiving home in 1962. Malmesbury Girls’ Home took up to 12 children. When…
Omaru Hostel opened in Launceston in 1968. It provided accommodation for about three older boys who had started paid work. The Hostel closed in the mid 1970s. Omaru Hostel was in the same building as the former Omaru Receiving Home. A married couple ran Omaru Hostel in exchange for free accommodation. The boys paid them…
Maylands Girls Unit, run by the Salvation Army, was established after the closure of the Maylands Girls Home in 1981. It was in New Town. The Unit was specifically for the accommodation of teenage girls. It closed in 1998. In the 1980s, Maylands provided accommodation under the Domestic Service Assistance Scheme. It was for children…
The Ashley Youth Detention Centre, established in 1999, was previously known as the Ashley Home for Boys. It is in Deloraine. In 2013, it is a government-run custodial institution for boys and girls, aged between 10 and 18. The 1997 Youth Justice Act established the Ashley Youth Detention Centre. It is the only institution of…
Abermere Hostel, run by the government, opened in Mount Stuart in May 1965. It seems to have begun as a hostel for up to six older boys who had started work but were still wards of state. Later, it apparently became a receiving and then a family group home. Abermere closed in 1975. Abermere Hostel…
Rochebank Hostel, run by the government, opened in 1950 in the Glebe, apparently to accommodate children under the Domestic Service Assistance Scheme. After 1972, it also received teenage girls who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Services Department and its successors. Rochebank became a Family Group Home in the…
The Magdalen Home, run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, was established in 1893. It was a rescue home for girls and young women, aged between 12 and 39 years. Later it became an approved children’s home. The Magdalen Home closed in 1974. A bequest from WJ Dunne, a former Vicar-General, paid for the…
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