Burnside Archives, located at North Parramatta, is part of UnitingCare Burnside and holds historic records of children’s homes run by Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes for Children, Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children, Burnside Homes and Burnside. For past clients of Burnside, access to files is through the Aftercare Coordinator. Burnside Archives is committed to an open…
The Presbyterian Church of Australia was formed in 1901, shortly after Federation. The Presbyterian Church of Australia is a Protestant Christian church, with roots in Scotland. The Presbyterian Church formed a Social Services Department in the 1940s that ran aged care, hospital and court chaplaincies and children’s homes such as St Andrew’s Boys’ Home in…
Blackwood was opened as part of the Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes in August 1921 at North Parramatta. Blackwood, like the other Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes for Children, was evacuated during World War II. Blackwood was used by the Australian Army. It was a boys’ home and a cottage home until 1984. Blackwood was leased to…
Burnside, formerly Burnside Homes for Children, was a Uniting Church Agency that ran foster care, family group homes and outreach programmes from 1986 until 2000. By 2000 Burnside had become one of the largest providers of child and family services in New South Wales, although it was no longer providing residential care on its site…
The Burnside Homes for Children was the new name for Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children. The name change occurred when the Uniting Church in Australia was formed and the Uniting Church Board of Responsibility took control of the Burnside Homes. From 1978 to 1986 residential care at the Burnside site in North Parramatta was wound…
The Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children was formally known as Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes. The name change occurred in 1955. Originally a complex of cottage homes, Burnside began to provide foster care and other sorts of care in the 1960s and 1970s. It changed its name to Burnside Homes for Children when the Uniting Church…
The Uniting Church Board of Social Responsibility is an agency of the Uniting Church in Australia. It runs welfare programmes, including children’s programmes. When the Uniting Church was created in 1977 from Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregationalist parishes the Uniting Church Board of Social Responsibility assumed responsibility for children’s homes that had been run by the…
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity linked with John Wesley and known for mission work. The Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia was formed in 1946. Some members of the Methodist Church of Australasia formed a union with the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches in 1977. The Wesleyan Methodist Church, New South Wales, remained independent and…
The Uniting Church in Australia was inaugurated in 1977, following the union of members of the Methodist Church, the Congregational Church and some congregations of the Presbyterian Church from all states and territories. A number of welfare programmes linked with the member churches are now connected with the Uniting Church in Australia.
Uniting Church Synod Archives NSW/ACT, formerly known as Uniting Church Records and Historical Society, holds records of several children’s Homes run by the Uniting Church in New South Wales and its predecessor denominations, the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches. These Homes include Iandra Methodist Rural Centre, Tahmoor Children’s Home, Heighway House, Westwood and Iandra Lodge.
Dec 18, 2024
Nov 15, 2024
