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Sisters of the Good Samaritan

First known as the Good Shepherd Sisters, the Sisters of the Good Samaritan were founded by Archbishop Polding in the House of the Good Shepherd, Pitt Street, Sydney on 2 February 1857. They were the first institute of religious women founded in Australia. In 1866 the Sisters changed their name to the Congregation of the…

Congregational Archives of the Sisters of Charity of Australia

The Congregational Archives of the Sisters of Charity of Australia holds archival records, rare books, and museum objects related to the Sisters of Charity, its members, related persons and organisations. The Archives contains information relating to St Anne’s Orphanage, St Anne’s Children’s Centre, and the Theresian Emergency Centre, in New South Wales. It also holds…

Boys’ Town, Engadine

Boys’ Town Engadine was a children’s home run by the Salesians of Don Bosco. It was founded in 1939. It was a residential school for adolescent boys which also received some children transferred from the ACT. In 2010 Boys’ Town Engadine adopted the name Dunlea Centre. Boys’ Town was founded in 1939 by Father Thomas…

Marist180

Marist180 provides residential care for children and young people who are unable to live at home with their families. The focus of the not for profit organisation is on assisting families, children & young people at risk. Marist180 also provides residential support to Unaccompanied Humanitarian Minors. The organisation began as Marist Community Services in 1994…

Marist Brothers

The Marist Brothers is a Catholic congregation that states its mission is the Christian education of young people, particularly those most neglected. The Marist Brothers ran St Vincent’s Boys Home from 1898. The Marist Brothers had a monastery next to the Mittagong Cottage Homes and Mittagong Farm Home, and provided spiritual guidance to Catholic state…

Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services

Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services was a private charity, established in 1989 to provide supported residential care for children aged 12 to 18. Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services operated Eddy’s Place and according to the publication Connecting Kin, Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services also ran a service called Eddy’s Annexe, a non-residential alternate education project…

Archives of the Sisters of Compassion

The Archives of the Sisters of Compassion are located in New Zealand. They hold the Admission Register for St Anne’s Home of Compassion, Broken Hill, 1941-1962.

Sisters of Mercy, Bathurst Congregation

The Sisters of Mercy, Bathurst Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from Ireland, was established in 1867. The Sisters were responsible for the administration of two children’s homes owned by the Catholic Diocese of Bathurst: St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bathurst which operated from 1867 to 1975; and Croagh Patrick Orphanage, Orange which they were responsible…

Daughters of our Lady of Compassion

The Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion ran St Anne’s Home of Compassion at Broken Hill from 1941 until 1984, until they withdrew from the home. In 2013 the Sisters of Compassion were based in New Zealand.

Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul

The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent De Paul is a Catholic religious order that arrived in Sydney in 1926. The Australian Province of the Daughters of Charity later expanded beyond New South Wales, to regions including South Australia. The activities of the Daughters of Charity focus on serving and supporting the marginalised and disadvantaged….