The Adolescent Program, formerly run under the name of St Saviour’s Cottage Home, operated at Goulburn until 1994. This service implemented individual care programs for children and young people with a goal of restoration and reconciliation with families as the option of first choice. The Program changed from a residential model in 1995 and in…
The Sisters of the Holy Cross were an Anglican order who came from Nyngan, New South Wales. They ran St Saviour’s Children’s Home from 1929-1933.
The Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn (previously known as the Church of England Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn) was first established as a separate diocese (the Diocese of Goulburn, New South Wales) in 1863. As the new city of Canberra developed in the early twentieth century, the Diocese of Goulburn also became responsible for…
St Saviour’s Neighbourhood Centre, in Goulburn, was established in 1980. From 1994 it provided long term care for up to 12 State wards with high support needs. St Saviour’s was an agency of Anglicare and part of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. In 2013 St Saviour’s is part of Anglicare NSW South, NSW…
The North Coast Children’s Home was established in Lismore as a ‘district home’ for orphan and neglected children in April 1920, by the Vicar of St Andrew’s and the Church of England. It ran in rental houses and private homes until 1936, when the committee bought an old police station, next to St Andrews’ Anglican…
Church of England Children’s Homes was established in 1927. It was previously known as Church of England Orphanage. It was run by a private committee. The home accepted children between the ages of two and six years old, who remained at the home until they were old enough to work. In the 1980s the organisation…
Bungarimbil Boys’ Home was a small, cottage-style Home founded by the Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn at Tumbarumba in 1957. Some children were transferred from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and placed in this Home. The property was bequeathed to the Church by Mrs Jean McLeod. Later, extra land was added…
The Bungarimbil Adolescent and Family Care Program operated as part of the Anglicare Services of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn and was based in Wagga Wagga. It offered a temporary foster care program, Care Force Youth Support Program, a community placement program, a children’s centre, a community centre and a counselling service. Bungarimbil…
The Church Army was an Anglican religious organisation founded by Wilson Carlile in 1882, and established in Australia, in Perth, in 1932. It provided staffing and oversaw day to day operations of children’s Homes in the Newcastle Anglican Diocese: Morpeth Home for Children (St Alban’s Boys Home) (the Church Army was involved 1935-1948), St Elizabeth’s…
The Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Newcastle was formed around 1800. It was responsible for the operation of several children’s homes in the Hunter and Manning River areas of New South Wales. Children’s homes run by the Church of England/Anglican Diocese of Newcastle included St Christopher’s Home for Little Children, Morpeth Home for Children,…
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