The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery opened in 1891. In 2014, it is owned and run by the Launceston City Council. It has a wide range of collections related to Tasmania’s natural, historical, and cultural heritage. The Community History Branch, located at Inveresk, includes documents, photographs, and ephemera that concern northern Tasmania, including the…
Willowbend Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in about 1990. It was in Kingston. The Home closed around 2005.
Mosley Receiving Home, run by the government, opened in New Town in 1974. It provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department. In about 1980, the Home became Mosley Family Group Home. A married woman, known as a Receiving Home Keeper, managed Mosley…
The Hobart Receiving Home, run by the government, opened in 1898. It provided accommodation for wards of the state until a more permanent foster home could be found for them. The Home closed in 1958. The Hobart Receiving Home was in a stone building at 77 Argyle Street on the intersection with Melville Street. It…
Bevis Marks Receiving Home, run by the government, opened in South Hobart in 1973. It provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department. In about 1980, it became Bevis Marks Family Group Home. Bevis Marks Receiving Home opened in December 1973. It was…
St Joseph’s Crisis Accommodation Centre, run by Centacare, replaced St Joseph’s Child Care Centre in 1978. It offered accommodation to families with housing problems.
Libraries Tasmania, formed in 2011, is the overall organisation for the State Library of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office as well as for community education and literacy services. From 2011-2018, it was known as LINC Tasmania.
The State Library of Tasmania opened in 1943. It includes a lending library and a reference section which holds resources for family history searches. Since 2011, it has been a part of Libraries Tasmania (formerly known as LINC Tasmania). The State Library of Tasmania began as a subscription library in 1849. In 1859, it received…
Glenara Children’s Home replaced the Northern Tasmanian Home for Boys in 1973. It provided accommodation, some of it in cottages, for girls and boys, a number of whom were wards of state. Glenara closed in 1982. By the 1970s, policy makers were increasingly opposed to institutional care for children. In line with this thinking, the…
The Archives Office of Tasmania opened in 1965. Its purpose was to store government records but it also accepted donations from private individuals and organisations. It had a reading room for people wishing to access those records. In 2011, the Archives Office of Tasmania became the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office. The origins of the…
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