The Sunshine Association formed in 1937 to raise funds to provide holidays for children from poor or isolated homes. In 1951, the Association opened the Sunshine Home which closed in 1980. In 2012, the Association provides funds for holiday camps and sports activities as well as educational and medical expenses for children in poverty or…
Rochebank Family Group Home, run by the government, replaced Rochebank Hostel in about 1981. It was in the Glebe. Rochebank provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Rochebank closed in 2009. A married woman managed Rochebank Family Group Home…
The Women’s Health Association formed out of the Women’s Sanitary Association in 1901. They visited working-class women to teach them about sanitation and campaigned for better conditions for factory workers, better housing for the poor, and the health of children. After 1901, the influence of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union on child welfare policy seems…
The Women’s Sanitary Association was formed in 1891 to assist the Sanitary and General Improvement Association. Members of the Association visited working-class streets and advised the women living there on hygiene and the methods of nursing infectious diseases. In 1901, the Women’s Sanitary Association became the Women’s Health Association.
The Children’s Protection Society was formed in 1903 by members of the Women’s Health Association in order to campaign for better care of babies born to single mothers. The members of the Society went on to take up other campaigns which they believed would benefit children. The formation of the Children’s Protection Society was a…
Kiah Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in 1985. It was in Glenorchy. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Department of Community Services and its successors. Kiah closed around 2000. A married woman managed Kiah Family Group Home with the…
Naramarrindi Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in Devonport in about 1983. It provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Naramarrindi closed around 2005. A married woman managed Naramarrindi Family Group Home with the assistance of her…
Monomeeth Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in Launceston in about 1981. It provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Monomeeth closed around 2011. The government purchased Monomeeth Family Group Home in 1979. A married woman managed…
Miranda Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in Burnie in about 1980. It provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Miranda closed around 2005. A married woman managed Miranda Family Group Home with the assistance of her…
Lucinda Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in Latrobe in 1980. It provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Lucinda closed in 1986. Lucinda Family Group Home was in Forth Street, Latrobe, in the house of the…
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