Rose Street Family Connections Unit opened in Rose Street, Prospect, in 1993. It was run by the Anglican Church of Australia. Rose Street Family Connections Unit closed in 1993.
Rose Cottage was opened by the Anglican Church of Australia in Prospect in 1983. It offered temporary, respite and emergency accommodation for up to 12 months for children deemed to have behavioural problems up to the age of 12. Rose Cottage closed in 1993 and some of its therapeutic programs moved to Farr Cottage, Nailsworth….
The Aborigines’ Advancement League of South Australia was established in 1938 by Charles Duguid. The establishment of a hostel in Adelaide for young Aboriginal people from the country was one of many activities carried out by the League, which also advocated widely for Aboriginal equality via legislative and policy reform. From 1956 to 1978, the…
The Legacy Club of South Australia and Broken Hill, established in 1928, was part of a national network of autonomous clubs that encouraged mutual self-help among ex-servicemen and provided care and support to the families of deceased ex-servicemen. Following the second World War, the Adelaide Legacy Club opened Wentworth House and Waverley House to provide…
Waverley House was a Hostel opened in Adelaide by the Legacy Club of Adelaide in 1946. It provided accommodation for the children of deceased servicemen who were attending school and apprenticeships in the city. Waverley House was the second Hostel opened by Legacy, the first being Wentworth House at Woodville. Waverley House could accommodate up…
Far North Children’s Health Scheme, run by the SA Council of the Australian Inland Mission, was based at Warrawee at Grange from 1957. The Far North Children’s Health Scheme brought inland children between the ages of 5 and 15 in need of treatment in the city to Warrawee at Grange. Warrawee closed in 1975 as…
The Women’s Australian National Services (WANS) was a national scheme to coordinate the utilisation of specialised skills among women for the war effort, established in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, in 1940. The WANS in South Australia was formed in 1941, as a voluntary service that provided training for women to be able to fill…
Wanslea Children’s Home was established by the Women’s Australian National Services (the WANS) in Payneham in 1946. It operated as a Home for children whose mothers could not care for them due to illness and took in between 18 and 30 children. Wanslea also trained Wanslea Aids to care for children in their own homes…
Northcote Home was established in 1928 in Grange as a rest home for mothers and new born babies. It also accommodated pregnant women, convalescent mothers, and infants requiring specialist care. From 1941 the Home became a Tuberculosis Preventorium, taking in children whose parents had tuberculosis to prevent them from contracting the disease. The Home later…
The SA Protestant Federation was established in South Australia around 1920. The Protestant Federation had many branches and divisions around Australia. Representatives from the SA Protestant Federation formed part of the board of management which ran Morialta Protestant Children’s Home between 1924 and 1974.
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