The Minda Home for Weak-Minded Children was established in Fullarton in 1898. The Home was run by a management committee and provided accommodation and special training for children with intellectual disabilities. In 1911 the children were moved to new larger premises in Brighton and the name of the institution was shortened to Minda Home. Minda…
The Babies’ Hospital Association was established in 1913, by a group of prominent philanthropic women and concerned Adelaide doctors. They initially established a home for sick infants at Quambi Nursing Home in North Adelaide. In 1915 they established the Babies’ Hospital at St Peters and in 1917, the Mareeba Babies’ Hospital. The Association disbanded in…
Kurbingai Hostel was set up in Semaphore in 1958 by Mr WJL Sutton, a former superintendent of St Francis House. It operated as a private hostel for Aboriginal boys up to the age of 16 attending local schools. Most boys were placed at the Hostel by the Aborigines Protection Board. After numerous complaints the Aborigines…
The James Brown Memorial Trust was a sum of money bequeathed in 1892 by James Brown’s wife, Jessie, to be used for benevolent purposes in his memory. The Trust was established by an Act of Parliament, The James Brown Memorial Act 1894. The legacy was used to establish both Kalyra Hospital and Estcourt House. The…
The Aborigines’ Friends’ Association (AFA) was established in Adelaide in 1858 to help improve the living conditions and welfare of Aboriginal people and to encourage Aboriginal people to convert to Christianity. The AFA had a representative on the Advisory Board of the Aboriginal Women’s Home in North Adelaide from 1926 to 1972. The AFA held…
The Aboriginal Women’s Home opened at North Adelaide in 1926 as a boarding house for Aboriginal women and children. The Adelaide City Mission ran the Home with financial assistance from the government. The Home accommodated up to 22 women and children, many from country areas who were in Adelaide for medical treatment. The Home closed…
The Colebrook Tji Tji Tjuta was formed when a group of former residents of the Colebrook Children’s Home came together following the closure of the Colebrook Home in 1981. The Colebrook Tji Tji Tjuta manages records of Colebrook Home The Colebrook Tji Tji Tjuta played a key role in the campaign to form a permanent…
The Salvation Army Heritage Centre, Archives and Museum at Nailsworth in South Australia, formerly held records related to the Salvation Army Girls Home, Fullarton (1901 – 1986), the Salvation Army Boys Home, Eden Park (Mount Barker) (1900 – 1982) and the Salvation Army Boys Home, Kent Town (1929 – 1972). In 2012 this Centre closed…
The Territorial Social Programme branch of The Salvation Army formerly managed the records of the Salvation Army Girls Home, Fullarton (1901 – 1986) and the Salvation Army Boys Home, Eden Park (Mount Barker) (1900 – 1982). In 2012 it changed its name to the Salvation Army Australian Southern Territory Territorial Headquarters. All surviving records relating…
The McBride Maternity Hospital was opened by the Salvation Army at Briar Avenue, Medindie on 28th January 1914. It took over the work of the Adelaide Maternity Home and provided accommodation and maternity services for single mothers and their babies, as well as public maternity patients. Many babies were adopted out from the hospital. In…
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