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…
Uniting Communities came into being in 2012. It was previously known as UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide Inc. Uniting Communities manages the records of the Methodist Children’s Home(s) and Lentara, including all the cottage homes at the Magill site. It also manages the surviving records of the Kate Cocks Memorial Babies’ Home.
The Adoption and Family Information Service (AFIS) was part of the Department for Education and Child Development. AFIS dealt with all issues relating to adoptions, past and present. The Service assisted people affected by past adoptions, Aboriginal people separated from family as a result of previous government policies, and former wards of state who have…
The Women’s Welfare Department of the Methodist Conference (also known as the Church Women’s Welfare Department) was formed in 1936, with Kate Cocks as superintendent. In 1950, the Women’s Welfare Department took over the operation of the Methodist Home for Babies and Unmarried Mothers (later renamed the Kate Cocks Memorial Babies’ Home) from the Home…
The Home Missions Department of the Methodist Conference ran the Methodist Home for Babies and Unmarried Mothers (later known as the Kate Cocks Memorial Babies’ Home) in Adelaide from the time the Home was established in 1937, until 1950.
Kate Cocks Memorial Babies’ Home was the new name given to the Methodist Home for Babies and Unmarried Mothers at Brighton in 1954. Run by the Methodist Church, it accommodated single girls who were pregnant or had given birth to their first child. It also took in other children in need of shelter and care….
The Adelaide Central Methodist Mission dates back to 1901. The Mission ran a number of homes in South Australia. In 1977, the organisation became known as Adelaide Central Mission. The Central Methodist Mission was the name adopted by the Methodist Church in Australia in 1884 to reflect a new focus by the church on its…
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