Queensland Baptist Care, established in 1949, established a number of youth residential care institutions during the 1970s. The name changed to Carinity: Baptish Community Services in 2013.
The Presbyterian and Methodist Church Council was a committee consisting of representatives of the Presbyterian Church and the Methodist Church. It ran Archibald House, a girls’ hostel in New Farm.
The Salvation Army Maternity Home Breakfast Creek, opened in 1897. Run by the Salvation Army, the Home provided accommodation and care for homeless girls and unmarried mothers and was a maternity home. Previously called the Maternity Home Brisbane, the home closed in 1924 when the Boothville Mothers Hospital opened at Windsor.
The Crossroads Community Youth Organisation ran the Crossroads Home at Sandgate.
The Beemar Yumba Hostel Aboriginal Corporation ran the Beemar Yumba Maud Phillips Memorial Children’s Shelter at Cherbourg. It was funded by the State government Department of Child Safety. The Beemar Yumba Hostel Aboriginal Corporation was deregistered in 2010.
The Assemblies of God in Australia was formed in 1937. It is a movement of Pentecostal Churches in voluntary cooperation. The movement was renamed the Australian Christian Churches in April 2007.
The Lutheran Archives, based in Bowden, South Australia, is the official repository of historical material relating to the activities of the Lutheran Church of Australia. The Archives holds records of the present Lutheran Church as well as records of earlier Lutheran synods in Australia. These synods amalgamated to form the present day church. Access Conditions…
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs Department administered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander policy, rights and culture, and multicultural affairs. Until 2012, it was part of the Communities Department. Within the Department, the Community and Personal Histories team helped people to trace their personal and family history, and could help people to…
The Education Department was responsible for administration of preschool to secondary school education. It was established in 1957 and abolished in 2004. The Department ran the Queensland School for the Deaf from 1957-1988. The Department was replaced by the Education and the Arts Department. With the change of name of the Secretary of Public Instruction…
The Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital, situated at Herston, was established in 1967. It was previously known as the Brisbane Women’s Hospital. Lowson House, in Herston, was the psychiatric unit of the Brisbane Women’s Hospital (and later, the Royal Brisbane Hospital). Lowson House opened in the 1930s and closed in the 1980s.
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