The Arms of Jesus Babies’ Home, East Melbourne, was established in 1925 by the Mission of St James and St John. It housed babies up to the age of two. In 1933, the Babies Home was sold and the Freemason’s Hospital was erected on the site. The Mission purchased property in Balwyn, where the new…
Beryl Booth Court was established in 1978 by the Mission of St James and St John. It accommodated single parent ‘at risk’ families for three to six months. Residents learned parenting skills and received follow-up support. Beryl Booth Court was closed in 1991 and the site became the CHOICES Centre for Young Women and their…
The Blackburn South Cottages was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1963. There were about 16 children in each cottage, but by the 1980s there were about 6 children with ‘cottage parents’. By this time Blackburn Cottages mostly housed older children with challenging behaviours. The campus at Blackburn became known…
St Luke’s Anglicare was established in 1979 by the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo with the support and cooperation of the Uniting Church. St Luke’s came into being as a result of the decision to close St Luke’s Toddlers’ Home, which had been operating in Bendigo since 1932. In August 2014, St Luke’s became part of…
Anglicare Victoria was formed in 1997 following the amalgamation of three Anglican child and family welfare agencies – the Mission of St James and St John, St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls and the Mission to the Streets and Lanes. At its establishment it carried on the work of providing care and support services…
The Diocese of Northern Territory was established by the Anglican Church of Australia in 1968. It replaced the Diocese of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory. It is responsible for the ministry of the Anglican Church across the whole of the Northern Territory.
The Anglican Diocese of Carpentaria was established in 1900 with the aim to spread the work of the Anglican Church into Northern Australia. With its cathedral on Thursday Island, the Diocese covered northern Queensland and the Northern Territory. It operated as a mission diocese, working towards the evangelisation of Aboriginal people and providing a ministry…
Leslie House was opened by Anglicare NT in Alice Springs in 2010 to provide residential care for young people aged 8 – 17 years waiting to be placed in foster or kinship care. It was located in the former premises of Leslie Cottage which was refurbished during 2009 and renamed Leslie House.
St Mary’s Child and Family Welfare Service was established as a local Central Australian based welfare agency of the Anglican Church in 1972. The name was later shortened to St Mary’s Family Services. This organisation ran St Mary’s Children’s Village and three other town based cottages in Alice Springs. In the 1980s the organisation became…
Matthews Cottage, St Mary’s opened in Alice Springs in 1973 as one of three town based family group homes. The others were Leslie Cottage and Heath Cottage. Run by St Mary’s Child and Family Welfare Service who also ran St Mary’s Children’s Village, Matthews Cottage provided cottage style accommodation for up to ten children under…
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