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.
Wongabeena Family Group Home, in Mundingburra, near Townsville, was operated by Queensland Baptist Care. It opened and was licensed 1970/71. Funding for the home ceased 1988/89. As of 2019 we have been unable to find further information about this home. Please contact Find & Connect if you know more about this home.
Wahroonga Family Group Home, in Rockhampton, was operated by Queensland Baptist Care. It opened and was licensed on 8 March 1974. In 1993, Wahroonga became a family counselling centre. As of 2019 we have been unable to find further information about this home. Please contact Find & Connect if you know more about this home.
Talera Lodge, in Greenslopes, was operated by Queensland Baptist Care. It opened November 1977 and was licensed 2 March 1978. Its funding ceased for a period from 1983, however it reopened in 1984/85. In January 1988, a change of function for Talera Lodge to non-residential services was approved. In August 1988, the Talera Centre Family…
Kunara Family Group Home, in Toombul, was operated by Queensland Baptist Care. It opened and was licensed in around 1969/70. It closed 16 December 1989. Records The Queensland Baptist Community Service has advised that a search of the archives of The Bapist Union of Queensland has failed to find any client records of children who…
Illoura Family Group Home in Beaudesert was operated by Queensland Baptist Care. It opened and was licensed in 1975. The Illoura Family Group Home closed in 1990, and subsequently became a family counselling centre. Records The Queensland Baptist Community Service has advised that a search of the archives of The Baptist Union of Queensland has…
Bindari Lodge, in Kangaroo Point, opened in 1971. It was run by Queensland Baptist Care. In 1975, Bindari Lodge relocated to Tarragindi. In 1995 it changed from a hostel to a shared house model and was no longer a licensed residential care facility. Records The Queensland Baptist Community Service has advised that a search of…
BaptistCare was established in 2014 as a not-for-profit Christian based care organisation working in ACT and New South Wales. BaptistCare was previously known as Baptist Community Services.
Australian Indigenous Ministries is the modern name of the Aborigines Inland Mission. The name change occurred in 1998. In 2014 it is not directly involved in caring for children and it appears that its historical records and photographic collections were donated to the State Library of New South Wales between 2000 and 2010.
The Aborigines Inland Mission (AIM) was an Evangelical Baptist missionary organisation established by Retta Dixon in 1905. The AIM and its staff ran the St Clair Mission, the Singleton Home, the Native Workers’ Training College and the Singleton Bible Training Institute in New South Wales, as well as the Phillip Creek Mission and the Retta…
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