The Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Newcastle was formed around 1800. It was responsible for the operation of several children’s homes in the Hunter and Manning River areas of New South Wales. Children’s homes run by the Church of England/Anglican Diocese of Newcastle included St Christopher’s Home for Little Children, Morpeth Home for Children,…
Anglicare Welfare Services, Sydney was the welfare division of Anglicare New South Wales (formerly the Anglican Home Mission Society) which in turn was the welfare arm of the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church (Church of England). Charlton Youth Services was part of Anglicare Welfare Services. Care Force (later known as Anglicare Child and Family…
Charlton Youth Services was an agency of the Anglican Home Mission Society and, after Anglicare was formed in 1985, of Anglicare Welfare Services. It was formed to manage Charlton Boys Homes in the 1950s. Charlton Youth Services provided care for older boys, many of whom were referred by the courts. By 2012, the name Charlton…
The New South Wales Protestant Federation Children’s Home was situated in Garnet Street, Hurlstone Park, on the border of Dulwich Hill. It was founded in 1921 and, despite the title, was a girls’ home that in the 1940s held up to 90 girls at a time. It closed in 1980. As Garnet Street forms the…
Cooinoo Home for Destitute Children was established in 1924 at Burwood then moved to Enfield in 1938. It was administered by a Board connected with St Thomas’ Anglican Parish, Enfield. It housed up to 25 children aged two to 13 years. While it was established as a children’s home it also served as a girls’…
The Anglican Diocese of Sydney was founded in 1788, when the Church of England arrived with the First Fleet. The Sydney Diocese ran a number of children’s homes, through various committees including Church of England Children’s Homes and the Home Mission Society, and supported independent committees to run others. Since 1983 the Church of England…
The Home Mission Society of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, also known as the Church of England Home Mission Society, the Anglican Home Mission Society and the Home Mission Society, was formed in Sydney in 1857. It was controlled by the Sydney Diocese of the Church of England and its primary object was to help…
The Department of Community Services was a New South Wales government department that was created in 1992 to manage child welfare and other social services. It had formerly been the Department of Health and Community Services. It was responsible for a number of institutions and establishments throughout New South Wales. In addition, the Department cared…
The Department of Health and Community Services was the name given to the Department of Community Services in 2009. The Department of Human Services was a multi-agency department that included the Department of Community Services and the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care. In 2011 the name of this Department was changed to the…
Community Services was created in 2009 as a Government agency of the Department of Human Services. In April 2011, the Department of Human Services was renamed the Department of Family and Community Services but the Community Services agency remained the same. Community Services managed child protection services and a range of programs for children and…
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