The Convent of the Good Shepherd was established in 1942 in a large home called ‘The Pines’ in Plympton. It was run by the Order of the Good Shepherd Sisters as a home for teenage girls. The first children admitted came from the Catholic Girls’ Home at Parkside when it closed in 1943. In 1974…
The Catholic Girls’ Reformatory at Kapunda was established in 1897 to house Catholic girls from the Girls’ Reformatory at Edwardstown. It was run by the Sisters of St Joseph. The Reformatory was closed in 1909 and the remaining girls were transferred to the Redruth Girls’ Reformatory at Burra. During the 1870s and early 1880s Sister…
The Catholic Girls Home at Parkside was opened in 1930 to accommodate Roman Catholic girls from the Salvation Army run Barton Vale Girls’ Home. It was run by the Sisters of St Joseph and overseen by the Children’s Welfare and Public Relief Board. The Catholic Girls’ Home closed in 1943 and the girls were transferred…
The Sisters of Mercy, Brisbane Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from Ireland, was established on 10 May 1861 at the invitation of Bishop Quinn. The Sisters operated orphanages and industrial schools, before late moving away from institutional care to family group homes. The Sisters of Mercy, Brisbane Congregation joined the Australian Federation of…
Ascot Family Group Home, in Ascot, was run by the Order of the Sisters of Mercy. It opened in 1978 and relocated to Bracken Ridge in the early 1990s. In 2014 it was still operating as a residential facility.
Virginia Share House, at Virginia, was a family group home run by the Sisters of Mercy, Brisbane Congregation. It opened in the late 1970s and closed in late 1996. The children were moved to Avila Family Group Home. Virginia Share House reopened 20 July 1998 and in 2014 is operating as a residential facility.
Loreto Family Group Home, at Kangaroo Point, was run by the Order of the Sisters of Mercy. It opened in 1964 and closed in 1971. Loreto Family Group Home was one of four off-site homes established and staffed by St Vincent’s Home for Children. It was opened and licensed under The State Children Act in…
Avila Family Group Home, in Wavell Heights, was run by the Order of the Sisters of Mercy. It opened in 1972 and closed in 1996. Avila Family Group Home was one of four off-site homes established and staffed by St Vincent’s Home for Children. It was licensed in November 1972. A publication from 1976 stated…
Narnia Family Group Home, in Wavell Heights, was run by the Order of the Sisters of Mercy. Narnia Family Group Home was previously known as Avila Family Group Home, which had been licensed in 1972. It was one of four off-site homes established and staffed by St Vincent’s Home for Children. Narnia Family Group Home…
The Cooyar Mission, in Cooyar, was established by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in conjunction with the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. The facility housed Torres Strait Islanders evacuated from the Hammond Island Mission Orphanage and St Henry’s Roman Catholic Asylum due to the outbreak of World War Two. It opened…
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