The Church of England Social Welfare Bureau was established in 1947. The Bureau provided advice, assistance and support to people in need. The Bureau was closely involved with the placement of children into Anglican Homes and into foster care. The Church of England Social Welfare Bureau changed its name to the Anglican Social Welfare Bureau…
The Anglican Social Welfare Bureau was the new name for the Church of England Social Welfare Bureau from 1981. The name changed when the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania became the Anglican Church of Australia. The Anglican Social Welfare Bureau provided support and advice for people in need of assistance. It was also…
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 Catholic Women’s League, State of Queensland Inc. was established in 1975. It developed out of the Catholic Daughters of Australia, Brisbane, which was established in 1927. The League aims to unite Catholic women in a common bond of friendship for the promotion of religious, intellectual and social work. Membership to the CWL is open…
The Catholic Family Welfare Bureau in Queensland was formed in 1958 by Archbishop of Brisbane James Duhig. It grew out of an organisation called the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council. In 1984, the organisation became known as Centre Care (later updated again to Centacare in 1991). The Catholic Family Welfare Bureau grew out of a lay…
The Anglican Men’s Society is a brotherhood of Clergy and Laymen representing the men of the Anglican church. It was formed in Queensland in 1905. The three Anglican Dioceses of Queensland, Brisbane, Rockhampton and North Queensland provide the opportunity for men to become Diocesan members. According to a publication from 2003, Morris House, a Home…
The CatholicCare Diocese of Broken Bay is the new name for Centacare Diocese of Broken Bay. The name change occurred in late 2013. CatholicCare Broken Bay provides social services from Willoughby in northern Sydney up to Woy Woy on the Central Coast. CatholicCare Broken Bay provides foster care and out-of-home care residential services for the…
Wesley Mission was the new name chosen by the Wesley Central Mission in 1993. It is a Wesleyan Methodist non-government organisation that continues the social welfare, charity and ministry work of the Wesley Central Mission (1977-1993) and the Central Methodist Mission (1884-1977). Wesley Mission is a major provider of welfare services, including Dalmar and Lifeline.
The Christ Church Boys League Welfare Bureau was set up Sydney in 1936 by the Church of England’s Reverend John Hope, through the Home Mission Society, to help boys through the Children’s Court.
The Church of England Deaconess Institution was a women’s religious order that operated the Deaconess Children’s Home and Domestic Training School, in Balmain, Ashfield and Annandale, from 1893-1914. They also operated Lisgar Training Service for Domestic Servants from 1893-1909 and Lisgar Children’s Home, in Harrison Street Marrickville, from 1914 to 1929, and at a property…
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