Orana Retarded Children’s Home, run by the Northern Branch of the Retarded Children’s Welfare Association, opened in Newnham in 1968. It accommodated country children with intellectual disabilities, aged between 6 and 16, so that they could attend special schools in Launceston. State wards with intellectual disabilities also lived at the Home. Orana closed around 1990….
Rosebank Cottage for Disabled Children, run by the Tasmanian Spastics Association, opened in Moonah in 1979. It provided long and short term accommodation for up to seven wards of state and other children with physical disabilities aged between 6 and 16. Rosebank Cottage closed around 1994. Rosebank Cottage was located at 60 Central Avenue, Moonah….
Talire School opened in 1950. The Retarded Children’s Welfare Association ran it between 1952 and 1954 when the government took it over. It was a non-residential School which provided an education for day students with intellectual disabilities. Talire School closed during the 1980s. Talire School was possibly the first of its kind in Australia. It…
The Home of Mercy, run by the Anglican Church, opened in 1890. It was a rescue and maternity home for single mothers, some of whose babies were adopted from the Home. After a number of sites, the Home moved to New Town in 1905 where there was a small babies’ and children’s Home attached. The…
The New Town Rest Home, run by the government, replaced the New Town Infirmary in August 1934. It provided accommodation to children and adults placed there for many different reasons. In 1936, New Town Rest Home became St John’s Park. The government changed the name of the New Town Infirmary to the New Town Rest…
St John’s Park, run by the government, replaced the New Town Rest Home in 1936. St John’s Park was in New Town. It provided accommodation to children and adults placed there for many different reasons. It closed in 1994. St John’s Park continued to provide temporary accommodation for wards of state. Wingfield House, which was…
Devonfield Hostel, run by the Retarded Children’s Welfare Association, opened in Devonport in 1965. It was a combined Hostel and school for children with intellectual disabilities. In 2013, Devonfield continues to provide training but is no longer residential. The Social Welfare Department placed wards of state with intellectual disabilities at Devonfield. Margaret Reynolds, the former…
The New Town Infirmary replaced the New Town Charitable Institution in 1912. Its residents included children detained by the government for various reasons. In 1934, the New Town Infirmary became the New Town Rest Home. The main purpose of the New Town Infirmary was to house people who were aged and infirm. However, as the…
West Winds Boys’ Home, run by the government, opened in Woodbridge in 1967. It accommodated boys from the age of five. The Home closed in 1983. In 1963, the Social Welfare Department bought a property of 44 acres with a timber house on it at Woodbridge, south of Hobart, which they intended to develop as…
Auricht House in Elizabeth North was opened in 2005 as a respite centre for children with intellectual disabilities. Run by Centacare, it accommodated up to ten children. The House was named after mountain climber, Mark Auricht who attempted to climb Mt Everest in 2001 to raise funds for a new respite service. Auricht died during…
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