The Warrawong Kindergarten for Emergency Care in Ringwood East began to provide temporary emergency care in the 1960s. Run by the Graduates Association of the Melbourne Kindergarten Teachers College, it started off as a holiday home for children attending kindergartens affiliated with the Free Kindergarten Union. Opening in 1937, it was a “sister” institution to…
St Paul’s Discovery Centre was established in 1979 by the Reverend Ian Paxton of the Mission of St James and St John. It was located on the site of the former St Paul’s Home for Boys at Newhaven, Phillip Island. St Paul’s operated as holiday camp for ‘disadvantaged’ children. St Paul’s Discovery Centre opened in…
Seaside House, Coogee was established in 1931 by the Orphanages Committee of the Anglican Diocese of Perth as a holiday home for children from Homes run by the committee. In 1946 it also became a full-time residential facility for up to 30 primary-school aged children, run as a branch of the Swan Homes and then…
The Sunshine Home, run by the Sunshine Association, opened in Howrah in 1951. It provided holidays of up to three weeks to children from poor or isolated homes. The Home closed in 1980. The Sunshine Home opened in Howrah, a suburb of Hobart, on 11 August 1951. The Home was the idea of Margaret Reid,…
The Lady Norrie Junior Red Cross Children’s Home opened at Grange in 1947 as a convalescent Home for children aged between 18 months and 7 years. Run by the Red Cross, it accommodated up to 30 children. The Home closed in 1959 when all of the Junior Red Cross Homes were brought together on one…
Warrawee at Grange was purchased in 1950 by the Australian Inland Mission, AIM, as a location for children’s camps. In 1953 it also began operating as a Hostel for inland children studying in Adelaide. From 1957 AIM’s Far North Children’s Health Scheme accommodated children between 5 and 15, who were in Adelaide for treatment, in…
Woorabinda Hostel (and Campsite) was established by the government in 1968 at Woorabinda Lake near Stirling. It operated as a temporary hostel for boys who were wards of the State and a holiday camp for disadvantaged children and families, including Aboriginal children from Northern South Australia. It later also operated as a respite home for…
The Red Cross Home, at Margate Beach, Redcliffe opened around 1945. It was run by the Australian Red Cross and operated as a convalescent home for children from the Mater and Brisbane Hospitals. It also provided emergency care for children while their mothers were in hospital. The home closed in 1975. The Red Cross Home…
The Leslie Wilson Home operated at Phillip Street, Emu Park, from at least February 1937. It was officially opened by then Queensland Governor, Sir Leslie Wilson, on 21 June 1938. The Home was run by a committee from the Royal Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme and provided short term accommodation for children from rural areas…
The Leslie Wilson Home, situated at Torquay, was established in 1938. The Home was run by a committee from the Royal Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme and provided short term accommodation for children from rural areas of Queensland in need of medical, dental or surgical treatments and recuperation. In September 1985, its role changed to…
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