The Salvation Army Westcare came into being in around 1980. With support from the Department of Community Welfare Services (DCWS), Westcare established residential units for children and young people in the western region of Melbourne. The Salvation Army Westcare ran residential care units for young people until 2018 when the Department of Health and Human…
The Melbourne Orphanage was established in 1926. It was formerly the Melbourne Orphan Asylum. It was located in Brighton where it accommodated boys and girls aged between 3 and 16. By the 1950s, some children were housed in group homes in Glen Waverley. In 1965, it became the Melbourne Family Care Organisation. The Melbourne Orphanage…
The Catherine Booth Girls’ Home was established by the Salvation Army in 1915 in ‘Blackhall’ mansion, East Kew. The Home accommodated girls aged between 4 and 16. The Catherine Booth Girls’ Home closed in 1976. The Catherine Booth Girls’ Home was situated at 26 Sackville Street, East Kew, in a mansion known as Blackhall. Catherine…
The Glenroy Girls’ Home was established by Salvation Army in 1902, with the first girls in residence coming from the recently closed Brunswick Girls’ Home. The home had capacity for 60 girls between the ages of four and eighteen. It was situated in a leased property known as “Ashleigh”, in Widford Street, Glenroy. Girls at…
The Harbour, in West Brunswick, was established by the Salvation Army in 1898. It operated as a maternity home and home for young women aged 14 to 18. It closed in 1994. The Harbour was situated in Cohuna Street, West Brunswick. According to the DHHS guide ‘Finding Records’, the commercial laundry that operated at the…
The Haven, North Fitzroy, was established by the Salvation Army in 1897. It had various functions over the years, including a maternity home, foundling hospital, babies’ and toddlers’ home, day care centre and hostel for girls with intellectual disabilities. It closed in 1988. The Haven was situated at 73-75 Alfred Crescent, North Fitzroy. It was…
The Box Hill Boys’ Home was established by the Salvation Army in 1913. The Home first accommodated 45 younger boys, but in later years it housed a wider range of ages of boys in different ‘sections’. The Home closed in 1984. The Box Hill Boys’ Home was located at 310 Elgar Road, Box Hill. It…
The Brunswick Girls’ Home was established by the Salvation Army in 1892. It was situated in Albion Street, Brunswick. The matron’s report to the department in 1893 stated: We have to report a very good year’s work at this Reformatory. A steady work has gone on among the varied characters we have had to deal with,…
The William Booth Girls’ Home, East Camberwell, opened in 1912 and was run by the Salvation Army. It accommodated girls aged between 4 and 14 years old. The first 43 girls in residence at the William Booth Girls’ Home had been transferred there from the Murrumbeena Girls’ Home, which closed in 1912. When the Home…
Baptist Children’s Homes were a number of family group homes run by Baptcare (formerly known as the Baptist Social Services, and Baptist Community Care) from around 1968 until around 1984. Baptist Community Care (also known as Baptist Social Services) ran 3 family group homes in Melbourne. Westside Children’s Home in a large house in Park…
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