Kiah Hostel was a residential facility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care, which opened in Norman Park in around 1973. It was operated by the Queensland Aboriginal and Islanders’ Catholic Council. By around the early 1990s, Kiah Hostel was operated by the Aboriginal & Islander Apostolate within the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane….
Kingsbury Cottage Family Group Home, in Bardon, opened around August/September 1960. Originally run by the Methodist Church, its operation was transferred to the newly-created Uniting Church in June 1977. In 2014, Kingsbury was an emergency residential home for young people aged 12 – 17 years. It is unknown exactly when Kingsbury group home closed, however…
Kingswood Lodge, in Berrinba, is operated by the Churches of Christ. It opened in 1993 and in 2018 is still licensed. Kingswood Lodge is a residential facility for adolescents.
John Thompson House, in Bundaberg, was operated by the Churches of Christ. It opened on 25 February 1980. A change of function was approved on 19 May 1998. As of 2019 we have been unable to find further information about this home. Please contact Find & Connect if you know more about this home.
The Kalimna Vocational Centre for Girls, in Toowong, opened in December 1962. Run by the Salvation Army, it was on the site of the former Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Toowong (which was demolished in around 1962). It closed 29 October 1977. In the 1960s, Kalimna was one of 3 denominational (ie, non-government) institutions in Queensland…
The Jellicoe Street Family Group Home, in Mt Lofty, Toowoomba, was operated by the Presbyterian Church. It was opened and licensed under the Children’s Services Act 1965 in April 1967. It closed in December 1994. The Presbyterian Church of Queensland has advised that there are very few surviving records. There is no information on any…
Yarrabah Mission was founded by the Anglican Church. It was run by the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland, and received funding and staffing assistance from the Australian Board of Mission. Canon Ernest Richard Bulmer Gribble was in charge at Yarrabah from 1893 until 1910. In 1900, the Yarrabah Mission was declared an industrial school, and…
Irwin Blowers House, in Clear Island Waters, was operated by the Churches of Christ. It provided youth emergency Accommodation. It opened 25 February 1980. A change of model was approved 21 April 1998.
The Purga Mission Industrial School, run by the Salvation Army, was established sometime around 1920 when the Salvation Army took control of the Purga Creek Mission. The Industrial School was on the Purga Mission Station (renamed by the Salvation Army as the Purga Aboriginal Colony), which was established in 1915 and situated between the end…
The Industrial School at the Mapoon Mission Station on western Cape York in Far North Queensland, was operated by the Presbyterian Church. In October 1901, Mapoon was gazetted as an industrial school under the Queensland Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act 1865 and then licensed in 1937 under the State Children Act 1911. It had closed…
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