Enoggera Boys’ Home, was also known as the Church of England Boys’ Home, Enoggera. It was operated by a private committee and the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane. Previously located at Wooloowin, and known as the Brisbane Boys’ Home, it was established at Enoggera in June 1906. From around 1947, it was governed…
The Riverview Training Farm, in Riverview, was operated by the Salvation Army. In 1926 its function changed from a boys reformatory to a training farm for local boys and British ‘child migrants’ over 14 years. In 1935 it once again became an Industrial School. The name changed to Home for Boys, Riverview in 1956 when…
The David Henry Transitional Lodge in Chermside, was operated by the Presbyterian Church, and from 1977, by the Uniting Church. It was licensed on 25 March 1975 and the first girls moved in on 7 May 1975. It ceased operating as a licensed institution on 30 June 1978.
The Dowdle Family Group Home was operated by the Presbyterian and Uniting Churches. First located in Fairfield, it opened in around 1963. Around 1977, the Dowdle Family Group Home moved from Fairfield to Salisbury. On 22 June 1977 control was transferred to the newly-formed Uniting Church. From March 1985 it was known as “Dowdle”. In…
Christian Centre Family Group Homes were located in Moreton Street, Eidsvold. They were operated by the Federal Aborigines Mission Board of the Churches of Christ. The Homes opened and were licensed in late 1976. The closing date is unknown but it was no longer licensed in 2001.
Crossroads was a hostel in Sandgate, which opened 15 March 1980. It was operated by Crossroads Community Youth Organisation. Funding was suspended 1 January 1985 and its license was surrendered November 1985. In Missing Pieces (2001), it was stated that members of the former committee have advised that no files are held relating to the…
Dahler Family Group Home, in Drayton, Toowoomba, was officially opened 27 September 1975. It was operated by the Methodist Church until June 1977, when operations were transferred to the Uniting Church. Dahler Family Group Home closed 30 June 1988. Dahler Family Group Home opened as a Receiving, Assessment, Placement and Therapy residential in August 1995….
Buxton Lodge, in Redcliffe, was operated by Save the Children Fund Queensland. It opened on 16 February 1980. Buxton Lodge provided support and accommodation for young girls ranging in age from 12 to 16, who were in the care of the Department of Children’s Services. Buxton Lodge closed 31 January 1983. Originally located in Irene…
Cairns Family Group Home, in Freshwater, was operated by the Uniting Church. Opening on 1 August 1980, its funding ceased in 1981/82. It reopened in 1982/83 and finally closed in 1997. In 2001 Cairns Family Group Home Freshwater was being used as an Out of Home Care Office for the Foster and Kinship Care program,…
Bundamba Lodge opened 6 August 1983, as a residential facility specifically for adolescents. It is operated by Churches of Christ Care, a division of Churches of Christ. Bundamba Lodge was in operation in 2014, providing crisis care accommodation for young people.
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