The Relief Home for Women and Children was a refuge that provided temporary shelter for women and children in Darlinghurst in the 1920’s and 1930s. It was first listed in the 1921 Sands directory at 57 Stanley Street, and from 1925 was listed at 329 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst. The home was managed by a private…
The Girls’ Industrial Home at Stanmore was run by the Salvation Army at 97 Cambridge Street, Stanmore, on the same site as the Stanmore Rescue Home. The Girls’ Industrial Home was an industrial school for girls who had been through police courts and conducted training and employment assistance. It closed in 1948 and was replaced…
The Rescued Sisters’ Home was opened at North Broken Hill by the Salvation Army in 1898. It was a rescue and maternity home for women and girls and operated in Chapple Street from 1898 until 1909 and then moved to Williams Street until 1917, when the home closed.
St Joseph’s Cottages were established by the Sisters of St Joseph as cottage care for children who were being prepared for foster care by St Anthony’s Home Croydon and Centacare social workers. There were three cottages, with Sisters of St Joseph serving as house mothers. In 2003 St Anthony’s and St Joseph’s Centre of Care,…
The Lodge Young Women’s Hostel, was run by the Salvation Army at Cambridge Street, Stanmore. It replaced the Girls’ Industrial Home that had operated on the same site. The Lodge was a hostel for girls and young women. It changed its name to Stanmore Children’s Home in 1975, although it appears to have been known…
St Gerard’s was run by the Sisters of St Joseph at St Anthony’s Croydon. It had formerly been St Anne’s Nursery. St Gerard’s was for married women and babies who needed care, treatment and recuperation after birth, and for single mothers and their babies, including those awaiting adoption. It was closed in 1980 and converted…
St Gerard’s [Home] was a home for children and families in crisis that was conducted by Centacare social workers and the Sisters of St Joseph’s from 1980 until 1985. Children and families were referred from the Department of Youth and Community Services’ Montrose Child Protection Unit, and they were cared for at St Gerard’s with…
St Anne’s Nursery was a nursery run by the Sisters of St Joseph at St Anthony’s Croydon. It had 30 cots that held babies waiting for adoption. It was located in the building that had been used as St Anne’s Hospital. In 1963 it was converted to St Gerard’s, a hospital for married and unmarried…
Glenfield Park School is a residential special school opened in 1927 by the Department of Education. It is a boarding school that offers intensive support to students with emotional and behavioural needs.
The Mercy Family Centre was incorporated in 1994. It was formerly the Mercy Family Life Centre, and was built on the grounds of the former Our Lady of Mercy Home at Waitara by the Sisters of Mercy. Its services included emergency accommodation, educational services to families and child care services. In 2001 the Mercy Family…
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