St Joseph’s Girls Home was established in ‘Gladstone House’ at Lane Cove (Gore Hill) in 1900. The home was a replacement for St Joseph’s Providence at The Rocks. It housed around 90 girls aged 5 to 15. By the 1970s the Home was divided into units for small group accommodation. St Joseph’s Girls’ Home closed…
In 1925, St Anthony’s Home, which was run by the Society of St Vincent De Paul, moved from Petersham to Croydon. It was a home for unmarried pregnant women and cared for them and their babies for up to 12 months after the birth. Mothers then chose whether to keep their child or adopt the…
St Anthony’s was opened in 1922 by the Society of St Vincent De Paul, first in St Peters, and then in Petersham. It was not intended to provide long term residential care. Several hundred adoptions and foster placements were arranged from Petersham. In 1925 the home became St Anthony’s Home Croydon. St Anthony’s was developed…
St Anne’s Home was established in 1898 at Broken Hill and operated by the Sisters of Mercy Wilcannia-Forbes Congregation. In 1941 the Daughters of our Lady of Compassion (Sisters of Compassion) took over the home and it became known as St Anne’s Home of Compassion. St Anne’s Home was established at the request of Rev….
St Michael’s Family Centre, run by the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation, was formerly known as St Michael’s Children’s Home. It was three cottages that provided accommodation for homeless women and children. The centre also provided long day care facilities. In August 2012 the Sisters of Mercy announced plans for the closure of the centre.
St Michael’s Orphanage, run by the Sisters of Mercy, was opened at Baulkham Hills in 1902. It was also known as St Michael’s Boys’ Home. The Orphanage housed boys aged 5 to 12 years. Around 1960, the institution became St Michael’s Children’s Home and housed boys and girls. St Michael’s Orphanage was established by the…
St Michael’s Children’s Home, run by the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation, was established around 1960. It was previously known as St Michael’s Orphanage or Boys’ Home. The Children’s Home cared for boys and girls aged 5 to 15 years. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the home evolved into three cottages each with…
St Brigid’s Girls’ Home opened in 1898 at Ryde and was operated by the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta Congregation. It housed girls aged 5 to 15 years. St Brigid’s Girls’ Home closed in 1978. St Brigid’s Girls’ Home was opened, under the patronage of Cardinal Moran, on 17 June 1898. Records of the Home are…
Our Lady of Mercy Home was established in 1928 and was formerly known as Waitara Foundling Home and usually just as Waitara. The Home cared for children from birth to the age of 15, and from 1970, children aged 7-12. It also housed unmarried mothers. Our Lady of Mercy Home Waitara was replaced by the…
The Mercy Family Life Centre Waitara was previously known as Our Lady of Mercy Home and was run by the Sisters of Mercy. It was built in a part of the grounds of the old Waitara Orphanage (Our Lady of Mercy) in 1977. In 1994, it was incorporated and became the Mercy Family Centre. Mercy…
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