St Magdalen’s Retreat at Tempe, near Arncliffe, provided accommodation for females over the age of 12 years by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan. It was established in 1887 and was used by the New South Wales Government as a care institution, as well as accepting voluntary admissions from families who could not care for…
St Anne’s Children’s (Emergency) Centre was established in 1979 at Cabramatta in what had been one of the St Anne’s Group Homes. It offered emergency care for children until 1985 when the Sisters of Charity withdrew entirely from this area of ministry. From the 1960s, a result of the trend against institutionalised care, children admitted…
The Theresian Emergency Centre was opened in 1965 by the Sisters of Charity. The Centre was located at Monte Oliveto Convent, Edgecliff. It was dedicated to short-term, ‘crisis’ accommodation for children. The Centre closed in January 1983 when the Sisters withdrew from this area of ministry in Edgecliff. The Theresian Emergency Centre was established on…
St Anne’s Orphanage was a children’s home that was opened at George Street Liverpool in 1888 by the Sisters of Charity. It was dedicated principally to the care of girls, although young boys were occasionally admitted. The Orphanage was relocated to smaller premises at Medley Street Liverpool in 1970 and continued to receive children until…
Boys’ Town Engadine was a children’s home run by the Salesians of Don Bosco. It was founded in 1939. It was a residential school for adolescent boys which also received some children transferred from the ACT. In 2010 Boys’ Town Engadine adopted the name Dunlea Centre. Boys’ Town was founded in 1939 by Father Thomas…
St Vincent’s Boys’ Home was established in 1891 by the St Vincent de Paul Society. It was originally located in Surry Hills as a refuge for homeless children. It then moved to Redfern, then to Five Dock, and finally to Westmead in 1896. From 1896 until 1968, the Home was run as a joint venture…
Eddy’s Place Supported Accommodation Unit is located in Wollongong and was established in 1989 to provide supported residential care for twelve to eighteen year olds. From 1989 until 2001 Eddy’s Place was run by the Christian Brothers and managed by Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services. From 2001 until 2009 it was run by Edmund Rice…
St Anne’s Home of Compassion, Broken Hill, was operated by the Daughters of our Lady of Compassion (Sisters of Compassion) from 1941 until 1984. St Anne’s Home of Compassion housed girls aged two to 16 years. St Anne’s Home had been established at Broken Hill since 1898, under the management of the Sisters of Mercy….
The Croagh Patrick Orphanage was a boys’ home in Orange that was run by the Bathurst Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy. Previously, it was known as the Croagh Patrick Home, run by the Daughters of Charity from 1928 until 1969. It cared for boys aged three to twelve years and after the closure of…
Kendall Grange, at The Bluff in Morisset Park in the Hunter Region, was established by the Brothers of St John of God in 1948 as a residential school for intellectually disabled boys. It began with 30 boys from Westmead Home, aged six to 16. In 1980 Kendall Grange changed to a residential school for boys…
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