From 1967 Orana ran a number of family group homes across Melbourne in addition to the cottage homes run at the main site in Wattle Park. The exact opening and closing dates for many of these homes are not yet known.
From 1972 St Anthony’s ran a number of family group homes across Melbourne, as well as a holiday home in Queenscliff. The exact opening and closing dates for many of these homes are not yet known.
From 1975 Ballarat Children’s Home and its successors ran a number of Family Group Homes in Ballarat and the surrounding area. The exact opening and closing dates for many of these homes are not yet known.
From the mid 1970s Glastonbury – Geelong Protestant Orphanage, and its successors Glastonbury Children’s Home and Glastonbury Child and Family Services, ran a number of family group homes in the Geelong area. The first family group home was established by Glastonbury in 1974. Over the following decade Glastonbury opened several more family group homes in…
From the early 1960s St Vincent de Paul ran a number of Family Group Homes throughout Victoria. In 1997 the family group homes that were still operating came under the control of MacKillop Family Services, along with the rest of St Vincent de Paul Child and Family Services. The exact opening and closing dates for…
From the 1970s Berry Street ran a number of family group homes across Melbourne and in Gippsland. In 1975 Berry Street made the decision to shift their focus of child care from an institutional style to residential care of children in family group homes, which was reflected in their change of name from Berry Street…
From 1959 to the 1990s Melbourne Family Care, its predecessor Melbourne Orphanage, and its successor Family Action, ran a number of Family Group Homes across the outer suburbs of Melbourne. The first family group homes were established in 1959 as institutionalised care was phased out. By 1963, 14 family group homes had been established. By…
From the mid 1950s the State Government of Victoria, via its various departments governing child welfare, operated a large number of family group homes under its Family Group Home Program. These Family Group Homes were located in inner and outer suburban Melbourne as well as in more regional locations across the state. The opening and…
The Murdoch Holiday Home was a holiday home run by Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children. It opened at Murdoch Street, Huskisson on 6 November 1954. It was a holiday home for children living at other Burnside homes. Children from each of the Burnside homes spent two weeks at the Huskisson home every year. It was…
Woorabinda, 170 kilometres south-west of Rockhampton, Queensland, was gazetted as an Aboriginal Reserve in 1927; the reserve status remained in place until 1986. Additionally, in 1951 Woorabinda was gazetted as an Industrial School institution for the maintenance of State Children under the Children Services Act. Consequently the Woorabinda dormitories housed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
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