Lismore House was a hostel for young people in Geelong. It was purchased by the Barwon Association for Youth Support & Accommodation in October 1981. After renovations the hostel opened in June 1982, with residents coming from Turana Youth Training Centre and Winlaton Secure Girls Unit. According to Barnard, Lismore House was established at a…
Santa Casa was established in February 1918 by the Catholic Women’s Social Guild and the Sisters of Mercy in Queenscliff. Santa Casa was opened as a seaside rest home for ‘poor children in delicate health’ and was run by the Sisters of Mercy in their Queenscliff convent. Children were given a two week stay at…
Melbourne Ragged Boys’ Home and Mission was established in 1895 as residential accommodation for homeless boys in Melbourne. It also continued the work of the Latrobe St School and Mission, where girls could attend classes. This work was carried out in a separate building and was often referred to by this name for some years…
The Seaside Home at Frankston was established in 1901. It was originally intended to be a holiday home for the boys from Melbourne Ragged Boys’ Home but from 1904 boys were placed permanently in Frankston. In 1924, Seaside Home, Frankston became Minton Boys’ Home. In 1901, William Minton the superintendent of Melbourne Ragged Boys’ Home,…
Strathmore Lodge was established in 1953 as a girls’ home in Surrey Hills run by the United Protestant Association of Victoria. The home was shortlived and the property was sold in 1955. The State Council of the United Protestant Association of Victoria purchased a property at 18 Scottsdale St, Surrey Hills, in 1952 to establish…
Framlingham Aboriginal Station operated from 1865 when the Church of England Mission applied to open a station on the Framlingham Reserve beside the Hopkins River, approximately 25 kilometres from Warrnambool. It was Girai Wurrung country. In 1861 the Government had gazetted 3,500 acres for such a purpose. It closed temporarily in 1867, but re-opened in…
Lake Condah Mission Station was established in 1867 as a Church of England Mission, approximately three kilometres from the Lake. The Lake Condah area in south western Victoria was home to the Kerrupjmara people prior to European occupation. The station was closed in 1919 after the government assumed control. The Lake Condah Station comprised a…
Lake Tyers Mission Station was established in 1861 by the Church of England missionary, John Bulmer. It was situated on Lake Tyers in Gippsland and accommodated local Aboriginal people and others who were moved there from reserves such as Coranderrk, Ebenezer and Ramahyuck when they closed. In 1971 the Victorian Government returned the land to…
Ramahyuck Aboriginal Mission was established by the Presbyterian Mission Committee, on the banks of the Avon River, near Lake Wellington in Gippsland in 1863. The Moravian missionary, Friedrich August Hagenauer oversaw the settlement. It accommodated people from the Gunai nation of Gippsland. It closed in 1908. The word Ramahyuck is composed of the biblical word…
The Ebenezer Mission was established in 1859 on the banks of the Wimmera River, the land of the Wotjobaluk people, approximately 70 kilometres north-west of Horsham. Two Moravian missionaries, F W Spieseke and Friedrich Hagenauer took on its management. The Mission was gazetted in 1861 as the Lake Hindmarsh Aboriginal Reserve. It closed in 1904….
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