The Ivanhoe Girls’ Hostel, run by the Victorian government, was established around 1965. It provided accommodation for female wards of state from Winlaton According to the Social Welfare Department’s annual report for 1973, at Ivanhoe Girls’ Hostel: Girls are encouraged to become increasingly self-reliant in all aspects of living, and are assisted to find private…
Houghton Lodge Hostel was established in Bendigo in 1973 to provide accommodation for young people who had been in institutions to assist them in their transition from school to employment. It was run by a local Board of Management.
Cortona Hostel was established in 1973 in South Melbourne by the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau in association with the Society of St Vincent de Paul at North Melbourne. It accommodated girls with particular needs and aimed to work with them to find solutions to their problems. Cortona Hostel accommodated six girls at a time and…
Kangerong Hostel was established in 1975 by the Presbyterian Social Services to provide short-term accommodation for children who had lived in children’s homes. It’s location and date of closure are not yet known. If you have any more information about this home please contact the Find & Connect team.
The Warrnambool Home for Boys was established in Warrnambool in 1972 by Father Tom Brophy to provide accommodation for boys in that area who were unable to live at home. It was renamed the Brophy Memorial Boys’ Home in 1976. Father Tom Brophy established the Warrnambool Home for Boys in 1972 in a property in…
Brophy Memorial Hostel was established in Warrnambool in 1976 to continue the work of Father Tom Brophy to provide accommodation for boys and in 1978, girls, who could no longer live at home. From 1992 it was known as the Brophy Family and Youth Services. The hostel closed in 1994. Brophy Memorial Hostel was incorporated…
The Coranderrk Children’s Asylum and Dormitory was established in 1863 as part of the Coranderrk Aboriginal Reserve near Healesville. It housed Aboriginal and “mixed race” children who were orphaned or deemed to be neglected. By 1924 the dormitory had ceased to operate. The site for the Coranderrk Aboriginal Station was selected when 40 Aboriginal people…
The Mintaro Reformatory Home for Girls at Monegeetta, Lancefield was established in 1903 by the Methodist Home Mission Department to take the girls from the Brookside Reformatory at Cape Clear when it closed in 1903. This action took the Wesleyan church into reformatory work. It closed on 31 March 1912. The Mintaro Reformatory Home for…
The Dorrie Black Children’s Home operated in Synnot Street Werribee from the mid-1950s until approximately 1970. It was a state-registered Home for children aged under 5, run by Mrs Dorothy Black. An article published in The Age in 1997 provided details of the cruel treatment of babies and children at Dorrie Black Children’s Home. Former…
Brayton Youth Hostel was established by the Salvation Army in Shepparton in 1986 to provide accommodation for homeless young people, or those at risk of homelessness.
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