Tally Ho opened in 1903 in Burwood. This institution, run by the Wesley Central Mission, was for boys ‘rescued’ from the city slums to be trained in farm work. From 1977, Tally Ho received girls as well as boys. It closed in 1986. Tally Ho Training Farm opened in 1903 under the auspices of the…
The Royal Park Depot in Parkville was the sole reception centre for children committed to State care in Victoria from about 1880 to 1961. The Depot was a ‘clearing house’ for boys and girls, before they were boarded out, sent out to service or committed to a reformatory school. In 1955 it became Turana. The…
St Martin’s Home for Boys was established in 1921 as a Church of England Boys’ Home in Auburn. It was run by a provisional committee established by the Church of England Archdiocese of Melbourne in 1919. In 1926, St Martin’s Home moved to Canterbury, onto the same site as St John’s Homes for Boys. The…
St Martin’s House was established in June 1944, in Burwood Road, Auburn (Hawthorn East) on a site that had previously been St Martin’s Home for Boys (1921-1926). In 1953, a new St Martin’s House opened on the grounds of St John’s Home for Boys in Canterbury. It accommodated boys over the age of 15, who…
The Ramsay Mailer Hostel was established in 1983 by St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls in conjunction with the local community. The hostel accommodated up to 10 young men and women.
Molloy House was established by the St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls in 1968. It was a hostel, run in conjunction with the Church of England Boys’ Society. Molloy House was a ‘halfway house’ for young people on Children’s Court probation. Molloy House was in Canterbury until 1979 and then moved to Brunswick for…
St John’s Home for Boys was established in Canterbury in the mansion known as ‘Shrublands’. It formally opened in November 1924. In 1926, boys from the former St Martin’s Home in Auburn, together with its timber building, relocated to St John’s in Canterbury. St John’s Home accommodated boys aged between 5 and 14. By 1958,…
During the 1990s, the Mission to the Streets and Lanes operated from Napier Street, Fitzroy. Services provided included family counselling and support, foster care and accommodation for young women.
St David’s Hostel was established in around 1973 by the Mission to the Streets and Lanes on St David’s Street, Fitzroy. It first provided accommodation for young women on their release from prison, but by 1975 it housed teenagers making the transition from Unit 64 (Brighton Children’s Home) to more independent living. In the 1990s,…
The House of Mercy, in Cheltenham, was opened in 1892. It was run by the Mission to the Streets and Lanes as a home for ‘fallen and friendless women’. The women in charge of the House of Mercy were to become known as the Community of the Holy Name. The House of Mercy ceased providing…
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