The Woodville Community Unit was the new name given to the Woodville Assessment Unit in 1992. Run by the government in Woodville, the Unit provided longer term accommodation for State Children and supported them to integrate back into the community. The Unit closed in 1993. The Woodville Community Unit was the new name for the…
The Christies Beach Family Home opened in Christies Beach in the mid to late 1970s. Run by the government, Family Homes provided short term accommodation for children within their own community. In 1980, the Home was converted into a Youth Support Unit, an outreach service for young people. The Christies Beach Family Home opened at…
The Glandore Unit was opened in 1975 by the government at Glandore. It operated as a non-secure unit providing accommodation for boys released from McNally Training Centre, and its successor the South Australian Youth Training Centre. It also assisted the boys to find work and gradually move back into the community. The Glandore Unit closed…
Pleasant Avenue Cottage was the new name given to the Glandore Family Home in 1975. Run by the government it was situated on the ground of the former Glandore Boys’ Home in Glandore. The Cottage generally accommodated six State children. Pleasant Avenue Cottage closed in 1979. Pleasant Avenue Cottage was the new name given to…
The Gilles Plains Assessment Unit replaced the Gilles Plains Community Unit in 1992. Run by the government, the Assessment Unit was built at the same Gilles Plains address. It provided short-term emergency care for up to eight children between the ages of eight to upper teens. The Gilles Plains Assessment Unit was still operating in…
Fuller Street Cottage was one of the Cottage Homes that were established at Kennion House at Walkerville in the mid to late 1970s. The others included Garden Cottage and Smith Street Cottage. Each functioned as a separate group home. Run by the Anglican Church the Fuller Street Cottage was previously the house of the deputy…
The government-run Adelaide Youth Training Centre opened at Cavan in 2012. It replaced the Magill Training Centre and Cavan Training Centre as a secure institution for young offenders. The Centre focuses on education and rehabilitation for young men and women aged between 10 and 18 who are on remand and detention warrants. The Centre accommodates…
Wentworth House was opened by the Legacy Club of Adelaide at Woodville in 1945. It provided accommodation for the children of deceased servicemen who were attending school and apprenticeships in the city. In 1946 it could accommodate 13 children and 2 staff. A second Legacy Hostel, known as Waverley House, opened in Adelaide in 1946….
The Toorak Gardens Boys’ Hostel opened in 1967 at Toorak Gardens. Run by the same independent Board of Management as the Morialta Protestant Children’s Home, it provided accommodation for boys who had left the Children’s Home and were studying or working. The Hostel, along with the Children’s Home was renamed Morialta Children’s Homes Incorporated in…
Morialta Children’s Homes Incorporated was the new name given to the Morialta Protestant Children’s Home from 1972. The name referred to both the Children’s Home for younger children at Norton Summit and the Toorak Gardens Boys’ Hostel for older boys who were studying or working. Both were run by the same independent Board of Management….
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