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….
The Junior Red Cross Home opened at Glenelg in 1959. Run by the Red Cross it operated as a convalescent Home for up to 35 children recuperating from illness or in need of emergency accommodation. It took in children from the former Lady Hore-Ruthven Junior Red Cross Home and the Lady Norrie Junior Red Cross…
The Lady Norrie Junior Red Cross Children’s Home opened at Grange in 1947 as a convalescent Home for children aged between 18 months and 7 years. Run by the Red Cross, it accommodated up to 30 children. The Home closed in 1959 when all of the Junior Red Cross Homes were brought together on one…
The Lady Hore-Ruthven Junior Red Cross Home opened in 1946 at Henley Beach. Run by the Red Cross the Home comprised new premises in Henley Beach and the original Junior Red Cross Home. The two buildings operated as a convalescent Home for up to 50 children. The Lady Hore-Ruthven Home closed in 1959 and children…
Minda Home was the new name for the Minda Home for Weak-Minded Children from 1911 when the institution moved to new premises in Brighton. Run by a board of management Minda Home provided accommodation and special training for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. In the 1940s only children between 6 and 12 years were…
The Boys’ Probationary School opened at Wistow near Mount Barker in 1900 as a private institution for boys in State care. It was run by the Salvation Army under the control of the government. Boys who were deemed to have behavioural problems were placed there. In 1945 the government ceased control of the School and…
The Fullarton Children’s Home was the new name given to the Salvation Army Girls’ Home in 1969 when it began to also accommodate younger boys. It was run by the Salvation Army but was licensed and regularly inspected by the government. In 1972 younger boys from the Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Kent Town, were sent…
The Girls’ Probationary School opened in 1901 in Woodville. It was run by the Salvation Army under the control of the government as an institution for girls who were State children considered to have behavioural problems. The School moved suburbs several times until 1912 when it was finally relocated to Fullarton. A number of Aboriginal…
The Methodist Home for Babies and Unmarried Mothers opened in 1937 at Brighton. Run by the Methodist Church, it accommodated single girls who were pregnant or had given birth to their first child. It also took in other children in need of shelter. Pregnant women gave birth at the Queens’ Home and later the Queen…
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