The Julia Farr Centre was the new name given to the Home for Incurables in 1981. It was run by a board of management and provided residential care for people with permanent injuries and diseases that at the time were considered incurable, and people with disabilities from the age of 15. In 1994 the Julia…
The Home for Incurables was opened in 1879 in Fullarton. Run by a board of management and funded by charitable donations and government subsidies the Home cared for patients, both adults and children, with diseases and injuries that were considered ‘incurable’. In 1981 the Home was renamed the Julia Farr Centre. Prior to the establishment…
Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital was the new name given to the Queen’s Home at Rose Park in 1939. Run by a committee of management it provided maternity services for expectant mothers who stayed between 2 and 12 days after the birth of their child. Many women residing at the Kate Cocks Memorial Babies’ Home also…
The Queen’s Home at Rose Park opened in 1902. Run by a committee of management it provided maternity services for mothers and trained nurses in maternity work. From 1912 to 1914 a Babies Ward operated at the Home for babies under one year old. Many women residing at Kate Cocks Memorial Babies’ Home had their…
The Church of England Hostel for Inland Children was opened by Father Percy Smith in a private house at Kensington Park in 1945. Operated by the Church of England as a training home for Aboriginal boys, it initially accommodated six boys from Alice Springs aged between 9 and 12 years. They attended the Marryatville Primary…
The Regency Park Centre for Young Disabled was opened by the Crippled Children’s Association of South Australia in 1976. It replaced the Somerton Crippled Children’s Home and the Ashford House School. Children suffering from disabilities were accommodated in decentralised wards. The Centre was staffed by therapists and teachers from the State’s Education Department. In the…
The Somerton Crippled Children’s Home was established by the Crippled Children’s Association of South Australia at Somerton in 1939. It initially operated as a home for the after-care of children suffering from polio. From 1951 the Home began to care for children with other disabilities including neuromuscular diseases like multiple sclerosis and Huntington’s disease. In…
The Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Carrieton, provided accommodation for Aboriginal children evacuated from the Northern Territory’s Garden Point Mission, Melville Island, during World War II. The evacuees were funded by the government and cared for by the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. In 1944, 34 girls and 7…
Cann Cottage was created by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission in 1957 when Cann Home, part of the Methodist Children’s Homes at Magill, was divided into two Cottages. The other half of the building was named I’Anson Cottage. Each cottage accommodated approximately 12 children with a Housemother or Cottage Parents. Cann Cottage continued to operate…
St Joseph’s Sanatorium opened in Largs Bay in 1903. Run by the Sisters of St Joseph, it operated as a rest home for women and children. In 1906 it moved to a larger premises in the same suburb and cared for children from infancy to school age. In 1907, the Home changed its name to…
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