Regent House was a Presbyterian girls’ home. It was first established in 1907, in West Brunswick, when it was known as the Presbyterian Girls’ Home. In 1909 it relocated to larger premises in Regent Street, Elsternwick. From at least the 1950s, it was known as Regent House and it was a hostel for young women….
McAuley House was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1942. It was a hostel for around 15 young women. The hostel was closed and the property sold in 1965. McAuley House was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1942 (Catherine McAuley founded the Order in Ireland in 1831). The Sisters saw the need…
Woodbine came into being in 1954 with the establishment of a hostel of the same name in Warracknabeal. As well as the hostel on Craig street, Woodbine also ran a number of family group homes in Warracknabeal. In 2018, Woodbine provides accommodation, day and employment programs and training to people with intellectual disabilities in regional…
The Young Catholic Workers’ Hostel, Albert Park, was established in 1946, for boys from St Augustine’s Orphanage, Geelong, who had found employment in Melbourne. It was run by the Young Christian Workers Movement. The Hostel closed in 1963. The Young Catholic Workers’ Hostel opened in 1946 to provide a base for boys working in Melbourne….
The Young Christian Workers’ Movement Hostel, Hawthorn, was established in 1948. It was located in a house known as ‘The Terricks’ at the corner of Paterson and Oxley Road. It offered temporary housing to young migrants from Britain. The Hostel closed in 1955. The Young Christian Workers’ Movement’s plan was for young men to live…
The Moorakyne Hostel was established in 1942 in Daylesford. It housed young women employed at Daylesford Textile Mills who were former residents of Travancore. In 1944, Moorakyne relocated to Travancore in Flemington and in 1950, relocated again to Hawthorn. The Moorakyne Hostel ‘for backward girls and women’ began when the buildings at the Travancore Developmental…
The Palms was a hostel in Hawthorn, run by the Burwood Boys’ Home. It was for boys who had completed their schooling. It was closed and sold in 1959.
Padua Hall was established by the Franciscan Friars in Kew in 1945. It provided a ‘halfway house’ for former residents of the Morning Star Youth Training Centre at Mt Eliza, and also Catholic ‘youths’ who were wards of state with indeterminate sentences. Padua Hall closed in 1960. Padua Hall was an institution in Kew run…
Hayeslee House was established in 1976 in Ballarat. It was run by the committee that also managed Lisa Lodge Girls’ Hostel. Initially, Hayeslee was created to accommodate adolescent girls being transferred from Nazareth House, Ballarat, which closed in 1976. Hayeslee House accommodated boys and girls, aged 11 to 15 from the Ballarat district. In 1977…
Lisa Lodge Girls’ Hostel, Ballarat, was established in 1970 and was run by a committee of women, all of whom were Honorary Probation Officers. It provided residential care for eight adolescent girls at a time. Lisa Lodge was located in a number of different properties around Ballarat. The Hostel closed in 1994. Some time after…
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