The Church of England Homes for Children was established in Wilson Street, Brighton, in 1894 by the Mission to the Streets and Lanes to care for neglected children. In 1916, the property next door was purchased, and the Home expanded to include a babies’ Home for children over one. In 1927 the babies’ Home moved…
George Hall Hostel for School Leavers was run by St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls. It was in Bell Street, Box Hill.
Narrabundah House Indigenous Supported Accommodation (NHISA) is run in partnership with government and non government agencies. It provides supported accommodation for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men aged 12 to 18 years, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The services offered by Narrabundah House Indigenous Supported Accommodation include culturally based residential and…
Lowana Youth Services, located in Kambah, was established in 1989. It provided transitional housing for young people experiencing homelessness and/or leaving youth justice institutions. It included a safe house for young women escaping family violence. Lowana Youth Services was closed by the ACT government in April 2012 as part of a re-design of specialist homelessness…
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