The Magill Industrial School opened in 1869 at Magill as a government Receiving Home for State children who had been housed at the Grace Darling Hotel, Brighton. The Girls’ Reformatory, Magill shared the site from 1881 to 1891 as did the Boys’ Reformatory, Magill from 1869 to 1880. In 1898 the Industrial School moved to…
Lochiel Park Boys’ Training Centre at Campbelltown opened in 1958. It was the first government institution to provide accommodation and training for boys with mild intellectual disabilities. Some children requiring longer term care were sent to Seaforth Home, and later the Strathmont Centre and Ru Rua Nursing Home. From the 1970s Lochiel Park also provided…
Ilfracombe Boys Reformatory opened in Burnside in 1869. Run by the government it took in a number of boys convicted of offences who had been accommodated in the Grace Darling Hotel, Brighton. Other boys were sent to the Boys Reformatory, Magill. Ilfracombe closed in 1880 when the boys from both reformatories were moved to the…
The Brighton Industrial School was situated in the Grace Darling Hotel, in Brighton. It was used by the government from 1867 to 1869 as accommodation for children from the Destitute Asylum who were previously in temporary accommodation in the Exhibition Building on North Terrace, Adelaide. Illness and overcrowding at the Hotel led children to be…
The Glandore Industrial School was the new name given to the Edwardstown Industrial School in 1949. Located in Glandore, the government-run School accommodated boys committed to the care of the State. Girls were sent to Seaforth Home. In 1958 the name of the Home was changed to the Glandore Children’s Home. The Glandore Industrial School…
The Girls’ Reformatory, Magill was established in a wing of the Magill Industrial School in 1881. It was run by the government for girls who had committed offences or were deemed to have behavioural problems. Girls from the Reformatory in the Destitute Asylum were moved there. The Girls’ Reformatory, Magill closed in 1891 and girls…
The Girls’ Reformatory, Edwardstown, was established by the government at Edwardstown in 1891 and replaced the Girls’ Reformatory, Magill. In 1891 the Home housed 19 girls, aged 12 to 18. In 1897-1898 Catholic girls were sent to the Catholic Girls’ Reformatory, Kapunda, and Protestant girls to Redruth Girls’ Reformatory, Burra. The Girls’ Reformatory, Edwardstown, closed…
The Edwardstown Industrial School opened in 1898 on the site of the former Girls’ Reformatory at Edwardstown. It replaced the Magill Industrial School as a government receiving home for State children. From 1928 it took only boys over six years. Girls and younger boys went to Seaforth Convalescent Home. From the 1930s Edwardstown was also…
The Destitute Asylum was established in Adelaide by the Destitute Board in 1851. It provided accommodation for the destitute, including children and a separate lying-in Home for pregnant girls. In 1849, with the setting up of the new Destitute Board, the government took on more responsibility for the care of poor and neglected colonists. Initially…
The Central Depot operated from 1900 as a government receiving home for State children. Situated on Victoria Place and then, in 1917, in Gawler Place, Adelaide, the Depot provided temporary shelter for children awaiting court appearance, transfer between institutions or foster care. From 1923 it was also a temporary detention Centre. Central Depot closed in…
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