Rainbow Lodge was a children’s home at Hazelbrook operated by the Handicapped Children’s Centre of New South Wales from 1970. The building, located on the Great Western Highway, had previously been Haddon Hall. Rainbow Lodge was in the former Haddon Hall buildings. These had been owned by Japanese businessman and vice-consul Toransuki Kitamura, who had…
Marella Mission Farm originated in the early 1950s with Gwen and Keith Langford-Smith fostering Aboriginal children on their farm property at Kellyville. From 1953, Marella Mission Farm operated as an institution where Aboriginal children were removed to. Keith Langford-Smith was a missionary who rose to fame in the 1930s for his accounts of flying across…
Kirinari Hostel was established in 1967 to provide accommodation for secondary students who are living in Sydney. It was established by the Aboriginal Children’s Advancement Society, with Aboriginal Hostels Ltd taking over the running of the hostel in 1976. A second site was later opened in Newcastle, around 1971. Kirinari Hostel was mentioned in a…
Kinomi Children’s Home was mentioned in a 1979 Commonwealth Government report called Why are they in children’s homes: report of the ACOSS children’s home intake survey. No more is known about this Home. If you have information about Kinomi Children’s Home, please contact the Find & Connect web team using the ‘Contact Us’ button on…
Kurrajong was a special school and hostel complex that was set up in Wagga Wagga by the Society for the Welfare of Retarded Children in 1961. Hostels for children were set up from 1972, but closed in 1986. In 2013 Kurrajong (as Kurrajong Waratah) was a disability support service for babies, children, young people and…
Glenray House was opened in Russell St, Bathurst, in 1972 to provide care for children with a disability. It was run by a private management committee which had run the Glenray school for children with a disability since 1957. In 1993 the management committee was incorporated as a company, and retained the name Glenray. Glenray…
Kinari Children’s Home was mentioned in a 1979 Commonwealth Government report called Why are they in children’s homes: report of the ACOSS children’s home intake survey. No more is known about this Home. If you have information about Kinari Children’s Home, please contact the Find & Connect web team using the ‘Contact Us’ button on…
Dundaloo Children’s Home was a children’s home mentioned in a 1979 Commonwealth Government report called Why are they in children’s homes: report of the ACOSS children’s home intake survey. No more is known about this Home. If you have information about Dundaloo Children’s Home, please contact the Find & Connect web team using the ‘Contact…
Gateway Children’s Home, at Lewisham, was set up by the Central Methodist Mission in 1964 as a short-term childcare centre for children in crisis. It had accommodation for 14 children. In 2014, Wesley Dalmar Children’s Services (part of Wesley Mission) ran the premises as Gateway Children’s Cottage (also called Gateway House), a crisis care accommodation…
The Cobar War Memorial Children’s Hostel, also known as Cobar Memorial Home for Boys, opened in 1951. It accommodated up to 48 children from a large portion of the Western District Division in an area extending up to 200 miles from Cobar, so they could attend school in in the town. In 2013 it was…
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