Reeve House, run by the government, opened in about 1992 in Hadspen, near Launceston. As a family group Home, it provided temporary accommodation for children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Department of Community Services and its successors. Reeve House was still open in 2011. A married woman managed…
Eastville Receiving Home opened in Rokeby in 1979. The Home provided temporary accommodation for children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department. It became Eastville Family Group Home in 1981. A married woman, known as a Receiving Home Keeper, managed Eastville with the assistance of her husband,…
Beaufront, in Ross, between about 1949 and 1958, provided temporary accommodation to some children arriving in Tasmania under the Big Brother Movement’s and Fairbridge Society’s migration schemes. According to the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania), Beaufront had been built for Arthur Smith in 1837. He sold the property to Thomas Parramore in the 1870s. By…
Hagley Farm Primary School replaced Hagley Farm School, in about 1976. It has a mixed dairy farm of 63 acres and provides day trips and camps for primary school children.
Omaru Community Youth Centre, run by the government, opened in 1977. It was in Launceston. The Centre provided non-residential support and supervision for children aged eight to seventeen. It closed around 1995. Omaru Community Youth Centre was in Union Street, Launceston. It started as a pilot project for teenage girls in May 1977. A program…
Cornwall Receiving Home, run by the government, opened in the late 1970s. It was in Launceston. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department. Cornwall Receiving Home became Cornwall Family Group Home in 1980. A married woman, known as a Receiving…
Danbury Family Receiving Home, run by the government, opened in 1976. It provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department. The Home became Danbury Family Group Home in 1980. A married woman, known as a Receiving Home Keeper, managed Danbury with the assistance…
Gilburn Family Group Home, run by the government, replaced Gilburn Receiving Home in about 1981. It was in Wynyard. The Home provided temporary accommodation for up to 8 children who were wards of the state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. The Home closed in about 1985. A…
Havenview Children’s Home, run by the Christian Brethren under the auspices of Glenhaven Children’s Home, opened in about 1970. It was in Devonport. The Home provided cottage accommodation for around three children. It closed around 1989. A married couple belonging to the Christian Brethren with three children of their own, one adopted, ran Heavenview Children’s…
St Michael’s Priory, in Rokeby, became an approved children’s home in 1974. It accommodated children temporarily as part of a wider counselling and welfare service to the community of Rokeby. The Priory closed in 1977. The monastic community that became St Michael’s Priory began in a large house in Seymour Street, New Town, in about…
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