The Boys’ Reformatory, run by volunteers, opened in the Female Factory at Cascades, South Hobart, in 1869. It provided an alternative to gaol for boys who were homeless or had broken the law. The boys were about school age. The Reformatory closed in 1876. The Boys’ Reformatory was run by volunteers under the provisions of…
Dominic College, a Catholic school in Glenorchy, was formed in 1973 by an amalgamation of three schools, including Savio College, formerly Boys’ Town, which was a children’s Home and school that received child migrants in the early 1950s. Dominic College has a strong old boys’ network that includes the former child migrants. In October 2012,…
Savio College, run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, replaced Boys’ Town in 1956. It was in New Town. Boys’ Town had been a Catholic Home and school, that received child migrants from Britain. Two of the migrants remained at Savio with the last one leaving in 1959. Savio also accepted wards of state. In…
Wingfield School opened in the 1940s. It was for the children who lived at Wingfield House. Initially it was located between the Tasmanian Sanatorium and the Women’s Division on the grounds of St John’s Park, New Town. In 1957, it moved to two new classrooms built to the rear and east of Wingfield House. Wingfield…
The After Care School, held in St John’s Home for the Aged at St John’s Park, New Town, opened in the 1940s. It provided schooling for children with disabilities. The School appears to have closed in 1957. The After Care School provided schooling for children receiving outpatient care at Wingfield House or living in the…
Wyadra Hostel, run by the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution, opened in New Town in 1952. It was initially for children with partial hearing and later for those with no hearing. The Hostel closed in 1957. Wyadra Hostel opened officially on 21 April 1952 in Clare Street, New Town. The Institute for the Blind and…
The St Vincent de Paul Society Home for Boys at Waterton Hall opened in 1978. It offered homeless boys accommodation, the opportunity to finish their schooling, and if they were over school age, training in farming. The Home closed in the 1990s. Waterton Hall was originally the site of a small Catholic girls’ school which…
Mara House opened in Hobart in 1985. Community Hostels originally ran it. Until 1997, Mara was an approved children’s Home. In 2018, Mara accommodates young women aged 13 to 18. It is run by Colony 47. Mara House was funded by the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program which also began in 1985. This Home was an…
The Bevis Marks Independent Living Unit opened in South Hobart in 1988. It was a pilot project run by the Department for Community Welfare’s Southern Regional Resource Centre for teenage boys it described as ‘disturbed’. The independent living unit provided support for young people to prepare them for leaving out of home care and taught…
Woodlands Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in about 1985. It was located on Hearps Road, Ulverstone. Woodlands provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Department of Community Welfare and its successors. Woodlands closed around 2000. A married woman managed Woodlands Family Group…
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