The Quambi Nursing Home, North Adelaide, was established around 1910. It was a maternity home, run by Mrs Bartels. Around 1913, the Babies’ Hospital Association arranged for a tent to be sent up in the grounds of Quambi, for the care of sick babies, whose mothers could not afford the regular fees of a private…
Orana was the new name for the Mentally Retarded Children’s Association from 1980. The Association provided training and support for people with intellectual disabilities. It operated Supported Employment Centres and Supported Accommodation facilities in the Adelaide suburbs and regional areas of South Australia. Orana was still operating in 2014.
The Mentally Retarded Children’s Association (MRCA) was founded in 1950 by a group of parents of children with intellectual disabilities. The group established training centres and hostels for people with intellectual disabilities in Adelaide and regional areas during the 1950s to 1970s. The MRCA changed its name to Orana in 1980. The Mentally Retarded Children’s…
yourtown was created in 2016, it was formerly known as BoysTown Ltd. The organisation provides a range of services to young people, including education, counselling, peer support, employment and social welfare services. The organisation dates back to 1961 and BoysTown Beaudesert, a children’s Home that closed in 2001. In 2016, the organisation explained the reasons…
The Vietnamese Community in Australia, Queensland Chapter is a non-profit service provider funded by the Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services. It was established in 1979 and incorporated in 1988. The organisation assists disadvantaged Vietnamese families and individuals in the Southwest Brisbane Region and its surrounding areas. It ran the Vietnamese Community Family…
Queensland Baptist Care, established in 1949, established a number of youth residential care institutions during the 1970s. The name changed to Carinity: Baptish Community Services in 2013.
Mercy Family Services delivers programs for children, young people and families in south-east Queensland, including residential care, foster care and kinship care. It is sponsored by the Brisbane Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy.
Cootharinga Society of North Queensland was previously called the North Queensland Society for Crippled Children. The name change occured in 1991.
Cootharinga North Queensland was previously known as the Cootharinga Society of North Queensland. In 2002 the organisation gained membership with Ability First Australia.
The North Queensland Society for Crippled Children was founded in 1951 by a group of citizens to provide care, education and training of children who contracted poliomyelitis during the poliomyelitis epidemic. In 1991, the North Queensland Society for Crippled Children changed its name to Cootharinga Society of North Queensland.
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