Treacher Family Group Home, in Aspley, opened 3 July 1965. It was run by the Presbyterian Church until June 1977, when management was transferred to the Uniting Church.Children from W.R. Black Home, Chelmer were transferred to Treacher when in opened in 1965. From March 1985, the Home was known as ‘Treacher’. It closed in 1995….
The Lovett Street Family Home, in Rangeville, Toowoomba, was operated by the Presbyterian and Uniting Churches. It opened and was licensed in around 1968. Control was transferred to the Uniting Church on 22 June 1977. In around 2000, the property was sold to Rangeville Uniting Church. A publication from 1968 stated that the purpose of…
Rowellyn Family Group Home, in Brighton, was operated by the Presbyterian and Uniting Churches. It was established by the Presbyterian Church in January 1965. Management was transferred to the newly-created Uniting Church on 22 June 1977. It was known as “Rowellyn” from March 1985. It closed in February 1989 and reopened in around 1990/91. Rowellyn…
The Peirson Memorial Trust was founded in 1947, following the donation of land and properties belonging to the Peirson family in Goodwood to the Ann Street Presbyterian Church, Brisbane, for the purposes of establishing a training farm for boys. It ran a number of children’s homes in Queensland. In 2013, the Peirson Memorial Trust provides…
Pallarenda Family Group Home, in Townsville, was operated by the Presbyterian Church. It opened 17 December 1979 and closed in 1994. As of 2019 we have been unable to find further information about this home. Please contact Find & Connect if you know more about this home.
The Jellicoe Street Family Group Home, in Mt Lofty, Toowoomba, was operated by the Presbyterian Church. It was opened and licensed under the Children’s Services Act 1965 in April 1967. It closed in December 1994. The Presbyterian Church of Queensland has advised that there are very few surviving records. There is no information on any…
The Presbyterian Church of Queensland which was formed in 1849, is a protestant church which continues to exist. In 1977, 75 percent of the Presbyterian Church of Australia joined with the majority of the membership of the Congregational Union of Australia and the Methodist Church of Australasia, to form the Uniting Church in Australia. The…
The Industrial School at the Mapoon Mission Station on western Cape York in Far North Queensland, was operated by the Presbyterian Church. In October 1901, Mapoon was gazetted as an industrial school under the Queensland Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act 1865 and then licensed in 1937 under the State Children Act 1911. It had closed…
Holland Park Family Group Home opened in 1964. Run by the Presbyterian Church, it was licensed under the Children’s Services Act 1965 on 4 August 1966. It closed in July 1978 and reopened on 2 April 1980. In 2001, it was no longer a licensed residential facility. A publication from 1968 stated that the purpose…
The David Henry Transitional Lodge in Chermside, was operated by the Presbyterian Church, and from 1977, by the Uniting Church. It was licensed on 25 March 1975 and the first girls moved in on 7 May 1975. It ceased operating as a licensed institution on 30 June 1978.
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