The Presbyterian Metropolitan Mission was a city mission run by the Presbyterian Church in Sydney.
The Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and Babies in Annandale was founded by George Lewis in 1895 and run by Matron Attenborough from 1896 until 1924. It catered to both married and single mothers. Many children of single mothers were adopted from the Hospital. In 1930 it temporarily moved to Herbert Street, Dulwich Hill before…
The Presbyterian Church of Australia was formed in 1901, shortly after Federation. The Presbyterian Church of Australia is a Protestant Christian church, with roots in Scotland. The Presbyterian Church formed a Social Services Department in the 1940s that ran aged care, hospital and court chaplaincies and children’s homes such as St Andrew’s Boys’ Home in…
Montrose Family Group Home was opened by Burnside Presbyterian Homes for Children in 1965. Its name was later changed to Ross. It operated until 2013, as part of UnitingCare Burnside.
Ross was opened as part of the Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes in 1935 at North Parramatta. It was a boys’ home. It remained a cottage home until it was briefly converted to a therapeutic unit for emotionally disturbed children. Ross, along with the other Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes for Children, was evacuated during World War…
Troup was opened as part of the Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes in October 1933 at North Parramatta. It had been ‘Bramshaw’ and was bought by Burnside in 1929. It was a home for kindergarten children. In 1968-1970 it became a home for babies and toddlers aged birth to three years, with an annexe called the…
Lincluden was opened as part of the Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes on 16 February 1931 at North Parramatta. It had been the home of Sir James Burn, founder of Burnside, and had been known as ‘Gowan Brae’. Lincluden was a girls’ home until 1952 then was staff quarters until 1962 when it was used as…
Ritchie Home was opened as part of the Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes in November 1928 at North Parramatta. It remained a cottage home until 1941, when it closed.
Reid Home was opened as part of the Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes in September 1922 at North Parramatta. It was built by Mr and Mrs Andrew Reid for Scottish war orphans, but instead housed 22 Protestant orphans from Ireland, who arrived in 1922. Reid Home, along with the other Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes for Children,…
Blackwood was opened as part of the Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes in August 1921 at North Parramatta. Blackwood, like the other Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes for Children, was evacuated during World War II. Blackwood was used by the Australian Army. It was a boys’ home and a cottage home until 1984. Blackwood was leased to…
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