Beulah Home, in Corinda, was run by the United Protestant Association of Queensland. Previously known as the United Protestant Association Home, it housed children between 2 and 16 years. Its licence was cancelled in September 1974 after the Department of Children’s Services raised concerns about the management of the Home. Beulah Home was licensed as…
Bethel Home, Dalby, was operated by the Association of Bethel Home. It was established in 1952 by Alan Back, a Baptist pastor in Dalby, as a Christian home for children who were wards of the state, although it wasn’t officially opened until 1954. It functioned as a Home for “orphans, and otherwise destitute and needy…
The Anglican Children’s Home was opened in Gympie on 13 February 1983 and is operated by Tufnell Residential and Community Care (TRACC). The home provides care for up to four children recently removed from the care of their parents. Large sibling groups can also be accommodated at the specially designed house which is staffed by…
Alexandra Cottage was a family group home situated at 50 Lorward Street, Bardon. It opened in September 1960, and was run by the Methodist Church until 1977, when the Uniting Church took over the running of the Home. Alexandra Cottage closed in 1993.
The Sydney Female Refuge Society was established in 1848 with the motto ‘GO, AND SIN NO MORE’. It was established by a group of Protestant philanthropists to assist and restore women working in prostitution, as well as single pregnant women. The Society ran the Sydney Female Refuge, located in Pitt Street, Sydney and later in…
The Sydney Female Mission Home was established on 17 November 1873. It was an institution for single pregnant women. It also admitted some single mothers together with their infants. It was a Protestant organisation run by a committee of women, with a non-sectarian admission policy. It was located in premises on Elizabeth Street, Sydney, overlooking…
Mackay House was established by Dr Barnardos in Australia as a family group home around 1970 in Killarney Heights. It closed around 1973.
Karingal House was opened in 1960 as a family group home by Dr Barnardo’s Homes (Australia Branch) in Lindfield. Karingal House closed in 1984. Prior to 1960, Karingal House was a small transitional home run by Barnardo’s for young women while they became established in employment. It became a family group home in 1960.
Paul Street Adolescent Program, in Blacktown, was established in 2002. Previously, the service was known as the Kingsleigh Group Home. Run by Anglicare, the Paul Street Adolescent Program provides accommodation for up to 5 teenaged boys. Paul Street Adolescent Program closed in August 2016.
Care Leavers Records and Archives is part of Anglicare. It stores, maintains and provides access to records from children’s Homes and other institutions run by Anglicare and its predecessors.
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