St Cuthbert’s Home was established in 1948. It first accommodated boys aged 6 to 14 years, but by the 1960s also housed girls. The use of the name ‘St Cuthbert’s Children’s Home’ probably started around this time. From the late 1960s, St Cuthbert’s established a number of family group homes. In 1977, St Cuthbert’s was…
The Girls’ Memorial Home, in Fairfield, opened in 1922. It was a maternity home run by Wesley Central Mission. A toddlers home also operated within the home. Many of the young women’s babies were transferred from the Girls’ Memorial Home to the Methodist Babies’ Home in South Yarra. In 1973, it became Georgina House, a…
Geelong Protestant Orphan Asylum was the new name given in 1862 to the Geelong Orphan Asylum. The orphanage’s name was changed to clarify the asylum’s religious connections and support base. There was no formal connection between the orphanage and the church.
Glastonbury- Geelong Protestant Orphanage was the new name given in 1955 to the Geelong and Western District Protestant Orphanage. In 1977, the name changed again, to Glastonbury Children’s Home. In 1955, Glastonbury- Geelong Protestant Orphanage applied to the Victorian government for registration as an approved children’s home. The inclusion of Glastonbury in its new name…
Fernhurst was established by St John’s Homes for Boys and Girls in 1968 to provide residential care for young people on Children’s Court probation. It was run in conjunction with the Church of England Boys’ Society.
The Darling Babies’ Home was established by the Community of the Holy Name in 1927. It was run by the Mission to the Streets and Lanes for babies and young children up to the age of 5. The Home was closed in 1967. In 1927, the Mission to the Streets and Lanes launched an appeal…
The School of Homecrafts, in Berry Street, East Melbourne (Jolimont) was established in around 1925. Previously, the Girls’ Training Home was on the site until it closed in around 1923. Initially the School of Homecrafts was run by the Girls’ Friendly Society from 1925. In 1935, its management was taken over by the Mission of…
Buckland House in Newport was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1980. It provided emergency and short term residential care for up to eight children. Buckland House was closed in June 1994. The building became the Yarraville family group home. Buckland House in Newport was established by the Mission of…
Butler House for Homeless Girls, Carlton, was established by the Mission of St James in 1934 at 97 Drummond Street, Carlton. It was intended for ‘homeless and friendless girls’, especially young women from Fairhaven and Kedesh Maternity Home. Butler House for Homeless Girls had closed by 1944, at which time the building was being used…
Fairhaven was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1927. The Home accommodated women with venereal diseases. In 1951, the institution was transferred by the Victorian Department of Health to new premises at Nunawading, known as Winlaton. The institution closed in 1953. Fairhaven was a Home for women with venereal diseases…
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