The Arms of Jesus Babies’ Home, East Melbourne, was established in 1925 by the Mission of St James and St John. It housed babies up to the age of two. In 1933, the Babies Home was sold and the Freemason’s Hospital was erected on the site. The Mission purchased property in Balwyn, where the new…
Beryl Booth Court was established in 1978 by the Mission of St James and St John. It accommodated single parent ‘at risk’ families for three to six months. Residents learned parenting skills and received follow-up support. Beryl Booth Court was closed in 1991 and the site became the CHOICES Centre for Young Women and their…
The Blackburn South Cottages was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1963. There were about 16 children in each cottage, but by the 1980s there were about 6 children with ‘cottage parents’. By this time Blackburn Cottages mostly housed older children with challenging behaviours. The campus at Blackburn became known…
Kildonan Homes for Children came into being in around 1960, following the sale of Kildonan’s children’s Home in Burwood. From the early 1960s, Kildonan ran family group homes in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs as well as a foster care program. From 1982 Kildonan operated residential units solely in Melbourne’s inner northern suburbs. In 1993, the organisation…
The Methodist Babies’ Home in South Yarra was established in 1929. It organised the adoption of many babies in Victoria. In 1974, it became the Copelen Street Family Centre, offering foster care and preventive family services. The establishment of the Methodist Babies’ Home in 1929 coincided with the implementation of Victoria’s first adoption act (passed…
Livingstone House was established in Carlton in 1888, and was first known as the Temporary Home for Destitute Children. It was run by the Central Dorcas Society, and led by its Senior Biblewoman, Mrs Varcoe. Many children in Livingstone were placed in foster care. In 1891, it relocated to a new property in Cheltenham and…
The Ballarat District Orphan Asylum was established in 1865 and run by a non-denominational board of management. The Orphanage farm was established in 1869. In 1909, the institution became known as the Ballarat Orphanage. The Ballarat District Orphan Asylum was established in 1865, in response to widespread community concern about the lack of services for…
Ballarat Orphanage was the new name given in 1909 to the former Ballarat District Orphan Asylum. It accommodated boys and girls from around Victoria, aged between 4 and 16. In 1968, the name changed to Ballarat Children’s Home. The Ballarat Orphanage was a large, two-storey Gothic-style building, dating back to 1865. In his submission to…
Ballarat Children’s Home was the new name given in 1968 to the former Ballarat Orphanage. It opened its first family group home in 1976. In 1984, the name changed to Ballarat Children’s Homes and Family Services. In the mid 1980s, Ballarat Children’s Home established a hostel for boys called Raglan House, also known as Raglan…
Ballarat Children’s Homes and Family Services was the new name given in 1984 to the former Ballarat Children’s Homes. The name change reflected shifts in philosophy and practice in the provision of ‘care’, away from the organisation’s origins as the Ballarat District Orphan Asylum. In 1998, the name changed again to Child and Family Services…
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