Anglicare New South Wales South, New South Wales West and Australian Capital Territory is the welfare arm of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
Charlton Boys’ Home, Bowral, was opened in 1961 by the Home Mission Society as a branch of the Charlton Boys’ Home at Ashfield. In 1963 there were 21 boys living at Charlton Boys’ Home. The home had capacity for up to 24 boys. It closed in 1969 and the boys were moved to new buildings…
Birralee was a children’s home that was opened in Wagga Wagga on 27 March 1971 by the Church of England Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. It provided cottage care for seven children. In 1976, after changes to NSW Government funding of out-of-home care, the Diocese closed the home. The decision to close Birralee was taken…
The Weldon Centre at Burwood was a new name for the Church of England Children’s Homes, Burwood. It operated in the same buildings. The Weldon Centre closed its residential operations in 1993 and in 2012 offered a range of early childhood services. In 2012 the Weldon Centre was operating Before, After and Vacation Care Programs,…
Lawson Rural Centre, in Lawson in the Blue Mountains, was a children’s home established by the Homes and Hostels Committee of the Home Mission Society, part of the Church of England’s Sydney Diocese, in 1944. The Lawson Rural Centre is mentioned in a Sydney Morning Herald article about children’s homes run by the Home Mission…
Arleston Young Men’s Hostel opened in August 1943 at Petersham. It was operated by the Homes and Hostels Committee of the Home Mission Society. It held up to 25 boys, most of whom were studying or working.
The Carlingford Children’s Home was opened in October 1914 with children in residence from 1915. The building ‘Minden’ at Carlingford was purchased in 1913 to enable the Church of England to expand its operations as a home for children in the country accommodating around 30 children. In December 1917, The Daily Telegraph reported that…
The Anglican Diocese of Grafton is one of the 23 Dioceses which constitute the Anglican Church of Australia (formerly the Church of England). It was first established in 1868 as the Anglican Diocese of Grafton and Armidale but became its own diocese in 1914. The Anglican Diocese of Grafton covers the coastal area south of…
St Clair Mission, located on the southern bank of Lake St Clair, between Muswellbrook and Singleton, was an Aboriginal mission that was established by Reverend JS White in 1893. In the late 1890s Retta Dixon, a Baptist missionary, moved to the Mission. In 1905 she formed the Aborigines Inland Mission and took formal control of…
Charlton Boys Home at Castle Hill was opened in 1960 by the Home Mission Society as an Anglican boys’ home. It was a branch of the Charlton Boys’ Home that was originally located at Glebe, and later Ashfield. It closed in 1969 and the boys were moved to the new Charlton Boys’ Home site at…
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