The Protestant Orphan School was established in Parramatta in 1850 by the New South Wales Colonial Government. It replaced, and brought together, what had been the Female Orphan School and the Male Orphan School. The Protestant Orphan School housed hundreds of children at a time. It was closed in 1881, after the boarding out system…
Ohio Boys’ Home, located in Walcha, was operated by the Church of England (Anglican Church) from 1950. Run by a committee of management, it was a companion home to the Coventry Home, in Armidale, which was for girls. When Ohio Boys’ Home closed in the mid-1960s, its boys were transferred to Coventry Home. In 2012…
Uniting Burnside is a member of the Uniting services. It is one of the largest providers of child and family services in New South Wales and in 2010 worked with 13,000 children, young people and family members. Uniting Burnside holds the records of Burnside’s various operations on the North Parramatta site, and of Burnside group…
The Aborigines Protection Association was set up in 1881 to both control Aboriginal people and ‘protect’ them from the effects of white society. It was inspired by Christian missionary work conducted by Daniel Matthews at Maloga and Reverend J.B. Gribble at Warangesda and later expanded to include Brewarrina. In 1897 it was wound up and…
Our Boys’ Home was established in 1890 in Camden by the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children. It was a farm training home for boys between nine and fourteen years old. Initially the home was intended to accommodate 12 boys, however from at least 1915 there were an average of 20 boys in residence….
Leith House was established around 1960 in Pennant Hills as a children’s home by the Baptist Homes Trust. In 1986 Baptist Homes Trust changed its name to Baptist Community Services. Leith House operated as a medium to long term supported care facility for youth aged 14 to 18. Leith House closed on 30th September 2013.
Carramar, also called Carramar Maternity Home and Carramar Hostel, was an Anglican home for unmarried mothers at Turramurra. It was run by the Home Mission Society and at its peak held up to 27 women. Mothers who kept their babies were sent to a post-natal cottage at Berowra. Its staff also arranged adoptions and the…
Lisgar Hostel at Arncliffe was a hostel for young women operated by the Church of England Deaconess Institution (now known as Anglican Deaconess Ministries) from 1953. It was initially located in the grounds of the Pallister Girls’ Home on River Road, Greenwich, however following a fire in 1955 it relocated to Knight Street, Arncliff, where…
The Deaconess Children’s Home in Strathfield, also known as Lisgar House and Agincourt, was established by the Church of England Deaconess Institution in a house called Agincourt in Albert Street. Girls from the Deaconess Children’s Home Lisgar, in Marrickville, were moved there in 1929. This property was renamed Pallister Church of England Girls’ Home in…
Lisgar Training Home for Domestic Servants was begun in Ashfield by Captain David and Mrs Maria Scott in 1870 and became part of the Church of England Deaconess Institution in 1893. It trained young women in domestic service, including state wards aged 14, and some Aboriginal girls. From 1900 The Deaconess Children’s Home was co-located…
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