Atherstone House was a family group home for boys and girls at Cronulla that was operated by Dr Barnardo’s Home (Australia branch) from 1962 until 1966, and by Dr Barnardos in Australia from 1966 until 1977.
Rickard House was opened by Dr Barnardo’s in Australia in 1962 at West Ryde as a family group home. It later became a home for student adolescents. It closed on 30 January 1982.
Tarana, run by Dr Barnardo’s in Australia, opened in 1959 at Belmont South. It was the first family group Home run by Barnardos in Australia and provided mixed family group accommodation. Tarana closed in 1977. Tarana had views onto Lake Macquarie from the garden and was subject to flooding.
Hartwell House was a Dr Barnardo’s family group home for boys and girls that opened in 1960 at Kiama. It closed in 1970. In 1994 a former housemaster of Hartwell House, Vic Holyoak, was sentenced to 10 years jail for sexually abusing children placed in his care. Hartwell House was sold by Barnardo’s and became…
Green Wood was established in 1951, in Normanhurst, by Dr Barnardo’s in Australia to care for siblings who came from England as part of the child migration scheme. Green Wood accommodated 44 boys and 22 girls and comprised a group of homes on an 11 acre site. It closed in 1966 and two Barnardo’s family…
Mowbray Park was a farm training school for child and youth migrants run by Dr Barnardo’s Homes (Australia Branch) at Picton. The school was initially for boys and girls aged six to fifteen years, but was later used only for boys. Around 200 children could be accommodated within the 6 cottages that were built at…
Dr Barnardos in Australia was, from 1966, the name used by Dr Barnardo’s Homes (Australia Branch). In 1964 Dr Barnardo’s Homes had stopped its child migration scheme and began to offer a broad range of services to children and families in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The name change reflected this shift…
Dr Barnardo’s Homes (Australia Branch) began in 1883 when eight boys travelled from Dr Barnardo’s Stepney Home, London, to Australia. From 1920 to 1965 Barnardos ran an official Immigration Scheme under which many children migrated to Australia. In the post-World War Two period, Barnardo’s established family group homes in New South Wales and the Australian…
Barnardos Australia was the new name given to Dr Barnardos in Australia around 1995. Barnardos Australia offers a range of services to children and families across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. These include accommodation, childcare, support programs, and permanency programs for out-of-home care including adoption, adolescent services, kinship care and foster care….
The Central Methodist Mission, founded in 1885 by the Wesleyan Methodist Church, became a major provider of welfare services and ministry in Sydney and across New South Wales. It developed Dalmar Home in the early 20th century, and was involved in the establishment of the Royal Flying Doctor Service. It ran children’s camps for young…
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