The Uniting Church in Australia was inaugurated in 1977, following the union of members of the Methodist Church, the Congregational Church and some congregations of the Presbyterian Church from all states and territories. A number of welfare programmes linked with the member churches are now connected with the Uniting Church in Australia.
Earlwood Family Group Home was opened in 1989 at Sutton Avenue, Earlwood. Most of the residents were only short-term, and a number of them were transferred to one of the other family group homes which the Salvation Army operated in Sydney (Dulwich Hill or Narwee), or to the foster care program. It closed in June…
Narwee Family Group Home, run by the Salvation Army, was opened in 1987 at Grove Avenue, Narwee. The first residents were girls transferred from Stanmore Children’s Home but later residents included boys. It closed in January 1996.
The Salvation Army’s Foster Care Program was established in 1984. Its first goal was to place long-term residents from the Stanmore Children’s Home. The program eventually evolved to become a short-term crisis foster care program. It was stopped in 1994.
Algate House was opened as a boys’ home by the Salvation Army in Lane Street, Broken Hill in 1968. It was converted to a family group home consisting of three residences, each supervised by a house parent, though it retained one name. The home closed on 30 June 1996. According to staff members from the…
Dulwich Hill Family Group Home was opened in 1989 at Wardell Road in Dulwich Hill. The first residents were boys who were transferred from the Marrickville Children’s Residence. A number of the children who lived here also spent some time in care at the Stanmore Children’s Home and/or the Earlwood Family Group Home.
Bexley Boys’ Home was a Salvation Army home that was located on the corner of Kingsland Road and Barnsbury Grove at Bexley North. It commenced as a Probationary Home for Boys in 1915, taking boys referred from the courts. It became a boys’ home in 1931. It was renamed Kolling Memorial Boys’ Home in 1967…
Marrickville Children’s Residence was a Salvation Army children’s home at George Street, Marrickville. When Bexley Boys’ Home closed, the boys were transferred to this this home. Marrickville Children’s Residence closed in 1982 and the children were transferred to Dulwich Hill Family Group Home. The building occupied by Marrickville Children’s Residence was the same building that…
Gill Memorial Family Group Home was established in 1980 at Eldon Street, Goulburn. In 1983 it moved to Mary Street, Goulburn. The home closed on 29 December 1995.
The Gill Memorial Boys’ Home was a Salvation Army Boys’ Home located at Auburn Street, Goulburn from September 1936. It was opened after the closure of the Salvation Army’s Dee Why Boys’ Home. It held around 90 boys at a time, aged from three to 18 years. In 1980 the Home was restructured and changed,…
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