St Vincent’s Boys’ Home was established in 1891 by the St Vincent de Paul Society. It was originally located in Surry Hills as a refuge for homeless children. It then moved to Redfern, then to Five Dock, and finally to Westmead in 1896. From 1896 until 1968, the Home was run as a joint venture…
Marist180 provides residential care for children and young people who are unable to live at home with their families. The focus of the not for profit organisation is on assisting families, children & young people at risk. Marist180 also provides residential support to Unaccompanied Humanitarian Minors. The organisation began as Marist Community Services in 1994…
The Marist Brothers is a Catholic congregation that states its mission is the Christian education of young people, particularly those most neglected. The Marist Brothers ran St Vincent’s Boys Home from 1898. The Marist Brothers had a monastery next to the Mittagong Cottage Homes and Mittagong Farm Home, and provided spiritual guidance to Catholic state…
Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services was a private charity, established in 1989 to provide supported residential care for children aged 12 to 18. Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services operated Eddy’s Place and according to the publication Connecting Kin, Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services also ran a service called Eddy’s Annexe, a non-residential alternate education project…
Eddy’s Place Supported Accommodation Unit is located in Wollongong and was established in 1989 to provide supported residential care for twelve to eighteen year olds. From 1989 until 2001 Eddy’s Place was run by the Christian Brothers and managed by Eddy’s Adolescent and Support Services. From 2001 until 2009 it was run by Edmund Rice…
St Anne’s Home of Compassion, Broken Hill, was operated by the Daughters of our Lady of Compassion (Sisters of Compassion) from 1941 until 1984. St Anne’s Home of Compassion housed girls aged two to 16 years. St Anne’s Home had been established at Broken Hill since 1898, under the management of the Sisters of Mercy….
The Croagh Patrick Orphanage was a boys’ home in Orange that was run by the Bathurst Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy. Previously, it was known as the Croagh Patrick Home, run by the Daughters of Charity from 1928 until 1969. It cared for boys aged three to twelve years and after the closure of…
The Sisters of Mercy, Bathurst Congregation, a Catholic religious order of women from Ireland, was established in 1867. The Sisters were responsible for the administration of two children’s homes owned by the Catholic Diocese of Bathurst: St Joseph’s Orphanage, Bathurst which operated from 1867 to 1975; and Croagh Patrick Orphanage, Orange which they were responsible…
The Daughters of Our Lady of Compassion ran St Anne’s Home of Compassion at Broken Hill from 1941 until 1984, until they withdrew from the home. In 2013 the Sisters of Compassion were based in New Zealand.
The Daughters of Charity of St Vincent De Paul is a Catholic religious order that arrived in Sydney in 1926. The Australian Province of the Daughters of Charity later expanded beyond New South Wales, to regions including South Australia. The activities of the Daughters of Charity focus on serving and supporting the marginalised and disadvantaged….
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