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St Saviour’s Cottage Home

St Saviour’s Cottage Home formerly known as St Saviour’s Children’s Home was established in 1982 following funding provided by the State Government through the Department of Community Services’ Alternate Care and Accommodation. In time, this became known as the Adolescent Program which operated at 134 Cowper Street until 1994.

Adolescent Program (Anglicare Canberra Goulburn)

The Adolescent Program, formerly run under the name of St Saviour’s Cottage Home, operated at Goulburn until 1994. This service implemented individual care programs for children and young people with a goal of restoration and reconciliation with families as the option of first choice. The Program changed from a residential model in 1995 and in…

Sisters of the Holy Cross

The Sisters of the Holy Cross were an Anglican order who came from Nyngan, New South Wales. They ran St Saviour’s Children’s Home from 1929-1933.

Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn

The Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn (previously known as the Church of England Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn) was first established as a separate diocese (the Diocese of Goulburn, New South Wales) in 1863. As the new city of Canberra developed in the early twentieth century, the Diocese of Goulburn also became responsible for…

St Saviour’s Neighbourhood Centre

St Saviour’s Neighbourhood Centre, in Goulburn, was established in 1980. From 1994 it provided long term care for up to 12 State wards with high support needs. St Saviour’s was an agency of Anglicare and part of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. In 2013 St Saviour’s is part of Anglicare NSW South, NSW…

St Saviour’s Children’s Home

St Saviour’s Children’s Home was established in 1929 in the Cathedral Parish of St Saviour’s Goulburn, operated initially by the Sisters of the Holy Cross. In 1980, St Saviour’s Neighbourhood Centre was established. Substitute care continued in the St Saviour’s Children’s Home on a reduced scale until 1982 when the home closed. The Cathedral Parish…

North Coast Children’s Home

The North Coast Children’s Home was established in Lismore as a ‘district home’ for orphan and neglected children in April 1920, by the Vicar of St Andrew’s and the Church of England. It ran in rental houses and private homes until 1936, when the committee bought an old police station, next to St Andrews’ Anglican…

Church of England Orphanage

The Church of England Orphanage was established in 1893 by the Community of Sisters of the Church of England, also known as the Kilburn Sisters. It was not connected with any of the official welfare agencies of the Church of England. It initially took in girls, and provided them with basic education and domestic training….

Katie Julia Thompson Memorial Home

The Katie Julia Thompson Memorial Home was opened in May 1968, as part of the Church of England Children’s Homes, Burwood. Reflecting a change in attitudes towards child care, the home evolved into a family group home in the late 1970s. In the 1980s Church of England Homes Burwood changed their name to the Weldon…

Church of England Children’s Homes, Burwood

Church of England Children’s Homes was established in 1927. It was previously known as Church of England Orphanage. It was run by a private committee. The home accepted children between the ages of two and six years old, who remained at the home until they were old enough to work. In the 1980s the organisation…