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Bungarimbil Boys’ Home

Bungarimbil Boys’ Home was a small, cottage-style Home founded by the Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn at Tumbarumba in 1957. Some children were transferred from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and placed in this Home. The property was bequeathed to the Church by Mrs Jean McLeod. Later, extra land was added…

Bungarimbil Adolescent and Family Care Program

The Bungarimbil Adolescent and Family Care Program operated as part of the Anglicare Services of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn and was based in Wagga Wagga. It offered a temporary foster care program, Care Force Youth Support Program, a community placement program, a children’s centre, a community centre and a counselling service. Bungarimbil…

St Alban’s Home for Boys

St Alban’s Home for Boys was opened in the old Bishopscourt, Morpeth in 1920. The Home was owned by the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, but day to day operations were overseen by the Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name until 1935. From 1935 until 1948 it was overseen by the Church Army. In…

Church Army

The Church Army was an Anglican religious organisation founded by Wilson Carlile in 1882, and established in Australia, in Perth, in 1932. It provided staffing and oversaw day to day operations of children’s Homes in the Newcastle Anglican Diocese: Morpeth Home for Children (St Alban’s Boys Home) (the Church Army was involved 1935-1948), St Elizabeth’s…

St George’s Training Farm Home for Boys

St George’s Training Farm Home for Boys was opened in a homestead known as ‘Maudeville’, at Oakhampton, near Maitland and Morpeth, in the Hunter Valley in 1927. It was run by the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle and took boys aged 13 and over who had been in Morpeth Home for Children (St Alban’s). St George’s…

St Christopher’s Home for Little Children

St Christopher’s Home for Little Children was established by Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in 1928, with they day to day operations of the Home initially overseen by the Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name in 1928. It was located at Lochinvar in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales in a house called Clifton….

St Elizabeth’s Home for Girls

St Elizabeth’s Home for Girls was opened at Mayfield in 1926 as a home for orphan and destitute girls up to 16 years old, owned by by the Church of England Diocese at Newcastle. St Elizabeth’s Home for Girls was relocated to Singleton in 1942, and closed in 1977. St Elizabeth’s Mayfield was located in…

Anglican Diocese of Newcastle

The Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Newcastle was formed around 1800. It was responsible for the operation of several children’s homes in the Hunter and Manning River areas of New South Wales. Children’s homes run by the Church of England/Anglican Diocese of Newcastle included St Christopher’s Home for Little Children, Morpeth Home for Children,…

Anglican Adoption Agency

The Anglican Adoption Agency was known as the Church of England Adoption Agency until 1978. Since 1997, the service has been known as Anglicare Adoption Services.

Robinson House

Robinson House was established at Ashfield by the Home Mission Society of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in the 1970s. It was on the site of the former Milleewa Home, in Ashfield, and replaced the Charlton Boys Home. It appears this home moved to Campbelltown at a later date, where it was run by Charlton…