Crecy Group Home was situated at Eastwood from around 1971 until around 1990. It was run by the Church of England (Anglican) Diocese of Sydney as a children’s home.
Tress Manning Temporary Care was situated at Carlingford and was a temporary care programme for children. It was run by the Church of England Homes from around 1970 until around 1990.
Field Cottage was situated at Carlingford. It was run by Church of England Homes as a children’s home from about 1970 until about 1990.
Kingsleigh Group Home was established by Church of England Homes in St Ives in 1980. It moved to a new location in Blacktown around 1984, at a time when the Anglican Home Mission Society was focusing its welfare programs in the Western Sydney area. Kingsleigh Group Home was a temporary accommodation service, providing crisis care…
Buckland Group Home was situated at North St Marys and was established by Church of England Homes in 1978. It was run by the Diocese of Sydney as a family group home offering temporary care for children until the late 1990s. In 1984, in its newsletter Care, Church of England Homes described the purpose of…
Orana Group Home was opened in 1970 at Wahroonga. It was run by the Church of England Homes as a home for children. It closed in 1977.
Havilah Little Children’s Home was established in a house called Havilah in Hinemoa Road, Normanhurst in 1918 by the Church of England Diocese of Sydney.(This was also known as Havilah Wahroonga). It was a home for infant children aged under six years. Havilah Little Children’s Home was established by the Homes and Hostels Committee for…
The Church of England Girls’ Home was opened in Carlingford in 1928, in the same buildings, Minden and No. 2 Home that had previously operated as the Church of England Boys’ Home. From 1928, girls were transferred from the four homes of the Child Rescue Home in Glebe Point and No. 2 Home became known…
The Church of England Boys’ Home was for boys aged 6 to 18 years. It was established by Church of England Homes in 1918 in a rented house in Cronulla, before moving in 1920 to Carlingford occupying the building ‘Minden’. Boys were sometimes transferred from the Church of England home, Havilah, upon reaching the age…
The Anglican Diocese of Sydney was founded in 1788, when the Church of England arrived with the First Fleet. The Sydney Diocese ran a number of children’s homes, through various committees including Church of England Children’s Homes and the Home Mission Society, and supported independent committees to run others. Since 1983 the Church of England…
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