In 1971, the Methodist Department of Childcare merged with the Presbyterian Department of Social Services to create the Presbyterian and Methodist Child Care Service. Graeme Gregory was the Director. The merger led to a reorganisation of the adoption services of the Presbyterian and Methodist Babies’ Homes. The Child Care Service was the sole Victorian agency…
Marian Lodge Training Centre was established by the St John of God Brothers. It was adjacent to St John Of God Training Centre in Cheltenham. Marian Lodge catered for boys described as having moderate intellectual disabilities and being unable to follow a special schooling program, but able to benefit from other training.
St Faith’s was established by the Mission to the Streets and Lanes in 1975. It was one of two cottages (the other was Unit 64) on Wilson Street, Brighton. The cottages provided specialist temporary residential care to children and adolescents. St Faith’s and Unit 64 were closed in 1984. In 1975, the Mission to the…
The Yarra View Training Farm, located in Lilydale, was established by the St John of God Brothers in 1957. It was usually staffed by about seven Brothers and accommodated up to 90 youths, aged over 16. The institutions for children run by the St John of God Brothers in Victoria were all described as being…
The Churinga Special Residential School, located in Greensborough, was established by the St John of God Brothers in 1967. It housed 60 Catholic and Protestant boys (aged 7 to 16) and, in later years, some girls. It was an institution for children deemed to have an intellectual or developmental disability. From 1987, Churinga was registered…
The Heather Anderson Home was established by Miss Heather Anderson of Moonee Ponds in around 1967. It functioned somewhere between a private foster home and a children’s home and accommodated four children (two sibling groups). In 1973 these children were transferred to other placements and the Home ceased to function. In 1967 Miss Heather Anderson…
The McOwan Boys’ Training Farm, run by the Presbyterian Church, was established at Yarra Junction in around 1953 and officially opened in 1956. The Farm was for boys between the ages of 14 and 18. It appears to have closed around 1957. The McOwan Boys’ Training Farm, run by the Presbyterian Church, was situated in…
The Ministering Children’s League was a British organisation founded in 1884, with branches operating globally and across Australia. The League conducted charitable work, such as supporting, fundraising for, and running various institutions such as hospitals, respite/convalescent homes, and children’s homes. The League was non-sectarian and included adult and child members. It operated with the objective…
Lincoln House, Melbourne, was established by the Central Mission in around 1939. It was a hostel for around 20 young men who were leaving the Tally Ho Boys’ Training Farm and looking for employment. Lincoln House closed in 1950. Lincoln House was a hostel in King Street, Melbourne, established by the Central Mission to cater…
The Broadmeadows Family Centre was a service established by the Mission to the Streets and Lanes in October 1974. It provided family counselling, emergency foster care and a ‘home making’ service. The Centre was set up in response to requests to the Mission for a social worker in that area, and the need to regionalize…
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