‘Unit 64’ came into being in 1975 when the Mission to the Streets and Lanes regrouped its former Homes for Children and Family Counselling Service in Brighton. The Mission housed children and adolescents in two cottages: Unit 64 (64 Wilson Street), and St Faith’s (62 Wilson Street), and also provided family rehabilitation services out of…
The Homes for Children and Family Counselling Service (also known as the Brighton Family Centre) was the new name given in 1968 to the Mission to the Streets and Lanes’ children’s homes in Wilson Street, Brighton. It accommodated children and young people in ‘family group home’ units, and delivered preventive services including family counselling. In…
The Mission to the Streets and Lanes commenced in 1886 providing food, shelter and pastoral care to women and children in inner-city Melbourne. Its deaconesses were to ‘visit in the lanes and courts and bring the message of the Gospel to the poor and fallen and by the force of their sisterly sympathy, compel the…
St Luke’s Toddlers’ Home in Bendigo was run by the Mission of St James and St John. When it opened in 1932, the Toddlers’ Home was for children from 18 months to 5 years of age. Over time, St Luke’s cared for older children, and by the mid 1970s included adolescents. During its operation, St…
St Agnes’ Girls’ Home in Glenroy was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1926. The Mission opened the Home to care for girls aged 5 to 14 who were born to unmarried mothers and who could not be cared for by their own families. The Home was closed in 1963,…
St Paul’s Boys’ Training Home was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1928 and situated in at Newhaven on Phillip Island. It housed ‘delinquent boys’ aged between 9 and 16. In 1955, St Paul’s Training School became the St Paul’s Home for Boys. St Paul’s Training School, run by the…
St Nicholas’ Boys’ Home in Glenroy was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1926. It accommodated boys aged 5 to 14. It was closed in the mid 1950s, and boys were transferred to the St Paul’s Home for Boys in Newhaven, on Phillip Island. St Nicholas’ Boys’ Home in Glenroy…
St Gabriel’s Babies’ Home, Balwyn, was established by the Mission of St James and St John in 1935. St Gabriel’s took over from the Mission’s first babies’ home, Arms of Jesus in East Melbourne, which closed in 1935. It accommodated babies up to the age of 18 months, many of which were adopted out. St…
Ramoth Toddlers’ Home in Ferntree Gully was established in 1927 by the Mission of St James and St John. Many of the children came from the Kedesh Maternity Home and, at the age of five, moved to the Mission’s Homes in Glenroy. In 1932,the Ramoth Toddlers’ Home was closed and resident children were transferred to…
St Barnabas’ Boys’ Home, in Newhaven, Phillip Island, was established in 1934. It was formerly known as the Seaside Garden Home for Boys. The Mission of St James and St John took over the Seaside Home following criticism about its conditions, including the death of a boy. St Barnabas’ was adjacent to St Paul’s Training…
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