Dominic College, a Catholic school in Glenorchy, was formed in 1973 by an amalgamation of three schools, including Savio College, formerly Boys’ Town, which was a children’s Home and school that received child migrants in the early 1950s. Dominic College has a strong old boys’ network that includes the former child migrants. In October 2012,…
Savio College, run by the Salesians of Don Bosco, replaced Boys’ Town in 1956. It was in New Town. Boys’ Town had been a Catholic Home and school, that received child migrants from Britain. Two of the migrants remained at Savio with the last one leaving in 1959. Savio also accepted wards of state. In…
The Anglican Diocese of Tasmania was established in 1842. After its arrival in Tasmania, the Church of England was either closely involved in or ran institutions for children and single mothers. In 1981, the Church of England became known as the Anglican Church of Australia. The Church of England in Australia was established in 1788…
The St Vincent de Paul Society Home for Boys at Waterton Hall opened in 1978. It offered homeless boys accommodation, the opportunity to finish their schooling, and if they were over school age, training in farming. The Home closed in the 1990s. Waterton Hall was originally the site of a small Catholic girls’ school which…
The St Vincent de Paul Boys’ Hostel opened in Invermay in the early 1970s. It was for homeless adolescent boys. The Hostel closed in about 1980. A Mr Ferrall opened the Hostel after organising dances for young people. He asked one boy who went to them regularly, always shoeless and in old clothes, why he…
Karadi opened in Launceston around 1960. It was attached to the Queen Victoria Hospital. Karadi was originally a hostel for the relatives of out of town patients. Later it housed expectant mothers from King and Flinders Islands. The Catholic Welfare Family Bureau used Karadi for single mothers and organised adoptions from there. It closed around…
St Joseph’s Crisis Accommodation Centre, run by Centacare, replaced St Joseph’s Child Care Centre in 1978. It offered accommodation to families with housing problems.
Bimbadeen Family Group Home was opened by the Sisters of Charity in 1976 in a suburban home in Blackman’s Bay. It provided cottage accommodation to children who had been placed there by their parents or who were wards of the state. Bimbadeen was run by a married couple who were the house parents to six…
Villa Maria Family Group Home was opened in 1964 by the Sisters of Charity. It provided cottage accommodation to seven or eight children who had been placed there by their parents or who were wards of the state. Initially the home was in New Town, before moving to Howrah in 1968. Villa Maria was established…
Loreto Family Group Home was opened in Taroona in 1966 by the Sisters of Charity. It provided cottage accommodation to seven children who had been placed there by their parents or who were wards of the state. It was run day-to-day by two ‘house mothers’. It was a single storey 10 roomed brick house with…
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