Xavier Cottage was opened by the Catholic Church in 1986 to provide accommodation for children with intellectual disabilities. From February 1986 it also provided weekend and holiday respite care for children with intellectual disabilities. In June 1987 the cottage moved from Albert Park and took over the building which was previously St Monica’s Cottage at…
Kilkenny House was a cottage home established by the Catholic Church in 1993. In 2014 details about the purpose of this Home and its closing date were not known.
Royston Park House was a cottage home operated by the Catholic Church from January 1997 to June 1998. In 2014 further details about the purpose of this Home were not known.
The Don Bosco Youth Hostel was opened by the Catholic Church in conjunction with the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1999. It was located in the former premises of Boys Town which had been renovated. The Hostel provided accommodation for young men and women, mainly from country South Australia, who had left high school and…
The Koonibba Mission was established west of Ceduna by the Lutheran Church in 1901. In 1914 the Koonibba Children’s Home was opened at the Mission for Aboriginal children. The government took control of the Mission in 1963 and the Children’s Home closed. The Koonibba Mission was returned to the control of the Aboriginal Community in…
The Killalpaninna Mission was opened in the far-north of South Australia by the Lutheran Church in 1867. A school was opened in 1868 and by 1879 the Mission was operating dormitories for Aboriginal girls and boys. Financial problems, drought and the outbreak of World War I all contributed to the Church’s decision to sell the…
Otherway House was established by the Aboriginal Catholic Community in North Adelaide. It provided emergency and short-term accommodation for adolescent Aboriginal boys. The premises for the Home was leased from the Aboriginal Lands Trust. Otherway House was licenced by the government in 1983 but in 1984 the licence was not renewed and the Home closed….
The Exodus Youth Shelter opened in 1985 in Edwardstown. It was run by the Christian Family Centre, an independent church organisation. The shelter provided accommodation for children affected by family breakdowns, youth violence and drug abuse. It accommodated a number of State children and received a subsidy from the government to assist with their care….
The Dominican Sisters belong to an order of nuns, priests and laity inspired by St Dominic , the founder of the order and St Catherine of Siena who is referred to as the co-founder. The Order was established in Europe in 1221. In 1868 the Bishop of Adelaide invited seven Dominican sisters from Cabra, a…
Cabra Dominican Convent opened in Adelaide in 1868 as a day and boarding school. Run by the Dominican Sisters it was initially staffed by nine sisters who supervised 37 boarders. In 1886 the school moved to a new site in Goodwood. By 1928 numbers of boarders had grown to 93 with 232 day students. In…
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