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Kolbe Cottage Home

Kolbe Cottage Home was established by the Catholic Church in the suburb of Plympton in 1982. It took over the building previously used as Orana Cottage. Kolbe initially provided residential care for a small number of children in a family group setting. In 2018 it provided weekend and school holiday respite care for children and…

Hannah Buckley Home

Hannah Buckley Home was established by the Catholic Church in Parkside in 1980. The first children to be placed in the Home were transferred from Orana Cottage in Plympton. The Home provided residential care for a small number of children in a family group setting. The Home was named after South Australia’s first Catholic social…

Bon Agor House, St Vincent de Paul Group Homes

Bon Agor House at Royston Park was one of three suburban group homes opened by the Catholic Church after the closure of the St Vincent De Paul Orphanage. Bon Agor opened in 1975 and provided residential care for a small group of children in a family setting under the supervision of a cottage mother. In…

Bonython Cottage

Bonython Cottage was established by the Catholic Church in Hove in 1980. The cottage provided small group care for a limited number of teenage girls who were still attending school. Cottages run by the Catholic Church were variously staffed by Catholic Sisters, a cottage mother or married cottage parents. Most cottages provided medium to long…

Smith Street Cottage

Smith Street Cottage was one of the Cottage Homes that were established at Kennion House at Walkerville in the mid to late 1970s. The others included Fuller Street Cottage and Garden Cottage. Run by the Anglican Church, Smith Street Cottage was previously the house of the superintendent of Kennion House and it accommodated children from…

Ross Cottage

Ross Cottage was opened by Anglican Church in Nairne Street, Ferryden Park, in 1984. Ross Cottage was the new name given to Smith Street Cottage when it relocated from Walkerville to Ferryden Park. It was sometimes also known as Nairne Street Cottage. As with other Cottage Homes, Ross Cottage was designed to accommodate around eight…

Rose Street Family Connections Unit

Rose Street Family Connections Unit opened in Rose Street, Prospect, in 1993. It was run by the Anglican Church of Australia. Rose Street Family Connections Unit closed in 1993.

Ragless Avenue Cottage

Ragless Avenue Cottage was a Cottage Home for children opened in Enfield in 1983 by the Anglican Church. As with other Cottage Homes, Ragless Avenue Cottage was designed to accommodate around eight to ten children in a home-like atmosphere. In 1985 Ragless Avenue Cottage was moved to Renoun Park and renamed Brookman Cottage. During the…

Rose Cottage

Rose Cottage was opened by the Anglican Church of Australia in Prospect in 1983. It offered temporary, respite and emergency accommodation for up to 12 months for children deemed to have behavioural problems up to the age of 12. Rose Cottage closed in 1993 and some of its therapeutic programs moved to Farr Cottage, Nailsworth….

Montrose Cottage

Montrose Cottage was a Cottage Home for children opened by the Anglican Church of Australia in 1986 at Netherby. As with other Cottage Homes, Montrose Cottage was designed to accommodate around eight to ten children in a home-like atmosphere. Montrose Cottage is believed to have closed around in the mid 1990s. During the 1970s and…