The Boys Home, Indooroopilly was run by the Salvation Army. Before 1946, it was known as the Boys Home, Washpool. Previously, the institution had been an Industrial School. In 1968, the name was changed to Cooinda Salvation Army Home for Boys. In 1952 the Boys’ Home, Indooroopilly, had 61 residents, of whom 39 were wards…
The Industrial School for Boys at Indooroopilly was opened in 1922. The facility was run by the Salvation Army and catered for State orphans, abandoned and neglected boys. It moved to Washpool and was renamed the Boys Home, Washpool in 1942. The Industrial School for Boys, situated on Moggill Road, Indooroopilly (now called Chapel Hill),…
The Good Shepherd Home for Girls, situated in Mitchelton, was run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Initially set up in 1930, the institution focused on the reformation of girls and the care of poor, neglected children. The name was changed to Mt Maria Re-Education Centre in 1966. According to the publication A Piece…
The Mt Maria Youth Centre, situated at 40 Prospect Street, Mitchelton, was run by the Order of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. It was previously known as Mt Maria Re-Education Centre. The name was changed in 1973 and the home closed in 1974. By the early 1970s changing government and social attitudes towards children’s…
Boys’ Home, Washpool was an institution at Washpool Farm near Kalbar. It was run by the Salvation Army and accommodated boys from the Industrial School for Boys, Indooroopilly from 1942 to 1945, during the second World War. After the war the boys were moved back to Indooroopilly. The facility was known as the Boys’ Home,…
The Peirson Memorial Trust Home, in Bundaberg, was a family group home run by the Peirson Memorial Trust. The Home opened on 1 November 1983. It was established to provide accommodation for young people, primarily residents of the Redcliffe and Heytesbury homes, to undertake apprenticeships in Bundaberg. Its funding ceased 1990. The Peirson Memorial Trust…
Redcliffe Home, in Goodwood, was run by the Peirson Memorial Trust. It opened in 1955. The original home was remodelled in 1968, closed in January 1977 and reopened in September 1979. Redcliffe Home closed again in November 1983, and reopened February 1984. It finally closed as a group home around 1989/90. The land on which…
New Farm St Vincent’s, in New Farm was operated by the Sisters of Mercy. It opened in the early 1860s and was originally situated in rented lodgings at Carirncross House and adjacent cottages at New Farm. In 1867 the children were transferred to Queens Road, Nudgee and the name changed to St Vincent’s Orphanage. In…
The Records and Archives Centre was established in 1979 as the official repository of the records of the Anglican Church within the Diocese of Brisbane. There are more than 140 parishes and 315 churches within the Diocese. By the authority of the Records and Archives Canon (1992), all diocesan and parish records are to be…
The Boys’ Home was established in April 1890 in the South Brisbane home of Mr and Mrs Thompson. It was run by a Committee of private citizens. In late 1897 it moved to a property named ‘Rowallan’ at 84 Kedron Park Road, Wooloowin. In 1906, under Canon EC Osborn, the home moved to a nine-acre…
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