The Industrial School for Girls, Chelmer, was operated by the Salvation Army. It was opened in 1920 and was licensed under the State Children Act 1911. The Home was also registered as a babies nursing home from 1921, however from around 1924 only girls aged 14 to 18 were admitted to the Home, with younger…
Horton House, in Toowoomba, was a children’s home run by the Salvation Army. It opened in 1963 and in 1976 the extended complex was renamed Horton Village. Former residents of Horton House gave evidence to the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions in 1998-1999. Some remembered being easily identifiable as ‘Home…
The Home of the Good Shepherd, Eton House, Nundah was operated by the Anglican Society of the Sacred Advent. The Home was formally opened in June 1893, and accommodated homeless girls. In 1894, the Home expanded to receive ‘private payment orphans’ as well. In 1901 the children were transferred to the Tufnell Home. In June…
The Anglican Church of Australia is a community of Christians scattered across Australia. It was previously known as the Church of England in Australia. The Anglican Church in Queensland ran a number of homes for children and young people. The Diocese of Brisbane is one of three dioceses in Queensland, together with North Queensland and…
The Sisters of Mercy, Rockhampton Congregation was a Catholic religious order of women who arrived in Rockhampton in 1873 from Brisbane. The Sisters operated a number of out-of-home care facilities for children during the late nineteenth century and throughout the twentieth century, including St Joseph’s Home, Neerkol and St Brigid’s Industrial School. In 1955 the…
Holy Cross Retreat or Magdalen Asylum, in Wooloowin, was operated by the Sisters of Mercy, Brisbane Congregation. It opened in 1889 as a home for unmarried mothers, disabled girls and infants. It ceased operating as a home for very young children in 1959. From 1974 it no longer cared for children but provided continuing care…
Holy Cross Home, in Wooloowin, was operated by the Sisters of Mercy. The institution was renamed in 1966 – formerly it was known as the Industrial School for Girls, Wooloowin. Holy Cross Home discontinued accepting girls in care and control from 1 April 1973. State Government funding ceased in 1974. The Holy Cross Home was…
Holland Park Family Group Home opened in 1964. Run by the Presbyterian Church, it was licensed under the Children’s Services Act 1965 on 4 August 1966. It closed in July 1978 and reopened on 2 April 1980. In 2001, it was no longer a licensed residential facility. A publication from 1968 stated that the purpose…
Hilldale Village for Boys, in Mulgowie, was operated by the Salvation Army. It opened in around 1973 and closed in 1977.
Hackwood, in Caboolture, was operated by the Uniting Church. It opened under the Receiving, Assessment, Placement and Therapy Program in 1993 and closed in 1996.
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