The Dowdle Family Group Home was operated by the Presbyterian and Uniting Churches. First located in Fairfield, it opened in around 1963. Around 1977, the Dowdle Family Group Home moved from Fairfield to Salisbury. On 22 June 1977 control was transferred to the newly-formed Uniting Church. From March 1985 it was known as “Dowdle”. In…
Christian Centre Family Group Homes were located in Moreton Street, Eidsvold. They were operated by the Federal Aborigines Mission Board of the Churches of Christ. The Homes opened and were licensed in late 1976. The closing date is unknown but it was no longer licensed in 2001.
Dahler Family Group Home, in Drayton, Toowoomba, was officially opened 27 September 1975. It was operated by the Methodist Church until June 1977, when operations were transferred to the Uniting Church. Dahler Family Group Home closed 30 June 1988. Dahler Family Group Home opened as a Receiving, Assessment, Placement and Therapy residential in August 1995….
Cairns Family Group Home, in Freshwater, was operated by the Uniting Church. Opening on 1 August 1980, its funding ceased in 1981/82. It reopened in 1982/83 and finally closed in 1997. In 2001 Cairns Family Group Home Freshwater was being used as an Out of Home Care Office for the Foster and Kinship Care program,…
Bundamba Lodge opened 6 August 1983, as a residential facility specifically for adolescents. It is operated by Churches of Christ Care, a division of Churches of Christ. Bundamba Lodge was in operation in 2014, providing crisis care accommodation for young people.
Blackheath Home, in Oxley opened in 1924 and was operated by the Presbyterian Church. It was situated on the former site of St Agnes Babies Home. Originally a boys’ home, some time after 1955 it began to accommodate children of both sexes. It was closed 9 May 1963. At this time, children were transferred to…
Bindari Lodge, in Kangaroo Point, opened in 1971. It was run by Queensland Baptist Care. In 1975, Bindari Lodge relocated to Tarragindi. In 1995 it changed from a hostel to a shared house model and was no longer a licensed residential care facility. Records The Queensland Baptist Community Service has advised that a search of…
The W. R. Black Home in Chelmer opened in 1928. It was a home for girls run by the Presbyterian Church. In July 1938 it gained approval for children in State care to be admitted – the first intake of State children happened in September that year. Following the closure of Blackheath Home in May…
Beulah Home, in Corinda, was run by the United Protestant Association of Queensland. Previously known as the United Protestant Association Home, it housed children between 2 and 16 years. Its licence was cancelled in September 1974 after the Department of Children’s Services raised concerns about the management of the Home. Beulah Home was licensed as…
Bethel Home, Dalby, was operated by the Association of Bethel Home. It was established in 1952 by Alan Back, a Baptist pastor in Dalby, as a Christian home for children who were wards of the state, although it wasn’t officially opened until 1954. It functioned as a Home for “orphans, and otherwise destitute and needy…
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