Malmesbury Receiving Home, run by the government, opened in West Hobart in the early 1960s in the building of the former Malmesbury Girls’ Home. It provided temporary accommodation for children who were wards of the state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department. In the early 1980s, Malmesbury Receiving Home became a…
Gilburn Receiving Home, run by the government, opened in Wynyard in 1959. It provided temporary accommodation for up to eight children who were wards of the state or supervised in other ways by the Social Services Department and its successor, the Social Welfare Department. In the early 1980s, it became Gilburn Family Group Home. Gilburn…
Casablanca Receiving Home, run by the government, opened c.1968. It was in Launceston. The Home provided temporary accommodation for children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department. In the early 1980s, it became Casablanca Family Group Home. A married woman, known as a Receiving Home Keeper, managed…
Rochebank Hostel, run by the government, opened in 1950 in the Glebe, apparently to accommodate children under the Domestic Service Assistance Scheme. After 1972, it also received teenage girls who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Services Department and its successors. Rochebank became a Family Group Home in the…
Miroma Respite Care was established by the Catholic Church in 1985 in Mt Gambier. It provided respite care for young people up to the age of 20 who had intellectual or multiple disabilities. In 2014 Miroma provided day, overnight and emergency care for children through to adults with intellectual or multiple disabilities.
The Sturt Assessment Unit was a new purpose-built facility built on the site of the former Sturt Community Unit at Sturt in 1995. Run by the government, it provided short term accommodation for State children aged between eight to upper teens. The Sturt Assessment Unit was operating in 2008. The Sturt Assessment Unit was a…
The Christies Beach Family Home opened in Christies Beach in the mid to late 1970s. Run by the government, Family Homes provided short term accommodation for children within their own community. In 1980, the Home was converted into a Youth Support Unit, an outreach service for young people. The Christies Beach Family Home opened at…
Port Pirie Family Home was the new name given to Port Pirie Cottage in 1972. Run by the government this Family Home in Port Pirie provided emergency and short-term care for children while a family crisis was being assessed or while other placement options were being determined. Family Homes accommodated up to eight children. Port…
The Western Region Admission Unit (WRAU) was opened by the government in 1980 at Somerton Park. It was located on the former site of Central Region Admission Unit, the name given to Reception Cottage from 1979. In 1983 the WRAU moved to the former site of Hay Community Unit which moved to Mile End. The…
The Southern Region Admission Unit (SRAU) was opened by the government on the site of the former Clark Cottage at Clarence Park in 1979. It provided emergency care for up to eight children between the ages of 10 and 17. In 1989-90 the admission unit became the Clarence Park Assessment Unit. The Southern Region Admission…
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