The Bayswater Boys’ Home was established by the Salvation Army in 1897 at The Basin. It accommodated boys who had been placed in legal custody. The campus included three Bayswater Boys’ Homes. These Homes closed progressively from 1980. The last, the Bayswater Youth Training Centre, closed in 1987. The Salvation Army established the Bayswater Boys’…
Lyndon Lodge was a hostel run by the Salvation Army to provide ‘aftercare’ for boys leaving the Bayswater Boys’ Homes. It opened in 1946 in a property known as ‘Talana’ in Auburn, an area of Hawthorn. It provided accommodation for up to 30 boys between the ages of 14 and 18 who were learning trades…
Hillside Boys’ Home, in Wheelers Hill, was established by the Victorian Government in 1959. It accommodated 30 to 40 school-age boys who were considered ‘unacceptable’ for other homes or foster care. Hillside included a school. It closed in around 1985. Hillside Boys’ Home, in Jells Road, Wheelers Hill, Glen Waverley, was established by the Victorian…
The Ballarat Reception Centre was opened by the Victorian Government in 1961. It accommodated 15 to 18 children aged up to 14 years who were waiting for placement, or whose placement had not worked out. The Reception Centre was renamed ‘Warrawee’ in 1964. It closed in around 1982. Warrawee was situated at 28 Victoria Street,…
The Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV) was formed in 1862, and is the umbrella organisation for over 200 Baptist churches in Victoria. In 1945, the Baptist Union of Victoria purchased a farm and homestead called Strathalan located in north-east Melbourne, where work was begun providing social services among the elderly. The Baptist Union of Victoria…
Baptcare (formerly known as Baptist Community Care) traces its origins back to 1945, when the Victorian Baptist Women’s Association’s fundraising efforts led to the establishment of Strathalan Community, an aged care facility in Macleod. Baptist Community Care became Baptcare in 2006. Baptist Community Care ran Abercare Family Services, which was a temporary care program operating…
The Allenby Lodge Young Women’s Hostel, at 410 Burwood Road, Glenferrie (Hawthorn) was established by the Salvation Army in 1919. It catered for young women from the Army’s Homes at Camberwell and Kew who were unable to return home, or to secure appropriate board and lodging. According to O’Hanlon, Allenby Lodge was designed ‘to provide…
The Antonian Institute for Children, Richmond, was established in 1959 to cater for children from families of Italian origin, including state wards. The Home’s name was changed to the Antonian Children’s Home in 1966. The Antonian Institute for Children was established at 311 Church Street, Richmond in 1959. In January 1960, the Antonian Institute for…
The Daughters of Divine Zeal are an international Italian order of Catholic nuns. The Sisters arrived in Richmond, Victoria in 1959 to the parish of St Ignatius, to do apostolic work with Melbourne’s Italian migrants. They ran the Antonian Children’s Home in Richmond from 1959 until it closed in 1979. In 1980 it was converted…
The Ashendene Boys’ Home in Falls Road, Olinda, opened in December 1966. It was established to accommodate boys aged from 10 to 15 years, and from 1977 housed mostly older teenage boys requiring longer term accommodation. Ashendene was relocated to new premises in Croydon in 1988. The Victorian Government purchased the large former private home…
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