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The Health and Home Affairs Department, within the State Children’s Department, was established in 1935 to provide care, management and control of orphaned, abandoned and convicted children and their property. Previously, it was known as the Home Secretary’s Office, State Children Department. The Department ran Toowoomba Mental Hospital and Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook. Responsibility…
The State Children Department, a sub-department of the Labour and Industry Department, was created to provide care, management and control of orphaned, neglected, abandoned, delinquent and convicted children and their property. The Department ran Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook, Birralee Children’s Home, Townsville Receiving Depot, Carramar Receiving and Assessment Centre, Warilda Children’s Home and Warilda…
The Family and Youth Services Department was established on 9 June 1987. It was responsible for a broad range of community services including youth and ethnic affairs. The Department ran the Therapeutic Adolescent Residential Assessment Unit, Warilda Receiving and Assessment Centre, Carramar Receiving and Assessment Centre, Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Centre, The Outlook Training and…
The Canaan School for Training and Development, situated at Riverview, is operated by the Salvation Army. It is the site of the former Endeavour Training Farm. The centre runs social programs funded by the Federal Government to assist disadvantaged and marginalised members of the community to re-enter the workforce and gain independence. In 2013, the…
The Industrial School for Boys, in Riverview, was run by the Salvation Army. Boys sentenced to confinement by Children’s Courts were sent to Riverview for training in general farm work. It opened 1 October 1898 and in 1926 it became a training farm for British male youth migrants. The Industrial School for Boys, Riverview was…
The Home for Boys, Riverview, situated at 29 Riverview Road, was operated by the Salvation Army. In the 1950s it received young migrants from Britain to train in farm practices. The name changed to the Training Farm for Boys in 1966. In the 1950s the Salvation Army Training Home for Boys at Riverview admitted 77…
The Training Farm for Boys, situated at 29 Riverview Road, was operated by the Salvation Army. It was previously known as the Home for Boys, Riverview. In 1969 its name was changed to Endeavour Training Farm. A publication from 1968 described the Training Farm for Boys: PURPOSE: To provide a home for uncontrollable and delinquent…
The Endeavour Training Farm, situated at Riverview was operated by the Salvation Army. It was previously known as the Training Farm for Boys. Due to a move towards cottage home models of care, Endeavour Training Farm ceased to operate in 1973. The boys were moved to Hillsdale Village for Boys at Mulgowie. In 1998, former…
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) was established in 1998. It was formerly known as the Australian Archives. The National Archives collects, preserves and makes publicly available records of the Australian government. The collection includes records related to family history research, as well as records relevant specifically to child welfare and child migration. The head…