From 1959 to the 1990s Melbourne Family Care, its predecessor Melbourne Orphanage, and its successor Family Action, ran a number of Family Group Homes across the outer suburbs of Melbourne. The first family group homes were established in 1959 as institutionalised care was phased out. By 1963, 14 family group homes had been established. By 1981 Melbourne Family Care decided to phase down family group homes in Melbourne’s Inner East and Southern suburbs due to oversupply of homes. The exact opening and closing dates for many of these homes are not yet known.
From
1959
To
1990s
1959 - 1976?
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at Richard Street, Glen Waverley, Victoria, Victoria (Building State unknown)
1961 - 1983
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 14 Bales Street, Mount Waverley, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1961 - 1984
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 15-17 Calista Avenue, North Clayton, Victoria (Building Demolished)
1962 - 1976?
Melbourne Family Care operated three family group homes on Butler Street, Brighton, Victoria (Building State unknown)
1962 - 1976
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 679 Waverley Road, Glen Waverley, Victoria (Building Demolished)
1962 - 1984
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 7 Dunscombe Avenue, Glen Waverley, Victoria (Building Demolished)
1962 - 1976
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 4 Petter Street, Glen Waverley, Victoria (Building Demolished)
1962 - 1964
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 532 Waverley Road, Glen Waverly, Victoria (Building Demolished)
1962 - 1984?
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at High Street Road, Mount Waverley, Victoria (Building State unknown)
1962 - 1984
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 24 Pamay Road, Mount Waverley, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1962 - 1983
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 13 Mountain Crescent, Springvale North/Mulgrave, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1963 - 1979?
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 49 Grenfell Road, Mount Waverley, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1963 - 1978
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 1 Highland Avenue, North Clayton, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1963 - 1983
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 53 Highland Avenue, Clayton, Victoria (Building Still standing)
1964 - 1979?
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 16 Meadow Crescent, Pinewood (Mount Waverley), Victoria (Building Still standing)
1965? - 1987?
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 614 High Street Road, Glen Waverley/Syndal, Victoria (Building Demolished)
1965? - 1984
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home at 76 Muir Avenue, Mount Waverley, Victoria (Building Demolished)
1973 - 1990s
Melbourne Family Care operated West Flat, a family group home, at 583 Ferntree Gully Road, Glen Waverley, Victoria (Building State unknown)
c. 1981 - 1987?
Melbourne Family Care operated a family group home for unaccompanied Vietnamese refugee children at 368 Haughton Road, Clayton, Victoria (Building Still standing)
c. 1982 - 1990s
Family Action Dandenong Valley ran a family group home at 31 or 39 Pickett Street, Dandenong, Victoria (Building State unknown)