The Commonwealth Department of the Interior was created in 1932 when the Departments of Home Affairs, Transport and Works and Railways were amalgamated. The new department took over responsibility for numerous matters including the emigration of children and Aboriginal people. It was also responsible for the Northern Territory. In 1939 after changes of responsibility within…
The South Australian Spastic Paralysis Welfare Association was first formed in 1948 to provide assistance to children suffering from Cerebral Palsy. It was formed by the parents of children with disabilities in the Western suburbs of Adelaide and was incorporated in 1950. It purchased property at 98 Woodville Rd Woodville and after successful fundraising opened…
The Spastic Centres of South Australia or SCOSA was the new name given to the South Australian Spastic Paralysis Welfare Association Inc in 1983. It continued to run the Woodville Spastic Centre and other related services for people with disabilities. In the 1990s SCOSA and the Crippled Children’s Association (CCA) worked together to remove duplication…
Ashford House was established by the Crippled Children’s Association of South Australia (CCA) at Ashford in 1952. It replaced the Spastic Centre at Kermode Street, North Adelaide, and provided day schooling and respite care for children with Cerebral Palsy. Ashford House closed in 1976, at the same time as the Somerton Crippled Children’s Home and…
The Spastic Centre at Kermode Street, North Adelaide, was established in late 1949 by the Crippled Children’s Association of South Australia (CCA). It provided a day school and training centre for children suffering from Cerebral Palsy. In 1951 the Spastic Centre closed and the children were moved to the new centre, Ashford House. The Spastic…
The Woodville Spastic Centre was the new name given to the Woodville Spastic Children’s Home around 1960. Run by the South Australian Spastic Paralysis Welfare Association it provided day training and respite accommodation for children with disabilities. Services began to be decentralised from the Woodville site in the 1980s. The residential Nursing Home at the…
The Woodville Spastic Children’s Home was established by the South Australian Spastic Paralysis Welfare Association (SASPWA) at Woodville in 1952 to provide care and respite accommodation for children with disabilities. It also provided accommodation for children from country areas attending the school at Ashford House. In 1953 it had accommodation for 4. This had doubled…
The collection Records of the Mentally Retarded Children’s Society of South Australia Inc. includes records of Orana Incorporated, comprising minutes, correspondence, membership lists, reports and papers relating to mental health. Access Conditions For access to these records please contact the State Library of South Australia. Researchers can have access to documents, photographs, recordings and transcripts…
The Loxton Hostel was established by the Mentally Retarded Children’s Association in 1977 in Loxton. The Hostel provided single rooms for more than 20 people. The majority of residents came from the Riverland area and lived at the Hostel in order to attend the Loxton Workshop which had been established in 1974. The Loxton Hostel…
The Port Pirie Hostel was opened by the Mentally Retarded Children’s Association in 1974 on Balmoral Road in Pot Pirie. It provided accommodation for people with intellectual disabilities who were attending the Port Pirie Workshop. The Workshop provided training and employment for residents. Port Pirie Hostel was one of a number of Hostels established by…
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