Cooinda Salvation Army Home for Boys was the new name given in 1968 to the Boys’ Home Indooroopilly. In September 1969, the name of the Home changed again, to Alkira, Salvation Army Home for Boys. Cooinda Salvation Army Home for Boys was investigated by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in…
The Meals Book contains details of and comments on the quality, quantity, and appropriateness of meals offered for breakfast, lunch and dinner each day at the Challinor Centre, Ipswich, for a period of eight months between 1977 and 1978. Access Conditions This book is open access has been digitised by Queensland State Archives. The digitised…
The Complaints Book records details of complaints about the behaviour of residents of the Challinor Centre or sightings of residents in wrong places. Information in the Complaints Book includes date, time, complainant’s name and address, nature of complaint, area where incident or sighting occurred, immediate action taken, name of recorder, follow-up action and name of…
The Register of Restraint records reasons for restraining hospital residents of ward “C P” at the Challinor Centre Hospital. Information given includes location of ward, date, name of patient, nature of behaviour and restraint applied, instructions and signatures of member of nursing staff in charge of ward, the chief nurse and the member of the…
The Register of Discharges, Removals and Deaths contains records of discharges, removals and deaths of patients at Ipswich Special Hospital and subsequently the Challinor Centre. Details for each entry include the date of discharge, removal or death, date of last admission, number in register of patient and christian and surname at length, discharges – recovered,…
Queensland Health was previously known as the Department of Health. The name changed in 2012.
The Basil Stafford Centre was established in 1968. The Centre provided accommodation and associated care services for intellectually disabled people, including children. The Centre was originally part of the Wolston Park Special Hospital, then in 1960 a separate centre providing institutional accommodation for children was established adjacent to the Hospital. It was named the Basil…
The Registers of Patients and Admission Books, kept by the Wolston Park Hospital and later Ipswich Special Hospital then Challinor Centre Ipswich, record details of patient admissions between 1861 and 1994. Details entered in the registers vary over time but may include date of last previous admission (if any), number of register, number for the…
The Challinor Centre, in Ipswich was previously known as the Ipswich Special Hospital. The Challinor Centre was closed in 1998, following the site’s purchase by the University of Queensland for the location of its Ipswich campus. The heritage listed buildings of the former Challinor Centre were integrated into the university campus. In the late 1960s…
Centre Care Brisbane was the new name given to the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau in 1984. In 1991 the name was updated to Centacare Brisbane. Centacare is the welfare agency of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Brisbane. First established in the late 1950s as a Catholic Marriage Advisory Council, the service has evolved…
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