The Independent Order of Odd Fellows maintains a structure of Lodges throughout the world. It was founded in 1819 in Baltimore, USA with the establishment of Washington Lodge No. 1. A fundamental aim of the organisation is to provide care for orphaned and neglected children as well as the elderly. This lodge received its charter…
Lahey Cottage Family Group Home, in Wynnum North, was operated by the Methodist and Uniting Churches. It opened and was licensed 6 July 1973. It transferred to the Uniting Church 22 June 1977 and closed in 1985. The Lahey Cottage Family Group Home was situated behind the Margaret Marr Memorial Home for Boys, adjacent to…
Layton House, in Paddington, was operated by Save the Children Fund Queensland. It provided support and accommodation for female wards of the State. Layton house opened 19 February 1980 and closed March 1981. In Missing Pieces (2001), Save the Children Fund stated that they hold no records relating to former residents of Layton House .
Kunara Family Group Home, in Toombul, was operated by Queensland Baptist Care. It opened and was licensed in around 1969/70. It closed 16 December 1989. Records The Queensland Baptist Community Service has advised that a search of the archives of The Bapist Union of Queensland has failed to find any client records of children who…
The first Baptist Church in Queensland was established in 1855. Queensland Baptists (The Baptist Union of Queensland) is a body incorporated under Letters patent on 5 April 1927. Queensland Baptist Care, under the auspices of the Baptist Church, established and ran a number of residential youth care programs in Queensland between 1970 and 1995.
Kiah Hostel was a residential facility for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in care, which opened in Norman Park in around 1973. It was operated by the Queensland Aboriginal and Islanders’ Catholic Council. By around the early 1990s, Kiah Hostel was operated by the Aboriginal & Islander Apostolate within the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane….
Kingsbury Cottage Family Group Home, in Bardon, opened around August/September 1960. Originally run by the Methodist Church, its operation was transferred to the newly-created Uniting Church in June 1977. In 2014, Kingsbury was an emergency residential home for young people aged 12 – 17 years. It is unknown exactly when Kingsbury group home closed, however…
Kingswood Lodge, in Berrinba, is operated by the Churches of Christ. It opened in 1993 and in 2018 is still licensed. Kingswood Lodge is a residential facility for adolescents.
John Thompson House, in Bundaberg, was operated by the Churches of Christ. It opened on 25 February 1980. A change of function was approved on 19 May 1998. As of 2019 we have been unable to find further information about this home. Please contact Find & Connect if you know more about this home.
The Kalimna Vocational Centre for Girls, in Toowong, opened in December 1962. Run by the Salvation Army, it was on the site of the former Salvation Army Girls’ Home, Toowong (which was demolished in around 1962). It closed 29 October 1977. The Queensland state government met 75% of the cost to build Kalimna, which had…
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