The Methodist Babies’ Home in South Yarra was established in 1929. It organised the adoption of many babies in Victoria. In 1974, it became the Copelen Street Family Centre, offering foster care and preventive family services. The establishment of the Methodist Babies’ Home in 1929 coincided with the implementation of Victoria’s first adoption act (passed…
Livingstone House was established in Carlton in 1888, and was first known as the Temporary Home for Destitute Children. It was run by the Central Dorcas Society, and led by its Senior Biblewoman, Mrs Varcoe. Many children in Livingstone were placed in foster care. In 1891, it relocated to a new property in Cheltenham and…
St Joseph’s Home for Destitute Children in Surrey Hills came under the control of the Sisters of St Joseph in 1890. Previously, it was run by the Society of St Vincent de Paul. It housed 120 children in 1897. In 1925, it became known as St Joseph’s Home for Boys. The superintendence of St Joseph’s…
Our Lady’s Orphanage was established by the Sisters of Mercy, Geelong Congregation at Newtown, Geelong in 1862. The orphanage opened with 22 girls, but quickly expanded with over 120 girls living at the orphanage by the 1890s. In 1907, the Sisters of Mercy, Melbourne Congregation took over the running of the institution. Our Lady’s Orphanage…
St Augustine’s Boys’ Home was established in 1966 in Highton, Geelong and run by the Christian Brothers. It was previously known as St Augustine’s Orphanage. It closed in 1988. St Augustine’s Boys’ Home was previously known as St Augustine’s Orphanage. A period of transition had begun at St Augustine’s Orphanage in 1963, with the appointment…
The St Vincent de Paul Orphanage was established in 1857 in Emerald Hill, now known as South Melbourne, by the St Vincent de Paul Society. The Orphanage was established to care for Catholic children who were orphaned, or considered abandoned, destitute or neglected. In 1861 the Sisters of Mercy took over the running of the…
St Augustine’s Orphanage, Highton, was established in 1939 by the Christian Brothers on a large farming property of approximately 180 acres located on South Valley Road, Highton, Geelong. It accommodated boys aged between 9 and 16. In 1966, the Orphanage changed its name to St Augustine’s Boys’ Home. In 1939, following several years of campaigning…
St Joseph’s Home for Children was the new name given in 1967 to the former St Joseph’s Home for Boys. It provided accommodation for boys aged from 2 to 10 years, and girls aged 2 to 12 years old. In 1981, the Home relocated to Flemington and provided emergency and short-term residential care and family…
Colac Foster Care was established and run by the Sisters of Mercy in around 1975.
Geelong Foster Care was established and run by the Sisters of Mercy in 1974. Geelong Foster Care operated until 1997. In 1972 and 1973 as policy changed towards shifting to smaller, community-based facilities the Sisters of Mercy purchased six local residences to establish family group homes. By 1975 children still residing at St. Catherine’s Children’s…
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