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Australian Capital Territory - Organisation
Outreach Incorporated (1967 - 1975)
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Outreach Incorporated was a voluntary organisation formed in Canberra in 1967. From 1968, it ran a hostel in Lyneham for adolescent boys and, from 1969, a hostel for girls in Curtin. Residents were supervised by 'house parents'. During 1974-1975, Outreach Incorporated was dissolved and responsibility for the hostels was assumed by a committee under the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
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The Lyneham hostel was intended to be for adolescent boys 'in need of accommodation and supervision away from their parents.' The property was provided on a rent-free basis by the Department of the Interior.
In 1969 the organisation bought a hostel for girls located in Curtin with some financial support from the Department of the Interior. Residents were supervised by 'house parents' in order to provide a more normal 'home atmosphere' until such time as the young people were able to cope with private accommodation or could return to their families.
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