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Tasmania - Organisation

Gilburn Family Group Home (1981 - 1985)

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Gilburn Receiving Home, the front entrance, 2014, courtesy of .
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From: c. 1981
To: 1985?
Categories: Home, Family Group Home, Government-run, Temporary Care

Gilburn Family Group Home, run by the government, replaced Gilburn Receiving Home in about 1981. It was in Wynyard. The Home provided temporary accommodation for up to 8 children who were wards of the state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. The Home closed in about 1985.

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Locations

c. 1981 - 1985?: Location - Gilburn Family Group Home was in Quiggin Street, Wynyard

Timeline

1959 - 1980: Gilburn Receiving Home
1981 - 1985: Gilburn Family Group Home

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Gilburn Receiving Home, outside the boys' bedroom

Gilburn Receiving Home, outside the boys' bedroom

Gilburn Receiving Home, outside the girls' bedroom

Gilburn Receiving Home, outside the girls' bedroom

Gilburn Receiving Home at the back

Gilburn Receiving Home at the back

Gilburn Receiving Home, the front entrance

Gilburn Receiving Home, the front entrance

Gilburn Receiving Home showing part of the front entrance

Gilburn Receiving Home showing part of the front entrance

Gilburn Receiving Home near the front entrance

Gilburn Receiving Home near the front entrance