Carisbrook, in Auburn, was run by the Baptist Homes Trust. It was the second AS White Children's Home and was officially opened on 7 December1975 by Miss Dorothy White. It was a children's home until 1989, when, the child care programs were reassessed. Carisbrook then became a home for young people aged twelve to eighteen who experienced difficulties living in the normal home situation. The program closed in 1995.
Sources used to compile this entry: Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf.
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