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New South Wales - Organisation

Marist180 (1994 - )

From
1994
Categories
Catholic, Foster Care, Records Access Service and Records Holder
Alternative Names
  • Marist Community Services (Previously known as, 1994 - 2002)
  • Marist Youth Care (Previously known as, 2002 - 2016)
Website
http://marist180.org.au/

Marist180, also formerly known as Marist Youth Care, was established in 1994 as Marist Community Services. It is a not-for-profit agency focused on helping young people at risk and their families. It provides support to unaccompanied migrant youth and young people, including juvenile offenders.

Details

Marist Community Services evolved from the programmes run by the Marist Brothers in and after St Vincent's Boys Home closed.

The organisation was originally known as Marist Community Services, in 2002 its name was changed to Marist Youth Care and in 2016 it was changed to Marist180.

Marist180 manages records of St Vincent's Boys Home.

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Sources used to compile this entry: 'Our History', in Marist Youth Care, Marist Youth Care, 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20170216113707/http://maristyc.com.au/about-us/our-history; 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.

Prepared by: Naomi Parry