St Gerard's was a Third Schedule Hospital run by the Sisters of St Joseph at St Anthony's Croydon. It had been St Anne's Nursery. St Gerard's was for married women and babies who needed care, treatment and recuperation after birth, and for single mothers and their babies, including those awaiting adoption. It was closed in 1980 and converted to a home for children in crisis.
1944 - 1951 St Anne's [Hospital]
1952 - 1963 St Anne's Nursery
1964 - 1980 St Gerard's [Hospital]
1980 - 1985 St Gerard's [Home]
Sources used to compile this entry: A history of St Anthony's Home Croydon, with Sister Kathleen Burford, July 1989, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2010-13/commcontribformerforcedadoption/submissions.
Prepared by: Naomi Parry
Created: 2 August 2013