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Slade Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park (1973 - 1988)

  • Slade Cottage, Glandore

    Slade Cottage, Glandore, 1973?, courtesy of Glandore Community Centre.
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From
1973
To
1988
Categories
Cottage Home, Government-run and Home
Alternative Names
  • Therapeutic Cottage, Glandore (Also known as)

Slade Cottage was opened by the government in 1973 in one of the buildings of the Glandore Boys' Home. The Cottage accommodated up to 12 boys considered to have behavioural problems. In 1975 Slade Cottage was moved to Somerton Park on the site of the former Seaforth Home. Slade Cottage closed in 1988.

Details

Slade Cottage at 25 Naldera Street, Glandore, was opened by the Department of Community Welfare on 5 February 1973 in one of the buildings of the Glandore Boys' Home. When the Glandore Boys' Home closed down in February 1973, a number of the buildings were renovated and reopened as cottage and family homes. Slade Cottage accommodated up to 12 boys who were considered to have 'emotional' or 'behavioural' problems.

In 1975 Slade Cottage and Reception Cottage were moved from Glandore to Somerton Park into buildings on the site of the former Seaforth Home. Slade Cottage and Reception Cottage joined three other cottages at the former Seaforth Home site. These included Tintoo Cottage, Morada Cottage and Kandarik Cottage.

The buildings of the former Slade and Reception Cottages at Naldera Street, Glandore, both became part of a separate unit of McNally Training Centre called the Glandore Unit.

By the late 1980s only two of the five cottages at the former Seaforth Home site still operated, Slade and Kandarik. At the time the Department considered the Somerton Park site 'the least satisfactory physical site owned by the Department for the care of children'.

Slade Cottage at Somerton Park closed in 1988.

Location

1973 - 1975
Address - Slade Cottage was situated at25 Naldera Street, Glandore. Location: Glandore
1975 - 1988
Location - Slade Cottage was situated at Somerton Park. Location: Somerton Park

Timeline

 1869 - 1898 Magill Industrial School
       1898 - 1949 Edwardstown Industrial School
             1949 - 1958 Glandore Industrial School
                   1958 - 1966 Glandore Children's Home
                         1966 - 1973 Glandore Boys' Home
                               1973 - 1988 Slade Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park

Related Glossary Terms

Related Organisations

  • Kandarik Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1988)

    Five independent cottages opened on the site of the former Seaforth Home in 1975. These included Tintoo, Kandarik, Morada, Slade and Reception Cottages.

  • McNally Training Centre (1967 - 1979)

    In 1975 the former Reception Cottage and Slade Cottage buildings at Naldera Street, Glandore, both became part of a separate unit of McNally Training Centre called the Glandore Unit.

  • Morada Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1979)

    Five independent cottages opened on the site of the former Seaforth Home in 1975. These included Tintoo, Kandarik, Morada, Slade and Reception Cottages.

  • Reception Cottage, Glandore/Somerton Park (1973 - 1979)

    In 1975 Slade Cottage and Reception Cottage were moved from Glandore to Somerton Park to become two of five independent cottages opened on the site of the former Seaforth Home. The other three included Tintoo, Kandarik and Morada Cottages.

  • Seaforth Home (1946 - 1975)

    In 1975 Slade Cottage moved from Glandore into a building on the site of the former Seaforth Home at Somerton Park.

  • Tintoo Cottage, Somerton Park (1975 - 1979)

    Five independent cottages opened on the site of the former Seaforth Home in 1975. These included Tintoo, Kandarik, Morada, Slade and Reception Cottages.

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Slade Cottage, Glandore
Title
Slade Cottage, Glandore
Type
Image
Date
1973?
Source
Glandore Community Centre

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: George, Karen, Finding your own way, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2005, http://nunku.org.au/resources/.

Prepared by: Karen George and Gary George