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South Australia - Organisation

Glandore Community Unit (1990 - 1994)

From
1990
To
1994
Categories
Government-run, Home and Residential Care

The Glandore Community Unit was the new name given to the Southern Region Group Home in Glandore in 1990. Run by the government, it provided longer term accommodation for up to eight children from the age of eight to upper teens who were deemed to be able to live in the community. The Glandore Community Unit closed in 1994.

Details

The Glandore Community Unit was the new name given to the Southern Region Group Home at 58 Pleasant Avenue, Glandore in 1990. Run by the Department for Family and Community Services, it provided longer term accommodation for up to eight children from eight to upper teens who were deemed to be able to live in the community.

After the Department for Community Welfare became the Department for Family and Community Services in 1990, residential care units were variously closed, moved, rebuilt or renamed for the suburb they were located in rather than the region.

The Glandore Community Unit closed in 1994.

Location

1990 - 1994
Address - Glandore Community Unit was situated at 58 Pleasant Avenue, Glandore. Location: Glandore

Publications

Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: George, Karen, Finding your own way, Nunkuwarrin Yunti of South Australia Inc., 2005, http://nunku.org.au/resources/; Mullighan, the Hon E.P., Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry: Allegations of sexual abuse and death from criminal conduct, presented to the South Australian Parliament by the Hon. E.P. Mullighan QC, Commisioner, Children in State Care Commission of Enquiry, Adelaide, South Australia, 2008, 564 pp, https://www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/107201/children-in-state-care-commission-of-inquiry-introducation.pdf; Annual report of the Department for Community Welfare, 1989; Annual report of the Department for Family and Community Services, 1990; Annual report of the Department for Family and Community Services, 1991.

Prepared by: Karen George and Gary George