Loreto Family Group Home was opened in Taroona in 1966 by the Sisters of Charity. It provided cottage accommodation to seven children who had been placed there by their parents or who were wards of the state. It was run day-to-day by two ‘house mothers’. It was a single storey 10 roomed brick house with an iron roof, plaster walls, and wooden floors. Loreto was established to support the Sisters of Charity’s move away from institiutional care to cottage care. The Home was originally managed by St Joseph’s Orphanage, then St Joseph’s Child Care Centre, and from 1978 it was run by Centacare.
From
1966
To
1982
1966 - 1972
Loreto Family Group Home was located at 6 Norwood Avenue, Taroona, Tasmania (Building Still standing)
1972 - 1982
Loreto Family Group Home was located at 37 Taroona Crescent, Taroona, Tasmania (Building State unknown)