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Temporary Care
Temporary Care is a term to describe the short-term, emergency, respite or crisis accommodation of children and young people.
Edgecliffe, Red Cross Convalescent Home (c. 1944 - c. 1951)
Happy Days (1933 - c. 1938)
Lady Dugan Red Cross Home (1946 - 1970)
Mission House (1886 - c. 1997)
Welfare House (c. 1946 - c. 1953)
Term commonly found on child welfare records
A phrase, word or abbreviation commonly used as a shorthand notation within child welfare records.
Family Group Home
In Moral Danger (c. 1954 - c. 1978)
Voluntary Placement (c. 1887 - )
Type of 'care'
A method of providing for children who are not living with their families.
Adolescent Community Placement
Babies' Home
Benevolent Asylum (c. 1850 - )
Boarding Out (c. 1872 - )
Children's Village (c. 1870 - c. 1970)
Cottage Home (c. 1870 - c. 1970)
Family Group Home
Farm School
Foster Care
Hostel
Industrial School (c. 1864 - c. 1887)
Juvenile School (1954 - c. 1961)
Orphanage
Reformatory (1864 - c. 1954)
Residential Care
Training Centre (1959 - )
Voluntary Placement (c. 1887 - )
Youth Training Centre (c. 1961 - )

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Last updated: 18 January 2023
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/vic/browse_t_function.htm
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