Carisbrook, in Auburn, was run by the Baptist Homes Trust. It was the second AS White Children’s Home and was officially opened on 7 December 1975 by Miss Dorothy White. It was a children’s home until 1989, when the child care programs were reassessed. Carisbrook then became a home for young people aged twelve to…
Kings Langley Substitute Care for Adolescents was a children’s home for teenagers, situated at Kings Langley (near Blacktown). It commenced in November 1994 and the first resident arrived in December 1994. Kings Langley Substitute Care for Adolescents closed around 2004.
Karingal Children’s Home, run by the Baptist Homes Trust, was officially opened at Mosman on 24 November 1956 by the Hon. F.H. Hawkins, MLA, Minister for Child Welfare and Social Services. The home provided accommodation for boys under the age of seven, and girls. On 24 April 1986 the home transferred to 27 Alan Avenue,…
Ruhamah, run by the Baptist Homes Trust, was a children’s Home established in May 1959 at South Hurstville for boys. Ruhamah was officially opened on 15 August 1959 and accomodated ten boys aged two to thirteen. Laterly, younger boys were housed at Karingal Children’s Home with Ruhamah accomodating boys over seven. In November 1975 the…
Baptist Community Services was established in 1986. It was a non-profit corporation limited by guarantee and was an agency of the Baptist Union of New South Wales. Previously, it was known as New South Wales Baptist Homes Trust. Baptist Community Services operated a number of child and youth programs including Carisbrook, Kings Langley Substitute Care…
St Saviour’s Cottage Home formerly known as St Saviour’s Children’s Home was established in 1982 following funding provided by the State Government through the Department of Community Services’ Alternate Care and Accommodation. In time, this became known as the Adolescent Program which operated at 134 Cowper Street until 1994.
The Adolescent Program, formerly run under the name of St Saviour’s Cottage Home, operated at Goulburn until 1994. This service implemented individual care programs for children and young people with a goal of restoration and reconciliation with families as the option of first choice. The Program changed from a residential model in 1995 and in…
The Sisters of the Holy Cross were an Anglican order who came from Nyngan, New South Wales. They ran St Saviour’s Children’s Home from 1929-1933.
The Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn (previously known as the Church of England Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn) was first established as a separate diocese (the Diocese of Goulburn, New South Wales) in 1863. As the new city of Canberra developed in the early twentieth century, the Diocese of Goulburn also became responsible for…
St Saviour’s Neighbourhood Centre, in Goulburn, was established in 1980. From 1994 it provided long term care for up to 12 State wards with high support needs. St Saviour’s was an agency of Anglicare and part of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. In 2013 St Saviour’s is part of Anglicare NSW South, NSW…
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