Please contact Big Brother Movement: Postal Address: GPO Box 3727, Sydney NSW 2001 Phone: (02) 9233 4005 Email: legacy@bbm.asn.au Website: https://www.bbm.asn.au/
This archival series held by the State Records Authority of New South Wales includes files relating to the administration of hostels, shelters and homes in New South Wales by the responsible state government department between 1965 and 1973. Access Conditions Access to these records is currently restricted. In New South Wales, records relating to individuals,…
The Department of Family and Community Services is a New South Wales state government department established in 2011. It replaced the Department of Human Services which was active from 2009 to 2011. The Department of Family and Community Services provides services and assistance to disadvantaged families, individuals and communities in New South Wales. Community Services…
Kinchela Boys’ Home Aboriginal Corporation (KBHAC) is a support service and advocacy group that works with and for former residents of the Kinchela Boys’ Home to help them recover their identity and wellbeing. It is based in Darlington in Sydney. KBHAC recognises the legacy of, not only, members’ experiences of removal, but also the physical,…
Myee Home was in Myee, a house in Arncliffe that was formerly the Myee Babies Home or Myee Hostel. It was used by the Department of Youth and Community Services as a home for secondary school aged boys who were considered to have intellectual disabilities between 1977 and some time in the 1980s.
Havilah Group Home, at Frampton Street, Marrickville, was run by Church of England Children’s Homes from 1979 until 1984 as a family group home for up to 8 Aboriginal children between the ages of 6 and 14 years old. It was staffed by Aboriginal people and was one of the first homes of its kind….
The Native Institution was established at Parramatta by Governor Lachlan Macquarie on 10 December 1814 as a ‘school for the education of the native children’. It was a children’s home and asylum and was run by a Christian missionary, William Shelley. In 1823 it was moved to Blacktown. It closed in 1833. The Native Institution…
The Junior Red Cross Society was formally established in Australia in 1918, as part of the Australian Red Cross. It was a children’s and youth division, which had regional committees. Various branches of the Junior Red Cross Society set up and ran Homes in various locations around Australia, as part of its peacetime programs. These…
The Sunnyfield Association was a parent-run organisation formed in 1952 to provide education and accommodation for children with disabilities. Originally a part of the Sub-Normal Children’s Welfare Association of New South Wales, it broke away and became independent in 1956. It ran Sunnyfield School in Manly Vale, and set up hostels for adults in Allambie…
Please contact the Australian Red Cross Head of Legal: Postal Address: GPO Box 9949, Melbourne VIC 3001 Phone: (03) 9345 1800 Email: privacy@redcross.org.au Website: https://www.redcross.org.au/privacy/childrens-homes/
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