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CatholicCare Hunter-Manning Social Services – Contact Details

Please contact the Head Office, CatholicCare Hunter-Manning Social Services: Postal Address: PO Box 775, Newcastle NSW 2300 Phone: (02) 4979 1120 Email: ccenquiries@catholiccare.org.au Website: https://www.catholiccare.org.au/

Child and Adolescent Specialist Programs and Accommodation (CASPA) – Contact Details

Please contact Child and Adolescent Specialist Programs and Accommodation (CASPA): Postal Address: PO Box 780, Lismore NSW 2480 Phone: (02) 6621 5446 Email: admin@caspa.asn.au Website: https://caspa.org.au/

Family Spirit – Contact Details

Please contact Family Spirit Adoption Services: Postal address: Suite 301, Level 3, 2-14 Meredith Street, Bankstown NSW, 2220 Phone: (02) 8709 9333 Email: adoptions@familyspirit.org Website: https://www.familyspirit.org/

Good Samaritan Archives – Contact Details

Please contact the Archivist, Good Samaritan Archives: Postal Address: PO Box 1076, Glebe Point, NSW 2037 Phone: (02) 8752 5300 Email: archives@goodsams.org.au Website: https://www.goodsams.org.au/who-we-are/archives/

Dunlea Centre – Contact Details

Please contact Dunlea Centre: Postal Address: PO Box 99, Engadine NSW 2233 Phone: (02) 8508 3900 Email: director@boystown.net.au Website: https://www.dunleacentre.org.au/

Anglicare Out-of-Home Care Services – Contact Details

Contact Anglicare Out-of-Home Care: Phone: (02) 9890 6855 Address: 19A Gibbons Street, Telopea NSW 2117 Website: https://www.anglicare.org.au/what-we-offer/foster-care-adoption/

Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta Congregation – Contact Details

Please contact the Congregation Leader at Sisters of Mercy, Paramatta Congregation: Postal address: PO Box 2012, North Parramatta NSW 1750 Phone: (02) 9683 2555 Email: enquiries@parrasom.org.au Website: http://www.parramattamercy.org.au/

Barnardos Australia – Contact Details

Please contact Barnardos Australia (Aftercare Office): Postal Address: Barnardos After Care, GPO Box 9996, Sydney NSW 2001 Phone: (02) 9281 2300 Email: aftercare@barnardos.org.au Website: https://www.barnardos.org.au/services/

Parramatta Female Factory Precinct

The Parramatta Female Factory Precinct is an area of approximately 27 hectares of New South Wales Government land that contains 72 buildings that housed female convicts and destitute children continuously from 1821 until the 1990s. It is the site of the 1821 Female Factory (Cumberland Hospital) and the 1844 Roman Catholic Orphan School, which from…

Avona Hostel

Avona Hostel, in Glebe, was set up by the Anglican Home Mission Society in 1947. It was for boys aged 15 to 18 who had appeared before the Children’s Court and were described by the Home Mission Society as ‘neglected, homeless or unwanted.’ The hostel held 25 boys. Avona Hostel closed around 1962. Avona Hostel…