The Carlingford Children’s Home was opened in October 1914 with children in residence from 1915. The building ‘Minden’ at Carlingford was purchased in 1913 to enable the Church of England to expand its operations as a home for children in the country accommodating around 30 children. In December 1917, The Daily Telegraph reported that…
The Parramatta Girls Training School was the new name given in 1946 to the former Parramatta Girls Training Home. It accommodated around 160 to 200 older girls at a time who had been charged with crimes, or committed by welfare organisations. Although the Annual Reports of the Child Welfare Department claimed it had made positive…
The Parramatta Girls Training Home was the name given in 1912 to the former Parramatta Girls Industrial School. It accommodated around 160 to 200 older girls at a time. The girls had been charged with crimes, or committed by welfare organisations. In 1946, after a public controversy, its name changed again to the Parramatta Girls…
The Farm Home for Boys, Narara, was established by the Child Welfare Department near Gosford. It was an annexe of Gosford Training School. In 1934, boys at the Farm Home for Boys, Narara were transferred back to Gosford Training School. The Farm Home for Boys, Narara, was located 16 kilometres from Gosford at Narara on…
The Country Women’s Association hostel, Murwillumbah opened in 1950. It was a boarding hostel for high school girls. In 1951, following discussion of the hostel’s financial and progress reports at a public meeting of the Murwillumbah Parents and Citizen’s Association, the decision was made to close the hostel. Some of the 15 girls who had…
The Anglican Diocese of Grafton is one of the 23 Dioceses which constitute the Anglican Church of Australia (formerly the Church of England). It was first established in 1868 as the Anglican Diocese of Grafton and Armidale but became its own diocese in 1914. The Anglican Diocese of Grafton covers the coastal area south of…
The Country Women’s Association hostel in Moree was opened in 1956 in Frome Street. It was a boarding hostel for high school girls who lived in isolated areas. With the advent of school buses the building was offered to the Department of Education and became additional classrooms for Moree High School around the early 1970s….
The Country Women’s Association hostel, Tumut was opened around the 1940s. It was a boarding hostel for high school girls and closed around 1970.
The Country Women’s Association Hostel, Dubbo was opened by the Dubbo Country Women’s Association around 1945. It was a boarding hostel to help girls attend secondary school, and closed around 1958. Country Women’s Association Hostel, Dubbo was opened after a Country Women’s Association member, Mrs Matthew Robinson, donated a house in memory of her husband….
The Country Women’s Association hostel, Narrabri was opened in 1946. It was a boarding hostel for school girls. It increased the numbers at the local high school and enabled the school to be reclassified as a full high school. However, by 1958 transport in the area had improved to the extent that students felt they…
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