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Dunant House

Dunant House was established by the Red Cross at Brompton in 1970. It operated as temporary youth housing and was still operating in the mid 1980s. Dunant House closed in the mid 1990s.

Dew Street Cottage

The Dew Street Cottage at Thebarton was opened by the Spastic Centres of South Australia, SCOSA, to accommodate children with disabilities in 1986. It was one of a number of cottage homes established when services at the Woodville Spastic Centre were decentralised. The Dew Street Cottage closed in 1991.

Albara Road Cottage

Albara Road Cottage was established by the South Australian Spastic Welfare Association (SASPWA), at Ingle Farm in 1982. Formerly a day centre for children with disabilities called Gullywinds it was opened as a cottage home for children with disabilities as SASPWA’s services at Woodvile Spastic Centre began to be decentralised. Albara Road Cottage was still…

Roberts Home

Roberts Home was opened in 1921 as the second residence for children at the Methodist Children’s Home site at Magill. It accommodated boys aged 9 to 13 and the first residence, Greenslade Home, was used for girls and boys from 2 to 8 years of age. In 1924, when Cann Home was built for older…

Roberts Cottage

Roberts Cottage was opened in 1964 at Magill as part of the Methodist Church run Children’s Home, Lentara. It was used as cottage accommodation for young children and was also known as the Toddlers Home. Although Lentara ceased to operate in 1977, Roberts Cottage and Minnie Maughan Cottage continued to operate. Roberts Cottage did not…

Minnie Maughan Cottage

Minnie Maughan Cottage opened in 1955 at Magill as the first cottage home of the Methodist Children’s Homes. It provided accommodation for up to 12 children. The Cottage continued to operate after the Methodist Children’s Homes changed to Lentara in 1960. When Lentara ceased to operate in 1977 Minnie Maughan Cottage remained open until around…

Largs Bay Cottage

Largs Bay Cottage was opened by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission at Largs Bay in 1976. In the mid to late 1970s, as a response to the government’s push to close large congregate care institutions and replace them with smaller group care, the Methodist Church closed Lentara and established a number of Cottage Homes in…

Hove Cottage

Hove Cottage was opened by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission at Hove in 1976. In the mid to late 1970s, as a response to the government’s push to close large congregate care institutions and replace them with smaller group care, the Methodist Church closed Lentara and established a number of Cottage Homes in suburban areas….

Christies Beach Cottage

Christies Beach Cottage Home was opened by the Adelaide Central Methodist Mission in Christies Beach in 1976. In the mid to late 1970s, as a response to the government’s push to close large congregate care institutions and replace them with smaller group care, the Methodist Church closed Lentara and established a number of Cottage Homes…

Curtice Cottage

Curtice Cottage was opened in 1957 as part of the Methodist Children’s Homes at Magill. It was the Homes’ second cottage style residence and was designed to provide a cottage where brothers and sisters could live together. It accommodated up to 12 children with a Housemother or Cottage Parents. The Cottage continued to operate after…