The Women’s Sanitary Association was formed in 1891 to assist the Sanitary and General Improvement Association. Members of the Association visited working-class streets and advised the women living there on hygiene and the methods of nursing infectious diseases. In 1901, the Women’s Sanitary Association became the Women’s Health Association.
The Children’s Protection Society was formed in 1903 by members of the Women’s Health Association in order to campaign for better care of babies born to single mothers. The members of the Society went on to take up other campaigns which they believed would benefit children. The formation of the Children’s Protection Society was a…
Kiah Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in 1985. It was in Glenorchy. The Home provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Department of Community Services and its successors. Kiah closed around 2000. A married woman managed Kiah Family Group Home with the…
The Cottage Home, run by the government, opened in the Glebe in 1943. It provided accommodation for children who were wards of state. The Home closed in about 1950. The Cottage Home seems to be the first institution of its type in Tasmania. According to the Annual Report of 1944, the Department opened the Cottage…
Child evacuees were removed from their homes in Britain during World War Two in order to escape the air raids. As well as sending children to safer rural locations in Britain, around 3000 children were sent to Commonwealth countries. These evacuations were administered by the Children’s Overseas Reception Board. 577 British children came to Australia…
The New Town Rest Home, run by the government, replaced the New Town Infirmary in August 1934. It provided accommodation to children and adults placed there for many different reasons. In 1936, New Town Rest Home became St John’s Park. The government changed the name of the New Town Infirmary to the New Town Rest…
St John’s Park, run by the government, replaced the New Town Rest Home in 1936. St John’s Park was in New Town. It provided accommodation to children and adults placed there for many different reasons. It closed in 1994. St John’s Park continued to provide temporary accommodation for wards of state. Wingfield House, which was…
Naramarrindi Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in Devonport in about 1983. It provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Naramarrindi closed around 2005. A married woman managed Naramarrindi Family Group Home with the assistance of her…
Monomeeth Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in Launceston in about 1981. It provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Monomeeth closed around 2011. The government purchased Monomeeth Family Group Home in 1979. A married woman managed…
Miranda Family Group Home, run by the government, opened in Burnie in about 1980. It provided temporary accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department and its successors. Miranda closed around 2005. A married woman managed Miranda Family Group Home with the assistance of her…
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