Lake Tyers Mission Station was established in 1861 by the Church of England missionary, John Bulmer. It was situated on Lake Tyers in Gippsland and accommodated local Aboriginal people and others who were moved there from reserves such as Coranderrk, Ebenezer and Ramahyuck when they closed. In 1971 the Victorian Government returned the land to…
Ramahyuck Aboriginal Mission was established by the Presbyterian Mission Committee, on the banks of the Avon River, near Lake Wellington in Gippsland in 1863. The Moravian missionary, Friedrich August Hagenauer oversaw the settlement. It accommodated people from the Gunai nation of Gippsland. It closed in 1908. The word Ramahyuck is composed of the biblical word…
Please contact the Manager, the Salvation Army Australia Museum: Street Address: 69 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Phone: (03) 9653 3270 Email: lindsay.cox@aus.salvationarmy.org Website:http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/en/Who-We-Are/History-and-heritage/
The Ebenezer Mission was established in 1859 on the banks of the Wimmera River, the land of the Wotjobaluk people, approximately 70 kilometres north-west of Horsham. Two Moravian missionaries, F W Spieseke and Friedrich Hagenauer took on its management. The Mission was gazetted in 1861 as the Lake Hindmarsh Aboriginal Reserve. It closed in 1904….
The Ivanhoe Girls’ Hostel, run by the Victorian government, was established around 1965. It provided accommodation for female wards of state from Winlaton According to the Social Welfare Department’s annual report for 1973, at Ivanhoe Girls’ Hostel: Girls are encouraged to become increasingly self-reliant in all aspects of living, and are assisted to find private…
The Salvation Army Australia Museum, also known as the Heritage Centre, holds historical records, memorabilia and photographs related to the Homes run by the Salvation Army in Australia. They also hold a digitised and searchable complete set of the Salvation Army magazine, War Cry. They do not hold any personal records of former residents. They…
Houghton Lodge Hostel was established in Bendigo in 1973 to provide accommodation for young people who had been in institutions to assist them in their transition from school to employment. It was run by a local Board of Management.
Cortona Hostel was established in 1973 in South Melbourne by the Catholic Family Welfare Bureau in association with the Society of St Vincent de Paul at North Melbourne. It accommodated girls with particular needs and aimed to work with them to find solutions to their problems. Cortona Hostel accommodated six girls at a time and…
Kangerong Hostel was established in 1975 by the Presbyterian Social Services to provide short-term accommodation for children who had lived in children’s homes. It’s location and date of closure are not yet known. If you have any more information about this home please contact the Find & Connect team.
The Warrnambool Home for Boys was established in Warrnambool in 1972 by Father Tom Brophy to provide accommodation for boys in that area who were unable to live at home. It was renamed the Brophy Memorial Boys’ Home in 1976. Father Tom Brophy established the Warrnambool Home for Boys in 1972 in a property in…