Christian Brethren Family Care came into being in 1968. From 1969, it ran Bethany family group home in Box Hill North. In the late 1970s, Christian Brethren Family Care closed the family group home and concentrated on its Temporary Emergency Care program. In 2010, the organisation Christian Brethren Family Care Inc. operates as Temcare, providing…
The Churinga Special Residential School, located in Greensborough, was established by the St John of God Brothers in 1967. It housed 60 Catholic and Protestant boys (aged 7 to 16) and, in later years, some girls. It was an institution for children deemed to have an intellectual or developmental disability. From 1987, Churinga was registered…
The Beth-el Children’s Home was established in Caulfield, in 1963 and later also occupied sites in Balwyn and Canterbury. The Home was operated by a nursing sister. From 1978 the Home did not house any wards of state. It continued to receive private placements until at least 1983. The Beth-el Children’s Home was established in…
The Tweddle Hospital for Babies and School of Mothercraft, in Footscray, opened in 1920. In the 1960s, Tweddle was classified as an approved children’s home. Tweddle provided temporary care for babies and toddlers awaiting foster care or adoption, including some wards of state. It also provided short term care for babies whose mother was ill…
The Victorian School for Deaf Children was the new name given in 1949 to the former Victorian Deaf and Dumb Institution. By the 1970s the School had 180 pupils of which 40 were in residence. As the School closed on weekends, any children not able to go to their family homes were placed at family…
The Heather Anderson Home was established by Miss Heather Anderson of Moonee Ponds in around 1967. It functioned somewhere between a private foster home and a children’s home and accommodated four children (two sibling groups). In 1973 these children were transferred to other placements and the Home ceased to function. In 1967 Miss Heather Anderson…
Overton Residential Nursery was established in Bendigo in 1962. It provided accommodation for infants and children under five years. Overton closed in January 1974. Overton Residential Nursery was established in 1962 by the Bendigo Creche Committee in a large single storey house close to the centre of Bendigo. Extensive alternations to the property provided accommodation…
The Forest Hill Residential Kindergarten opened in 1960. It provided short-term residential care for up to 20 children, and day care for smaller groups of children, aged 2 – 6 years during times of family stress or breakdown. From 1927, there was a “holiday home” on the site, where children from inner city kindergartens came…
Glenelg Foster Care was established in 1983 by Lutheran Children’s Homes. The Lutheran Church had decided to move its child care services from cottage homes in eastern Melbourne, to foster care services in the Glenelg region in south western Victoria. Glenelg Foster Care’s headquarters were in Warrnambool. In 1991, Glenelg Foster Care amalgamated with other…
Community Connections came into being in 1998. Previously, it was known as the South Western Community Care Association Inc, which was founded in 1991. It had offices in Warrnambool, Geelong, Hamilton, Colac, Camperdown and Portland. This organisation ceased operations in 2012.
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