Salvation Army Maternity Home Breakfast Creek

Salvation Army Maternity Home Breakfast Creek Breakfast Creek – Brisbane QLD Australia Provider: Salvation Army Year Opened: 1897 Year Closed: 1924 The Salvation Army Maternity Home Breakfast Creek, opened in 1897. Run by the Salvation Army, the Home provided accommodation and care for homeless girls and unmarried mothers and wasRead More

Taroona Child Care Centre

Taroona Child Care Centre  

Harrison House

50 Power Street, Hawthorn VIC Australia Provider: Presbyterian Church Year Opened: 1960 Year Closed: 1985   Harrison House in Hawthorn was established in 1960. Run by the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, it provided hostel-style residential accommodation for wards of state, boys on probation from the courts or institutions, and boys comingRead More

Regent House Hostel for Girls

46 Regent Street, Elsterwick VIC Australia Provider: Presbyterian Church Year Opened: 1966 Year Closed: 1977   The Regent House Hostel for Girls was run by the Presbyterian Church, as a ‘sister’ project to the Arthur Harrison Boys’ Home in Hawthorn. The hostel was located in Regent Street, Elsternwick. It closed inRead More

Boy’s Town (St John Bosco)

In May 1945 Archbishop Tweedy opened Boy’s Town at Glenorchy. Some priests of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart rant the home of 27 orphans and needy boys aged between 5 and 16 years. For the first year of its operation. In late 1946, the salesian of Don Bosco FathersRead More

Centacare Family Services (Hobart)

Location: Hobart Run By: An agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart 1959-1999 Centacare is the official welfare agency of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Hobart covering all of Tasmania. The Agency exists as an expression of the social mission of the Catholic Church throughout the Archdiocese. ItRead More

Industrial School for Girls – Chelmer

35 Victoria Street Chelmer QLD Australia Provider:Salvation Army Year Opened:1923 Year Closed:1941 The Industrial School for Girls, Chelmer, was operated by the Salvation Army. It was opened in 1923 and was licensed under the State Children Act 1911. No State girls were placed there after 1941.   CLAN Homes –Read More

Lady Musgrave Sanitorium for Sick Children

8 Allpass Parade, Shorncliffe QLD Australia Provider:Convalescent Home Year Opened:1888 Year Closed:1931 The Lady Musgrave Sanitorium for Sick Children, in Shorncliffe, was built in 1884 as a convalescent home for children. The Sanitorium did not formally open until 1888. Lady Lucinda Musgrave was the first patroness of the Hospital forRead More

Salvation Army Youth Refuge, Warilla

Bucknell Street Warilla NSW Australia Provider:Salvation Army (Temporary Care) Year Opened:1983 Year Closed:1991   The Salvation Army Youth Refuge, Warilla was a Salvation Army refuge for young people located at Bucknell Street in Warilla. It opened in 1983 and closed in 1991.   CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery There areRead More

Maryville Mothers’ Hospital

22 Curry Street, Merewether NSW Australia Provider: Salvation Army Year Opened:1924 Year Closed:1933   Maryville Mothers’ Hospital, in Curry Street Merewether, was a maternity hospital run by the Salvation Army. As well as providing services to local women, this was a hospital from which adoptions were arranged. Maryville Mothers’ HospitalRead More

The Lighthouse Mothers Hostel

Albert Street, Islington Newcastle NSW Australia Provider: Salvation Army Year Opened:1897 Year Closed:1924   Newcastle Maternity and Rescue Home was opened in Albert Street, Islington (in Newcastle) in July 1897 and was also known as ‘The Lighthouse’. It provided accommodation for homeless girls and women, including unmarried mothers, and marriedRead More

Rescued Sisters’ Home – Salvation Army, NSW

Street: Williams Street, North Broken Hill and formerly Chapple Street, North Broken Hill. Broken Hill NSW Australia Provider: Salvation Army Year Opened:1898 Year Closed:1917 The Rescued Sisters’ Home was opened at North Broken Hill by the Salvation Army in 1898. It was a rescue and maternity home for women andRead More