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
