Swan House

Swan House provided temporary short stays for up to three months for up to eight pre-school and school-age children from families facing serious problems. In 1971, the VSPCC received a gift of land and moved Swan House to 88 Patten Street, Sale in a new purpose-built facility for up to 16 children.

Clarendon Children’s Home Inc.

Cottages, then early intervention

Tasmania

Provider: Clarendon Children’s Home Inc.

Year opened: 1980

Year closed: 2004

Other names:

Clarendon Children’s Home

In 1980 a family care program began with the building of two houses to accommodate families with the aim of preventing family breakdown. A further house and a flat were added. The flat provided an opportunity for young people leaving the cottages to live independently. This proved to be successful, but the program ceased at the end of 1999 through lack of on-going funding.

From the beginning of 2004, there was an alarming rise in the number of children entering care in Tasmania. The Board struggled with funding and in the end decided to close the direct care programs and put all assets into a Perpetual Fund that would provide grants to organisations working with children and families. Distribution is made on application to the Anglican parishes in Tasmania.

Binnowee Receiving Home

West Tamar Road,

Launceston,

TAS

Provider: Tasmanian Government

Year opened: 1973

Year closed: 1980

Other names:

Binnowee Family Group Home, 1981 – 2001

Binnowee Receiving Home, run by the government, opened in Launceston in May 1973. It provided accommodation to children who were wards of state or supervised in other ways by the Social Welfare Department. In the early 1980’s, the Home became Binnowee Family Group Home. The name was changed to emphasise its domestic environment and the fact that some children stayed in the Home longer if they got on well with the Receiving Home Keeper.

Abermere Family Group Home

Abermere Avenue, Mount Stuart,

Tasmania

Provider: Tasmanian Government

Year opened: 1981

Year Closed: 2000

Other names:

Abermere Hostel, 1965 -1975

Abermere Receiving Home, 1975 – 1980

Abermere Family Group Home, run by the government, replaced Abermere Receiving Home in about 1980. It was in Mount Stuart. The Social Welfare Department and its successors, Abermere closed around 2000.

The Home provided accommodation for new wards of the state or children on remand from the courts until the Department found a more permanent placement for them. It also took in children requiring temporary accommodation or in transit between homes. Some children stayed in the home longer if they got on well with the foster parent.

Abermere Hostel

Abermere Avenue, Mount Stuart, Tasmania

Provider: Tasmanian Government

Year opened: 1965

Year closed: 1975

Other names

Abermere Receiving Home, 1975 – 1980

Abermere Family Group Home, 1981 – 2000

Abermere Hostel, run by the government, opened in Mount Stuart in May 1965. It seems to have begun as a hostel for up to six older boys who had started work but were still wads of state. Later, it apparently became a receiving and then a family group home.

Abermere Hostel was run by a married couple, and the boys paid them board.

 

Cootamundra Girls’ Training Home

39 Rinkin Street

Cootamundra

NSW

Provider:

Year Opened: 1911

Year Closed: 1969

Bimbadeen Girls’ Home

Year Opened: 1969

Year Closed: 1974

Other Names

Cootamundra Domestic Training Home for Girls
Cootamundra Training Home
Cootamundra Girls’ Home
Cootamundra Home for Orphan and Neglected Children

For further information see:

Cootamundra Training Home (1911–1969),

Cootamundra, Bringing them Home

CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery

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Home of the Good shepherd, Leederville

1902-1904

201-203 Adelaide Terrace, Perth WA

1909-1979

Fronting Ruislip Street,

Leederville, WA

Provider: Sisters of the Good Shepherd

for unfortunate women and girls

Year opened: 1902

Year closed: 1979

Other names:

Home of the Good Shepherd Industrial School

Convent of the Good Shepherd, Leederville

Home of the Good Shepherd for Destitute Women and Girls

 

Brookside Reformatory for Protestant Girls

also known as Brookside Reformatory

Cape Clear, near Scarsdale

VIC

 

More to come.

 

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