Hopeleigh Maternity Home Gallery
St Michael’s Orphanage Gallery
Credit to Robert, NSW, who is featured in the red hand-painted shirt, with Colin on the right. Credit to Robert, NSW, who is featured on the right
Salvation Army Maternity Home, Breakfast Creek
Salvation Army Maternity Home 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 was a maternity home.Read More
Taroona Child Care Centre, Tardun
Tardun, via Mullewa WA Australia Provider: Christian Brothers Year Opened: 1928 Year Closed: 1967 CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery There are currently no images of historical items available for CLAN members to view for this Home. If you have any historical items and would like to donate them, please contactRead More
Harrison House, Hawthorn
50 Power Street Hawthorn Melbourne 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 boysRead More
Regent House Hostel for Girls, Elsternwick
46 Regent Street Elsternwick Melbourne 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 closedRead More
Centacare Family Services, Hobart
Location: Hobart Provider: An agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart Year Opened: 1959 Year Closed: 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 ChurchRead More
Industrial School for Girls, Chelmer
35 Victoria Street Chelmer Brisbane 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.Read More
Lady Musgrave Sanatorium for Sick Children, Shorncliffe
8 Allpass Parade Shorncliffe Brisbane 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 patronessRead 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. It opened in 1983 and closed in 1991. CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery ThereRead More
Maryville Mothers’ Hospital, Merewether
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. MaryvilleRead More
The Lighthouse Mothers Hostel, Newcastle
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 andRead More
