Abermere Family Group Home
Location
Abermere Avenue Mount Stuart
Tasmania Australia
Provider
Tasmanian Government
Date Opened
1981
Date Closed
2000
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.