Abermere Hostel
Location
Abermere Avenue Mount Stuart
Tasmania Australia
Provider
Tasmanian Government
Date Opened
1965
Date Closed
1975
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.