Binnowee Receiving Home
Location
West Tamar Road Launceston
TAS Australia
Provider
Tasmanian Government
Date Opened
1973
Date Closed
1980
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.