Goodwood Orphanage
Location
181 Goodwood Road, cnr Mitchell Street Goodwood
SA Australia
Provider
Sisters of Mercy
Date Opened
1868
Date Closed
1975
Goodwood Orphanage, also known as St Vincent de Paul Orphanage, was opened by the Catholic Church in 1866. Between 1949 and 1957, 54 migrant girls were brought to the Orphanage from England and Malta.
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Related News Articles
Care of Sick and Needy, 29 March 1927 (News)
Orphanage’s Seven Little Sisters, 26 July 1932 (News)
Goodwood Orphanage, 04 January 1935 (Southern Cross)
History of Goodwood Orphanage, 11 November 1939 (The Advertiser, South Australia)
Two Hundred Homes Wanted – Can YOU take a child for Christmas?, 14 November 1952 (Southern Cross)
More orphanage victims fight for compensation, 20 September 2008 (ABC) *WARNING* this article contains references to child sexual abuse
Sunshine reflects on dark days, 11 June 2011 (The Advertiser, South Australia)
Nominal roll – RMS ‘Ormonde, Arrived Adelaide 19 January 1949
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Related Australian Orphanage Museum items:
Two fundraising badges from the Goodwood Orphanage in South Australia
– Cream badge, brown writing, guardian angel with child c. 1923; and
– Blue, white writing, Mary with two children c. 1925
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CLAN library books where this Home is mentioned
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