Royal Park Depot
Royal Park Depot
900 Park Street
Parkville
VIC
Australia
Provider: Victorian Government
Year Opened: 1880
Year Closed: 1952
The different sections of the Royal Park Depot were:
- Billabong
- Poplar House
The Royal Park Depot in Parkville was the sole reception centre for children committed to State care from 1880 to 1961.
The buildings were renamed Turana in 1952.
From around 1960, the government established new reception centres, to alleviate overcrowding at Turana.
By the 1990’s the state was contracting out ‘reception care’to non-government agencies.
Turana operated as a youth training centre from around 1985. The Melbourne Youth Justice Centre opened on the site in 1993, and the Parkville Youth Residential Centre opened on the site in 1991.
CLAN has members who went to this Home.
Articles which relate to this home include:
Mother Stole Children – hitch hiked to Sydney – The Argus, 8th June 1956
CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery
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CLAN Museum Gallery
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CLAN library books where this Home is mentioned include:
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