Woodlands Boys’ Home

Location

Wallsend
NSW Australia

Provider

Date Opened

Date Closed

Woodlands Boys’ Home

Lake Road

Wallsend

NSW

Australia

Provider: UPA (United Protestant Association)

Year Opened: 1944

Year Closed: 1981

This is a digital copy of an image from Newcastle Morning Herald, held in the Hunter Photo Bank.

Woodlands was originally opened for boys and girls in December 1944. In 1945, the girls moved to Ellimatta Home in East Maitland.

For further information about this Home, please refer to: Connecting Kin.

UPA Children’s Home to be Opened Next Month – 1944

Click here to view an article from The Newcastle Herald published on the 27th August 2014 about More child sex charges likely against Donald Victor Greenaway.

Click here to view an article from the Sydney Morning Herald about an article published on 23rd September 2013 about a paedophile ring that targeted young boys in the Woodland Boys Home.

Click here to view an article from The Newcastle Herald (11/12/13) about the charges laid against former employee of this children’s home, Donald Greenaway.

Related Australian Orphanage Museum items:

Two identical fund raising badges from Woodlands Boys’ Home 10c each, with coloured birds on front, in good condition

To view more museum items related to Woodlands Boys’ Home, click here

To view the items in person, visit the Australian Orphanage Museum

CLAN Museum Gallery

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