Appendix 3

Appendix 3

List of institutions receiving child migrants

This list of institutions includes those that received child migrants and those institutions approved to receive child migrants, that did not, as far as can be established, receive children under the child migration schemes.

It is compiled from a variety of sources - every effort being made to ensure that it is a comprehensive listing. A number of institutions changed their names over time and many subsequently evolved as institutions providing other child care or related services.

Institution

Location

Receiving Agency

Western Australia

St Vincent’s Orphanage, Castledare

Perth

Christian Brothers (RC)

Clontarf Boys’ Town

Perth

Christian Brothers (RC)

St Mary’s Agricultural School

Tardun

Christian Brothers (RC)

St Joseph’s Farm & Trade School (later known as Bindoon Boys’ Town)

Bindoon

Christian Brothers (RC)

Nazareth House

Geraldton

Poor Sisters of Nazareth (RC)

St Joseph’s Orphanage, Subiaco

Perth

Sisters of Mercy (RC)

St Vincent’s Foundling Home, Subiaco

Perth

Sisters of Mercy (RC)

St Joseph’s Home

Kellerberrin

Sisters of St Joseph (RC)

Fairbridge Farm School

Pinjarra

Fairbridge

Swan Homes

Perth

Church of England

Padbury Boys’ Farm School, Stoneville (a)

Perth

Church of England

‘Seaforth’ Home

Gosnells

Salvation Army

Methodist Girls’ Homes, Mofflyn

Perth

Methodist

New South Wales

Dr Barnardos Farm School

Picton

Barnardos

Dr Barnardos Girls’ Home

Burwood

Barnardos

Dr Barnardos Boys’ & Girls’ Home ‘Greenwood’

Normanhurst

Barnardos

Church of England Boys’ & Girls’ Home

Carlingford

Church of England

Fairbridge Farm School

Molong

Fairbridge

Methodist Home for Children, ‘Dalmar’

Carlingford

Methodist

Burnside Presbyterian Orphan Homes (b)

Parramatta

Presbyterian

Monte Pio Girls’ Orphanage (c)

Maitland

Daughters of Charity (RC)

Murray Dwyer Boys’ Orphanage, Mayfield

Newcastle

Daughters of Charity (RC)

St Brigid’s Orphanage

Ryde

Sisters of Mercy (RC)

St John’s Orphanage, Thurgoona

Albury

Sisters of Mercy (RC)

St Joseph’s Orphanage, Kenmore (c)

Goulburn

Sisters of Mercy (RC)

St Joseph’s Girls’ Orphanage

Lane Cove

Sisters of St Joseph (RC)

St Vincent’s Boys’ Home, Westmead

Parramatta

Marist Brothers

United Protestant Association Home, ‘Melrose’

Parramatta

United Protestant Association

Arncliffe Girls’ Home

Arncliffe

Salvation Army

Bexley Boys’ Home

Bexley

Salvation Army

Canowindra Girls’ Home

Canowindra

Salvation Army

Goulburn Boys’ Home

Goulburn

Salvation Army

Victoria

Burton Hall Training Farm

Tatura

Church of England

St John’s Home

Canterbury

Church of England

Dhurringile Training Farm

Tatura

Presbyterian

Methodist Home

Cheltenham

Methodist

Methodist Home for Children, Wattle Park

Burwood

Methodist

Nazareth House

Camberwell

Poor Sisters of Nazareth (RC)

Northcote Farm School, Glenmore

Bacchus Marsh

Fairbridge

South Australia

Methodist Children’s Home

Magill

Methodist

St Vincent de Paul’s Orphanage, Goodwood

Adelaide

Sisters of Mercy (RC)

Queensland

Riverview Training Farm

Ipswich

Salvation Army

St George’s Children’s Home (d)

Parkhurst

Church of England

St Joseph’s Children’s Home, Neerkol

Rockhampton

Sisters of Mercy (RC)

St Vincent’s Children’s Home (d)

Nudgee

Sisters of Mercy (RC)

Marsden Home for Boys (c)

Kallangur

Congregational

Tasmania

Clarendon Home for Children, Kingston

Hobart

Church of England

Hagley Farm School

Launceston

Fairbridge

St John Bosco Boys’ Town

Hobart

Salesians (RC)

St Joseph’s Orphanage (c)

Hobart

Sisters of Charity (RC)

St Joseph’s Waterton Hall, Rowella (d)

Launceston

(RC)

Tresca House (b)

Exeter

Fairbridge

  1. a branch institution of Swan Homes (Western Australia).
  2. referred to in submissions as a receiving institution.
  3. institutions approved to receive child migrants, but the inquiry received no evidence that child migrants were sent to these establishments.
  4. cited by Mr Gill in Orphans of the Empire, but not other sources, as an institution receiving child migrants.

Source: Gill, A, Orphans of the Empire, Random House, Sydney, 1998, pp.89-90; Ross, J, Child Migration to Australia, HMSO, London, 1956, pp.79-80; Submission No.51 (Catholic Child Welfare Council), Attachment 1, p.9; Submission No.54 (Joint Liaison Group), p.5; and submissions to the inquiry.