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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

a branch institution of Swan Homes (Western Australia).
referred to in submissions as a receiving institution.
institutions approved to receive child migrants, but the inquiry received no evidence that child migrants were sent to these establishments.
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.