Organisation Blamey House (1947 - c. 1977)
- From
- 1947
- To
- c. 1977
- Functions
- Care Provider and Children's Home
- Categories
Summary
Blamey House was a children's home operated by Melbourne Legacy in a number of locations. It accommodated boys and girls aged between 4 and 12.
Details
In 1947, the Blamey House Trustees bought a property in Beaumaris to be a toddlers' home, which was renamed Blamey House.
Jenkinson states that Blamey House was for children aged five to nine years (in contradiction with Legacy's description of Blamey House as a toddlers' home in its submission to the Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care). In the early 1950s, the Children's Welfare Department described Blamey House as catering for boys and girls aged 4 to 12.
Jenkinson also writes that by the mid 1970s, Blamey House was for boys aged fourteen and over.
In August 1956, Blamey House was declared as an approved children's home under the Children's Welfare Act 1954.
The Beaumaris property was was sold in 1956 and the name and its residents were transferred to the property, Holmbush, in Kew. Blamey House in Kew began to receive older children from 1960.
According to Jenkinson, Blamey House had closed by 1977. Around this time, the hostel previously known as Harelands was renamed Blamey House.
Events
- 1947 - 1956
- Blamey House Toddlers' Home was situated at 124 Balcombe Road, Beaumaris. Location: Beaumaris
- 1956
- Blamey House Toddlers' Home relocates to Kew, to the building previously known as Holmbush. Location: Kew
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Published Resources
Reports
- James Jenkinson Consulting, Guide to out-of-home care services, 1940-2000, This Guide was originally developed in 2001, and its content revised as a result of DHS's 'Update Project' in 2007-2009, Department of Human Services, Unpublished. Details
Online Resources
- Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997, State Library of Victoria, 2009, http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/. Details
- Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat, Parliament of Australia, Protecting Vulnerable Children: a national challenge: Second report on the inquiry into children in institutional or out-of-home care, Commonwealth of Australia, March 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report2/report.pdf. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997, State Library of Victoria, 2009, http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/; James Jenkinson Consulting, Guide to out-of-home care services, 1940-2000, This Guide was originally developed in 2001, and its content revised as a result of DHS's 'Update Project' in 2007-2009, Department of Human Services, Unpublished; Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat, Parliament of Australia, Protecting Vulnerable Children: a national challenge: Second report on the inquiry into children in institutional or out-of-home care, Commonwealth of Australia, March 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report2/report.pdf.
Prepared by: Cate Elkner
Created: 12 June 2009, Last modified: 19 August 2010