Orphanages, children's homes and other residences open in the 1850s
1850s
- St James' Orphan Asylum and Visiting Society (c. 1845 - 1853)
- Melbourne Orphan Asylum (1853 - 1926)
- Immigrants' Aid Society (1853 - c. 1902)
- Geelong Orphan Asylum (c. 1854 - 1862)
- Carlton Refuge (c. 1854 - 1949)
- St Vincent de Paul Orphanage (1855 - 1967)
- St Augustine's Boys' Orphanage (c. 1855 - 1939)