Orphanages, children's homes and other residences open in the 1920s
1920s
- Melbourne Orphan Asylum (1853 - 1926)
- Carlton Refuge (c. 1854 - 1949)
- St Augustine's Boys' Orphanage (c. 1855 - 1939)
- St Vincent de Paul Orphanage (1855 - 1967)
- Ballarat Benevolent Asylum (c. 1859 - )
- Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford (1863 - 1971)
- St Vincent de Paul's Girls' Orphanage (c. 1864 - 1962)
- Government Reformatory for Protestant Girls (1864? - ?)
- Ballarat Female Refuge (1867 - 1921)
- Bethany Babies' Home (1868 - 1977)
- Royal Park Depot (c. 1880 - 1955)
- Home of Hope for Destitute Children (1880 - 1927?)
- The Salvation Army (1882 - )
- The Try Society (c. 1883 - )
- Convent of the Good Shepherd, Oakleigh (1883 - 1981)
- Elizabeth Fry Retreat (1884 - 1986)
- Fallen Sisters Home (1884 - )
- Gordon Institute (1886 - 1951)
- Mission to the Streets and Lanes (1886 - 1997)
- St Vincent de Paul Society (c. 1887 - )
- Kew Children's Cottages (1887 - 2008)
- Nazareth House, Ballarat (1888 - )
- Cottage By The Sea Queenscliff Inc (1890 - )
- Kildonan, North Melbourne (1890 - c. 1937)
- St Joseph's Home for Destitute Children, Sisters of St Joseph (1890 - 1925)
- Methodist Homes for Children (1891 - c. 1953)
- Convent of the Good Shepherd, Albert Park (1892 - 1971)
- House of Mercy (c. 1892 - 1946)
- Wesley Central Mission (1893 - 1977)
- Church of England Homes for Children (1894 - c. 1968)
- Burwood Boys' Home (1895 - )
- The Presbyterian and Scots' Church Children's Aid Society (1895 - ?)
- Victorian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (1896 - 1971)
- Canadian Rescue and Children's Home (1897 - c. 1921)
- Bayswater Boys' Homes (1897 - 1986)
- The Haven (1897 - 1988)
- The Harbour (1898 - 1994)
- Melbourne City Mission Maternity Home (1900 - c. 1955)
- Riddells Creek Girls' Home (1900 - 1940)
- Minton Boys' Home (1901 - 1943)
- St Joseph's Foundling Hospital (1901 - 1975)
- St Joseph's Receiving Home (1902 - 1985)
- Tally Ho Boys' Training Farm (1903 - 1986)
- Convent of the Good Shepherd, Bendigo (1905 - 1977)
- Presbyterian Girls' Home (1906? - c. 1966)
- The Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home (1906 - 1964)
- Talbot Colony for Epileptics (1907 - )
- Sutherland Homes for Children (1908 - 1991)
- Alexandra Babies' Home (c. 1909 - 1974)
- Geelong and Western District Protestant Orphanage (1909 - 1955)
- Ballarat Orphanage (1909 - 1968)
- Presbyterian Sisterhood Home (1909 - c. 1978)
- St Joseph's Home (c. 1911 - )
- William Booth Girls' Home (1912 - 1972)
- St Catherine's Orphanage (1912 - 1960)
- Box Hill Boys' Home (1913 - 1984)
- Our Lady of Sion Orphanage (1913 - 1947)
- Salvation Army Children's Creche (1915 - 1947)
- Catherine Booth Girls' Home (1915 - 1976)
- Beaconsfield Babies' Home (1915 - 1946)
- Allenby Lodge Young Women's Hostel (1919 - 1984)
- Mission of St James and St John (1919 - 1997)
- Victorian Children's Aid Society (1920 - 1991)
- Seaside Garden Home for Boys (1921? - 1934)
- Ballarat Town and City Mission Rescue and Children's Home (c. 1921 - 1941)
- St Martin's Home for Boys (1921 - c. 1926)
- St Anthony's Children's Home (c. 1921 - 1943)
- Andrew Kerr Memorial Home (c. 1921 - c. 1980)
- Girls' Memorial Home (1922 - 1973)
- Melbourne Legacy (1923 - )
- Kilmany Park Farm Home for Boys (1923 - 1978)
- St John's Homes for Boys (c. 1924 - 1958)
- Moira Private Hospital (1924? - 1950?)
- Arms of Jesus Babies' Home (1925 - 1935)
- St Joseph's Home for Boys (1925 - c. 1967)
- Craig Memorial Hostel (c. 1926 - c. 1929)
- Kedesh Maternity Home (1926 - 1991)
- St Nicholas' Boys' Home (1926 - c. 1955)
- St Agnes' Girls' Home (1926 - 1963)
- Melbourne Orphanage (1926 - 1965)
- Ramoth (1926 - 1927)
- The Horseshoe (1926 - 1927)
- Ramoth Toddlers' Home (1927 - c. 1932)
- Ballarat Orphanage Boys' Hostel (1927 - 1961)
- Darling Babies' Home (1927 - 1967)
- Fairhaven (1927 - 1951)
- St Paul's Boys' Home (1928 - 1979)
- Presbyterian Babies' Home (1928 - 1977)