Fernhurst

Run by

• St John's Homes for Boys and Girls Board of Management (1926 - 1997)
  St John's Homes for Boys and Girls opened Fernhurst in 1968. It was a hostel that provided residential care for young people on Children's Court probation.

Related Organisations

• Church of England Boys' Society (1914 - current)
  The Church of England Boys' Society ran Fernhurst in association with the St John's Home for Boys and Girls

This page was written by Cate O'Neill, last updated 13 February 2023. Sources used to create this entry:

• Boyce, James, For the record : background information on the work of the Anglican Church with Aboriginal children and directory of Anglican agencies providing residential care to children from 1830 to 1980, 2003 View Publication Details
• James Jenkinson Consulting, Guide to out-of-home care services 1940-2000 - Volume One: Agency Descriptions, November 2001 View Publication Details

• Freier, Rev. Philip, Statement of the Most Reverend Philip Freier. Schedule A: The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, 2016. View Publication Details
• James Jenkinson Consulting, Guide to Out-of-Home Care Services 1940-2000 - Volume Two: Data Base, November 2001. View Publication Details
• Reseigh, Rosalind, St John's Home for Boys and Girls 1921-1971: fifty years of child care, 1971 - 1974. View Publication Details
• St John's Home for Boys (and girls) (1926-96), Finding Records, No date. View Publication Details

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Records

• Anglicare Victoria Records (1886 - current)