Agency:
Weeroona Girls' Training Centre
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1959
End Date:
30 Nov 1979
Description:
Weeroona Girls' Training Centre opened in Latrobe in 1959. It was a government institution for girls who were either wards of state or on remand. Weeroona closed in 1979. It was also known as the "Weeroona Girls' Home";;;;Weeroona opened in a large house in Forth Street, Latrobe which is in north-west Tasmania. It was an 'open institution' with a secure unit for girls that the Social Welfare Department found difficult to manage. The Director of the Department described it as 'the female counterpart of Ashley Boys' Home'.;;;;The Social Welfare Department closed Weeroona in 1979 to enable Lucinda Resource Centre to be established. It offered programs to families and children that were designed to prevent the children from becoming wards of the state. This reflected a growing commitment by the Department to keep children out of institutions as far as possible. After Weeroona closed, the girls were transferred to Wybra Hall.;;;;Please note no records have yet been transferred to TAHO from this agency.
Information Sources:
Find and Connect website; ;;JPPP, 1981, vol 205 part 1, no 5
Legislation Administered:
Infants Welfare Act 1935
Legislation Creating:
Infants Welfare Act 1935
Related Agencies:
Ashley Home for Boys (TA1706) | 01 Feb 1922 | 31 Dec 1999 |
Wybra Hall (TA2155) | 01 Jan 1956 | 31 Dec 1988 |