Course and activities listings for Watsonia Neighbourhood House, 204 and 2005.2004 pamphlet 4 p., pink paper; 2005 booklet 8 p.. cream paper, printed in black, folded oncewatsonia neighbourhood house

Description of activities provided to the community by the Watsonia Neighbourhood House in 20021 p. Black print on green paperwatsonia neighbourhood house

Term 1 2015 adult education programs offered by Watsonia Neighbourhood House.Black text on blue paper, printed both sides. A4 folded twice.watsonia neighbourhood house, lambourn road watsonia

Photographs from Watsonia Neighbourhood House 2005 taken by Rosie Bray. Shows Cheryl Purcell - coordinator of Watsonia Neighbourhood House Feb 2005Colour photograph, caption on back.Caption: "Cheryl Purcell - co-ordinator of Watsonia Neighbourhood House Feb 2005"watsonia neighbourhood house, cheryl purcell

Photographs from Watsonia Neighbourhood House 2005 taken by Rosie Bray. Photo 1: Not only craft but good friends also at creative craft group Watsonia Neighbourhood House; photo 2: Group at creative craft group Watsonia Neighbourhood House; photo 3Joan showing her hand made dolls Watsonia Neighbourhood House creative craft group.3 colour photographs Captions on back of each photo.watsonia neighbourhood house, creative craft group, crafts

Photographs from Watsonia Neighbourhood House 2005 taken by Rosie Bray. Photo 1: Teacher Harry Plant and original member 'Nan' in computer group Watsonia Neighbourhood House; photo 2: Watsonia Neighbourhood House computer group. Teacher Harry Plant in foreground.2 colour photographs Captions on back of each photo.watsonia neighbourhood house, computer group, computer studies, harry plant

Photographs from Watsonia Neighbourhood House 2005 taken by Rosie Bray. Photo 1: Ellen Michel and assistant, working on the mosaic wall at Watsonia Neighbourhood House; photo 2: Mosaic wall and neighbourhood house coordinator Cheryl Purcell 2 colour photographs, captions on back.Caption: Photo 1 "Ellen Michel and worker - working on the mosaic wall at Watsonia N/House Feb 05"; photo 2 "Mosaic wall - Cheryl Purcell - Watsonia N/H Feb05"watsonia neighbourhood house, cheryl purcell, ellen michel

Watsonia Neighbourhood House, 47 Lambourn Road Watsonia. Provides adult education classes and workshops, as well as social and mutual-support activities. This photogrsph was taken at the Sustainable Watsonia Open Day 2019.Digital copy of colour photographwatsonia neighbourhood house, lambourn road watsonia, neighbourhood houses

5 articles on the Watsonia Neighbourhood House from Watsonia's Whisper, the newspaper of the Watsonia Traders Association. Articles written by Rosie Bray. The neighbourhood house organises many activities from craft and art to yoga and other wellbeing subjects.5 Clippings from Watsonia's Whisper, black text on green or cream background, colour illus.watsonia neighbourhood house, lambourne road watsonia

Domestic violence will be the topic of conversation at Watsonia Neighbourhood house next monthNews article 1 page, black text, colour image.domestic violence, watsonia neighbourhood house

The Watsonia Computer Group offers tuition, internet access and discussion at weekly 2 hour sessions, located at Watsonia Neighbourhood House1 p. black and white printcomputers, watsonia computer group, watsonia neighbourhood house, computer classes

Watsonia Community Hall and Neighbourhood House from side, Lambourn Road Watsonia, 2016.Digital copy of colour photograph.watsonia, watsonia community hall, watsonia neighbourhood house

Opening of Watsonia Neighbourhood House Photo of Co-ordinator Angela Myers and Chairman, Reg DaviesNewsprint1991, angela myers, diana and peter bassett-smith collection, eltham festival, opening, reg davies, watson neighbourhood house

Watsonia Community Hall and Neighbourhood House, Lambourn Road Watsonia, 2016.Digital copy of colour photograph.watsonia, watsonia community hall

Sign at Watsonia Community Hall and Neighbourhood House, Lambourn Road Watsonia, 2016.Digital copy of colour photograph.watsonia, watsonia community hall

Rear of Watsonia Community Hall and Neighbourhood House, Lambourn Road Watsonia, 2016.Digital copy of colour photograph.watsonia, watsonia community hall

Front of Watsonia Community Hall and Neighbourhood House, Lambourn Road Watsonia, 2016.Digital copy of colour photograph.watsonia, watsonia community hall

Watsonia Community Hall and Neighbourhood House from side, Lambourn Road Watsonia, 2016.Digital copy of colour photograph.watsonia, watsonia community hall

In 1877 the Victorian Infant Asylum was founded in Kew. In 1881, the asylum relocated to Berry Street in East Melbourne. By 1908, it was called the Foundling Hospital and Infants Home. It was non-denominational and controlled by a committee of management. By 1956, Berry Street consisted of a Mothercraft Training Centre and two main residential units: Berry Street for infants aged zero to 18 months, and Vale Street for toddlers aged zero to two years old. In August 1956, Berry Street was declared an approved category 2 Children's Home. In 1960, Vale Street was converted to an adult nursing home. In 1964, the name was changed to Berry Street Babies Home and Hospital. Berry Street was also an approved adoption agency. By 1968, Berry Street comprised the Training School for Mothercraft Nurses, the adoption agency, an infant life-protection house, a long-stay home for children to three years of age (the toddlers’ wing) and a small house for unmarried mothers. The home's infant life-protection work was seen as a critical agency function, particularly where family illness was putting pressure on mothers and Berry Street was able to provide respite and support. By the late 1960s, 30–40 adoptions annually were being arranged from Berry Street. By 1974 the home's orientation had shifted. Four family group homes had been established (two in Burwood, one in Ashburton and one in St Kilda), the mothercraft training function had been phased out, the toddlers wing converted to day care, and the main building (containing the nursery, administration, kitchen, dining room and single mothers accommodation) was demolished in favour of four home units, which housed 24 children, supervised by cottage parents. Berry Street provided short term, emergency and residential care for 'protection of infant' cases and state wards. Two flats were also established for short-term family accommodation. The nurses’ home was converted to house the home’s administration function and a social work service. The social work service coordinated family aid and family counselling services, and a neighbourhood house. In 1975 Berry Street also provided short-term care for 42 Vietnamese children brought to Australia in the official government-sponsored airlift. In 1976 Berry Street made application to change its category 2 Children's Home classification to category 1, as it was now catering for a wider range of children. It had ceased to be a babies’ home and hospital, and had started providing child and family care, including residential care. In 1977 Berry Street to established a family group home in Richmond to house children affected by the closure of St Cuthbert's Children's Home in Colac. Berry Street changed its name to Berry Street Child and Family Care in 1977. In 1978, the range of services provided by Berry Street Child and Family Care consisted of a social work counselling service, a financial aide, a family aide program using volunteers, two temporary accommodation units each housing eight children, an information and referral service, a neighbourhood house in Richmond, a day care centre for 36 children, and four family group homes. In 1980–81 the family group homes in Burwood were sold and the resources moved to the Richmond area. In 1994, Sutherland Youth and Family Services Inc. amalgamated into Berry Street Inc. During the 1990s, Berry Street combined with the Sutherland Community Resource Centre in Watsonia in Melbourne’s northern region. The agency operates today as Berry Street Victoria and has service centres across metropolitan and country Victoria. https://www.findingrecords.dhhs.vic.gov.au/CollectionResultsPage/BerryStreet