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Gender and age: Initially boys only, Mixed 1955-19821963: 1-161964: 1-15c. 1969: 5-161974, 76, 77, 78,79: boys 1-14 year, girls until completion of secondary education1979: boys 2-13 year, girls until completion of secondary educationCapacity: 1963: 55 (20 children from 1 to 5)1964: 62c. 1965: 451974, 76: 481977, 78, 79: 461979, 82: 33Controlling Organisations: Nga Whaea Atawhai o Aotearoa Sisters of Mercy New Zealand (Catholic) provided staff and administration. The Catholic Diocese of Dunedin managed the institution. Third-party provider to State, faith-basedRegistered 7/3/1929Note on operational period: The Hocken Library resource has the opening date of this Home as 1920. Information provided by the Catholic Church has the opening date as 1921. From the Hocken reference guide: "St Joseph’s Boys’ Home in Doon Street, Waverley was opened by the Sisters of Mercy in 1920 in the former home of politician Scobie Mackenzie. In 1937, with demand for its services growing, a new building was erected. The boys attended St Joseph’s School, with some going on to further education at Christian Brothers High School. When the Christian Brothers commenced St Edmund’s School in South Dunedin in 1949, the St Joseph’s Home boys started to attend primary school there.In 1955 St Vincent’s closed and the girls there moved to St Joseph’s. It continued as a mixed home until its closure in 1982. From 1983 until 1988 the buildings were used to provide emergency accommodation for women and children."
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