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St. John's Orphanage (also known as the Goulburn Boys Orphanage) was an orphanage located in Goulburn, a town located in New South Wales, Australia. It housed only males, with a capacity of approximately 100 children from the ages of 5 to 16. The orphanage was known as a foundling orphanage, which means orphans who were placed in the orphanage had at least one parent alive. The Goulburn Boys Orphanage was opened in 1912 and closed in 1975 after decades of operation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.clan.org.au/homes_details.php?homesID=176 )〕 St. John's Orphanage was one of the two orphanages in Goulburn. The St. John's Home was the original establishment until it moved to Mundy Street. In the 1970s the orphanage started to take in girls, rather than being a boys only orphanage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nsw/biogs/NE00168b.htm#tab5 )〕 The other orphanage was the St. Joseph's Girls Orphanage which opened in 1906 which replaced a previous orphanage, with its foundation stone being laid much earlier than the St. John's Orphanage (27 August 1905). EC Manfred, a prominent architect for many buildings in Goulburn, designed the orphanage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.clan.org.au/homes_details.php?homesID=183 )〕 Notable politicians such as Jim Fraser, a member of Australian Parliament visited the orphanage to entertain the children who stayed in the orphanage.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32539256?selectedversion=NBD42270090 )〕 During its years of operation, young or older children were always subject to beatings, labour, abuse, and neglect. limited clothing that were only washed once a week, and limited resources and facilities such as small amounts of toilets.〔〔 Orphanages including St. John's by the 1970s period all began to shut down as children were now mainly under foster care.〔Swain, Sherlee. "History of Adoption and Fostering in Australia by Sherlee Swain." History of Adoption and Fostering in Australia. Oxford University, 28 Jan. 2013. Web. 5 Oct. 2013.〕 It was proposed in 2007 to erect a memorial in Victoria Park for all children who lived all or part of their lives in a Goulburn orphanage or church institution. ==History== The Orphanage was opened in 1905 by the Sisters of Mercy and the Catholic Church, with the foundation stone laid and blessed on 17 March by Bishop Gallagher of Goulburn. It was one of the first orphanages to be built in Goulburn. From 1905 until 1912 St. Johns housed both males and females. In 1912 St. Joseph's House of Prayer was opened which became Goulburn's girls orphanage. St. John's orphanage had many extensions after it was established. A west wing and a chapel was added in 1919, then a new east wing and a rear room during the 1920s. A hall was then constructed and completed in 1932, and an extension to the south wing in 1938. The total size of the property by then was to be around 2.4 hectares (5.9 acres).〔 In 1930, sister Mary Alphonsus Liguori took charge of the St. John's Orphanage. In the Second World War, the capacity of the orphanage rose to 200 boys, far above the suitable capacity of the building. Sister Liguori organised reunions to promote a sense of solidarity. In 1945 she was transferred to the St. Joseph's Orphanage for Girls, but returned to St. John's Orphanage for three years in 1952. These reunions continued on even after her death on 3 February 1968, until the orphanage closed down several years later.〔 After 71 years in operation, the building closed in 1976. It is a reportedly haunted location. The orphanage site is listed as a heritage conservation area under Goulburn Mulwaree Council's Local Environment Plan. It was used from the late 1970s to the late 1990s as Youth With A Mission Base Goulburn, where people young and old came from all over the world to do discipleship training courses and to serve on staff in this Christian Interdenominational Organisation. A notable nun who taught at the St. John's Orphanage, Sister Madeleine Lawrence died on 16 June 2013 at the age of 110. She was buried in the town of Young, New South Wales. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. John's Orphanage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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