St Michael’s Family Centre is a not-for-profit agency, focusing on the needs of women, children and families in the North Western, Western and Canterbury/Campsie areas of Sydney.
We aim to assist homeless and at risk women and children. We also provide high quality early childhood education and care for children.
We acknowledge the ‘Traditional Owners’ on which St Michael’s Family Centre stands. We acknowledge and stand in solidarity with those ‘Forgotten Australians’ who suffered abuse and neglect, whilst in care in NSW.
Our services
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We are a multi-faceted agency that provides the current services:
Our History
St Michael’s Family Centre has a long and creditable history, having begun in 1902 as an orphanage for young boys by the Sisters of Mercy Parramatta. The land on which the orphanage was built was part of the Donnelly Estate, and had been bequeathed for the purpose of founding an orphanage. The bequest consisted of a farm of 16 acres and a small brick cottage.
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