Allambie Reception Centre

The Allambie Reception Centre in Burwood, Melbourne was a former Victorian government-run reception centre for children, operating between 1961 to 1990. Allambie was established by the Victorian Government as a result of overcrowding at Turana and it became the main reception, treatment, classification and transit centre for children under 18 years of age, including babies. By the mid 1970s, Allambie’s capacity had grown to 228 children, decreasing to approximately 100 children by the early 1980s.

By the 1970s, Allambie consisted of three large accommodation sections named Waratah, Kurrajong and Mimosa. All three sections accommodated groups of children of different ages and sex, allowing sibling groups to be accommodated together. Allambie also consisted of a nursery for babies, a section named Tecoma which accommodated up to 10 school-age boys and another section named Heath/Cassia which accomodated 22 adolescent girls. State Wards were also accommodated at Allambie during to various reasons including after the breakdown of their home release, their foster case arrangements or their placement at another children’s home.

By 1985, numerous problems were identified with Allambie leading to a recommendation for the closure of the institutions. In 1986, the nursery at Allambie was closed with the main centre closing in mid 1990.

Allambie is part of a group of Victorian run government institutions which have been identified by the Royal Commission as been involved in the past with incidents and allegations of sexual and physical abuse whilst they were placed there by the Victorian State Goverment.

Moody Law has in the past represented clients who have made allegations of sexual and physical abuse during their placement at Allambie Reception Centre.

We invite former victims to tell us confidentially what information they may have, and we will explain what options are available to help with these cases.

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