St Francis Boys Home

Saint Francis Boys Home

Many of the boys who were educated at St Francis became prominent citizens and leaders in politics, activism and sport.

From 1946 to 1959 the Church of England ran a boys hostel, 'Saint Francis Boys Home' at Glanville House. St Francis provided boys from the Outback with education and a better understanding of white culture and the world of work.

Read from the following stories:

"We acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Owners of the land on which we stand, the Kaurna People of the Adelaide Plains. It is upon their ancestral lands that the Port Adelaide Enfield Council meets. It is also the Place of the Kardi, the Emu, whose story travels from the coast inland. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We respect their spiritual beliefs and connections to land which are of continuing importance to the living Kaurna People of today. We further acknowledge the contributions and important role that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within our shared community."