History 1960s
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1969
Mrs T.S. McConnel retired.
Association's first purpose-built family group home designed on 'an ordinary home in an ordinary street' concept opened in Cairns.
Grand Art Union operations were computerised.
State was divided into four zones.
February - Death of Professor Sir Fred Schonell.
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1968
First regional clinic opened at Townsville.
Gympie Branch formed.
First adult hostel "Parkhaven" built in Brisbane.
Toowoomba workshop the first in Australia to receive subsidy under the Handicapped Person's Assistance Act.
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1967
Professor Sir Fred Schonell retired as Association President.
Mr. M.J.R. Anderson succeeded as President.
Redcliffe Branch formed.
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1966
Association cared for more than 750 Clients.
Central Management Committee approved formation of Brisbane Branch.
Mr. N.A. Collins appointed as Association's first State Director.
Sheltered Workshop activities expanded in Brisbane, Townsville and Toowoomba.
Henderson House at Mackay converted for use as the Association's first family group home.
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1965
Association cared for more than 700 Clients.
Radford House extended.
Further school extensions in Bundaberg, Cairns, Gold Coast and Rockhampton.
Nambour has opened school, Sylvania, near the Nambour hospital.
After period of very rapid growth, State Planning Committee began planning and rationalising facilities on Statewide basis.
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1964
Bowen Hills Sheltered Workshop opened.
First Statewide Art Union drawn.
New school opened at Maryborough.
The first boarding establishment opened at Hamewith, Toowoomba.
Nambour branch formed.
Southport re-named Gold Coast Branch
Started physical training because they were concerned with children’s posture; have sports at Perry Park.
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1963
Maryborough branch formed.
Construction began on workshop at rear of Schonell House.
New school opened at Cairns, Lower Burdekin, Mount Isa. Mt Isa branch using old Presbyterian Church lent to them by Mt Isa Mines Ltd. The Barlow house school started on 25 March 1963 with 10 pupils. Mt Isa Mines Ltd given land on highway foir school.
November - Radford House officially opened with 33 children enrolled.
42 acres at Wacol leased for 30 years to be used as a residence for teenagers to work in small crop farming, including the cultivation of citrus and lettuce and raising chickens.
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1962
Lower Burdekin and Mount Isa branches formed.
Association caring for nearly 600 children.
New classrooms built at Hamewith, Toowoomba.
March - Mackay Centre opened by Professor Fred Schonell.
April - Townsville Centre opened by Professor Fred Schonell.
June - Professor Fred Schonell knighted in recognition of his services to the education of disabled children.
Daniel Cummins Memorial Building for Domestic Science and Manual Arts in Townsville opened.
Townsville boys making kite reels despatched all over Australia for sale; many other toys will be on sale for Christmas.
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1961
Radford House School purchased at Buranda.
Cairns and Mackay Branches formed.
March - Bright Horizons School opened at Bundaberg.
Cooinda School opened at Southport.
October - Parent-Child Guidance Centre at Schonell House officially opened by the Premier, Hon. G.F.R. Nicklin.
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1960
Bundaberg Branch formed.
October - Queensland's first telethon appeal conducted with proceeds donated to the Association.
October – National Conference held in Brisbane.
Senior boys at Bowen House now have articles for sale including wooden forms for the assembly room, teaching aids, containers for pot plants, clothes horses and bread boards; girls made table mats and serviettes, jams and preserves.
Two older girls placed in jobs, one in a chain manufacturing plant and the other in a kitchen
2 April 1960, new Townsville building; 4 classrooms, and admin block opened; cost ₤23,000 and already almost paid for.
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