This year, Whiddon is celebrating an incredible 75 years of caring for older Australians across NSW and South East Queensland.

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Paving the way as an industry leader, Whiddon’s long and proud history dates back to the 1920’s, when a small group of Freemasons began visiting older masons and their wives in their local communities to provide care and support to those in need.

They had a dream to build care facilities for older people and, in 1947, the Frank Whiddon Masonic Homes of New South Wales was approved as an official masonic charity and named in the Grand Master’s honour. In May of that year, Glenfield resident, Ethyl Easton Symonds, donated 21 acres of land, which become Whiddon’s founding site and what we know today as Whiddon Easton Park. Since then, Whiddon has expanded its care homes across Rural and Regional NSW and we are proud of the footprint we have created over the last 75 years.

Whiddon has come a long way, from a small group of Freemasons to a large not-for-profit organisation supporting more than 2,100 residents and clients each and every year