Dee Why Home for Boys, run by the Salvation Army, was formerly known as Manly Boys’ Probationary Home. The Dee Why Home for Boys was closed on 10 October 1936 and the boys were transferred to Bexley and Goulburn (Gill Memorial) Boys’ Homes.
The Nest Children’s Home was established in Arncliffe in 1930 by the Salvation Army in Dappeto, the building which had previously been Arncliffe Girls’ Industrial Home. It was a children’s home with capacity for 60. In 1941 The Nest was converted to Arncliffe Girls’ Home, which was often referred to as The Nest Girls’ Home….
Arncliffe Girls’ Industrial Home was established at Arncliffe in 1916, possibly in rented premises, before moving to a house called Dappeto in 1917. It was run by the Salvation Army and was an industrial school and home for girls who had been committed to care by the courts. It was closed in 1930 and converted…
The Canowindra Girls’ Home, also known as Lyndon House, was opened in 1942 by the Salvation Army at Canowindra. Its first residents were girls from Arncliffe Girls’ Home (The Nest) and The Fold at Marrickville and two boys and a girl from Bethesda Maternity Hospital who had been moved from Sydney because of World War…
Stanmore Children’s Home was in Cambridge Street Stanmore and used the building that had been The Lodge Young Women’s Hostel. Throughout its time as a children’s home, Stanmore provided accommodation for female students. The last of the children left the home in late 1987, and were placed in family group homes at Narwee and Dulwich…
The Fold was a home for girls aged between three and twelve years old. It opened by the Salvation Army in Cambridge Street, Stanmore, in 1920, and in 1925 relocated to George Street, Marrickville. The home closed on 24 March 1942, and the girls were transferred to Canowindra Girls’ Home (Lyndon House) at Canowindra. The…
Newtown Maternity and Rescue Home opened around 1892 in King Street Newtown, before moving to an address in Wilson Street, and then Brown Street, Newtown. It was a Salvation Army rescue home and maternity hospital. At the Brown Street location the home had capacity for 17. In July 1893 there were “14 girls and four…
The Stanmore Rescue Home, also known as The Harbour, was run by the Salvation Army at 28 Cambridge Street, Stanmore. It was established in 1896 to provide accommodation and care for women who were expecting babies (usually unmarried mothers) and those who had no other place to live. It closed in 1927-1928, and was replaced…
Hillcrest Hospital was a maternity hospital in Curry Street, Merewether that was run by the Salvation Army from 1933. Previously, the institution was called the Maryville Mothers’ Hospital. Adoptions were arranged from Hillcrest. Hillcrest Hospital closed in 1977. Hillcrest Hospital was described in a newspaper article from 1939: “Hillcrest” nestles in the hills at Merewether,…
Maryville Mothers’ Hospital, in Curry Street Merewether, was a maternity hospital run by the Salvation Army. As well as providing services to local women, this was a hospital from which adoptions were arranged. Maryville Mothers’ Hospital had its name changed to Hillcrest Mothers’ Hospital in 1933. Maryville Mothers’ Hospital was established in the building formerly…
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