Alinjarra was one of the cottages in the Salvation Army’s Hollywood Children’s Village, in Nedlands. From 1986 to January 1991, Alinjarra Cottage provided short term and emergency care for boys and girls in a family-type setting with cottage parents.
Elim Maternity Hospital, run by the Salvation Army, opened in West Hobart in 1897. It was a rescue Home for young women, including teenagers, and a maternity hospital for single mothers. Many adoptions took place from Elim. It closed in about 1973. Elim occupied a two storey Victorian weatherboard building in Lansdowne Crescent, West Hobart….
Tower House Young Women’s Hostel, run by the Salvation Army, opened in Launceston in 1943. It provided accommodation for young working women. The Hostel closed in 1978. Tower House opened officially on 17 July 1943. Its first Matron was the former Matron of Rock Lynn House. It had accommodation for 30 young women with employment….
Rock Lynn House, run by the Salvation Army, opened in 1895. Originally, it was a ‘rescue home’ for women and their babies, located in Charles Street, Launceston. By mid 1896, the rescue home had moved to larger premises in William Street, Launceston. In 1900, the home moved to ‘Rock Lynn’, a home on the Cataract…
Maylands Girls Unit, run by the Salvation Army, was established after the closure of the Maylands Girls Home in 1981. It was in New Town. The Unit was specifically for the accommodation of teenage girls. It closed in 1998. In the 1980s, Maylands provided accommodation under the Domestic Service Assistance Scheme. It was for children…
Maylands Salvation Army Home for Girls in New Town was formerly the Hobart Girls’ Industrial School. The Trustees of the School handed it over to the Salvation Army on 31 January 1945. The Home accepted girls aged between two and 16 and boys between two and five. About half were wards of state. Maylands closed…
Barrington Boys’ Home, run by the Salvation Army, opened in New Town in 1946. Some of the boys had committed an offence. The rest were either wards of state or admitted by their relatives. The Home closed in 1981. Barrington Boys’ Home was in New Town. When it opened, it had a capacity for 40…
The Rescued Sisters’ Home was opened by the Salvation Army on the corner of King William Street and South Terrace in 1890. It operated as a rescue home for destitute women and girls. From 1893 it operated in conjunction with the Adelaide Maternity Home. The Rescued Sisters’ Home closed in 1899 when the Salvation Army…
The Boys’ Probationary School opened at Wistow near Mount Barker in 1900 as a private institution for boys in State care. It was run by the Salvation Army under the control of the government. Boys who were deemed to have behavioural problems were placed there. In 1945 the government ceased control of the School and…
The Fullarton Children’s Home was the new name given to the Salvation Army Girls’ Home in 1969 when it began to also accommodate younger boys. It was run by the Salvation Army but was licensed and regularly inspected by the government. In 1972 younger boys from the Salvation Army Boys’ Home, Kent Town, were sent…
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