The United Protestant Association of New South Wales Ltd (UPA) is a Christian welfare organisation established in 1938. By 1953, the UPA had established 13 children’s homes throughout New South Wales. Each Home came under the jurisdiction and guidance of a District Executive, who reported to a State Council. More than 3,000 children, including British…
A Hostel for Business Girls was managed by the Sydney Rescue Work Society from the 1950s until the 1970s. This was probably the successor to the Jubilee Home.
The Commonwealth Street Mission was established by the Sydney Rescue Work Society in approximately 1910. It provided food, shelter and clothing for homeless and destitute men and women. It closed around the 1970s.
Roslyn Hall Children’s Home was part of the complex of homes operated by the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children at 85-89 Cameron Street, Rockdale. In addition to taking in children, assistance was given to single parent families. In the 1970s the Home was providing residential care for 20 children. In 1976 it was…
Integricare is a Christian, non-government service that runs child care facilities and playgroups across Sydney. It is the successor of Communicare and the Sydney Rescue Work Society. It also provides permission to access the records of Sydney Rescue Work Society agencies, including South Sydney Women’s Hospital and the Sydney Rescue Work Society Adoption Agency, as…
The Jubilee Home was established in 1887 in Sydney by the Blue Ribbon Gospel Army and Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, led by Louisa, wife of George Edward Ardill. It was later operated by the Sydney Rescue Work Society. It was a hostel for young women arriving in Sydney from the country and was located in…
Roslyn Hall Babies Home, at 87 Cameron Street, Rockdale, was part of the Rockdale Babies Home at 89 Cameron Street. It was established by the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children. It was a babies home until 1973, when it was converted to a child care centre. The name Roslyn Hall appears to have…
The Sydney Rescue Work Society Adoption Agency was founded by the Sydney Rescue Work Society and later operated from South Sydney Women’s Hospital. Records of this agency are held by Community Services.
Our Children’s Home, Liverpool was established by George Edward Ardill, of the Society for Providing Homes for Neglected Children, in 1887. It was a home for boys aged four to eight and girls aged four to fourteen. It held up to 40 children. In 1918 Ardill opened a new Our Children’s Home at Concord (Ardill…
Bethesda Home for Waiting Mothers was established by the Sydney Rescue Work Society in Camperdown. It was a lying-in hospital that had been part of the Home of Hope for Friendless and Fallen Women but became Bethesda when South Sydney Women’s Hospital opened. This home was not related to Bethesda Maternity Hospital at Marrickville. Bethesda…
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