Clifton Lodge was established around the 1970s by Sydney City Mission as a residential youth service. It was in North Sydney. Sydney City Mission changed to Mission Australia in 1996.
In the 1950s the North Sydney property was a Home for the Aged run by the Sydney City Mission, also called Clifton Lodge.
A newspaper article from 1975 interviewing young people in a refuge referred to Clifton Lodge as a “shelter”. Bobby talked about “absconding” from Clifton Lodge which she described as “not as bad as an institution” but she objected to its “obligatory psychiatric therapy sessions” and was thrown out (Tribune, 29 July 1975).
By 2004 Clifton Lodge had become an early intervention service, Clifton Youth Services.
From
1970s
To
c. 2004
Alternative Names
Clifton Youth Services
1980s - c. 2004
Clifton Lodge was situated on West Street, North Sydney, New South Wales (Building Still standing)
