The La Perouse Women’s and Children’s Home was a Salvation Army refuge for women and children that was established at the Old Cable Station at La Perouse in 1944. It closed in 1987.
According to the New South Wales Migration Heritage Centre, the La Perouse Women’s and Children’s Home was unique:
Until the late 1970s, this was the only such refuge in Sydney, with many women and their children finding refuge from violent marriages, misfortune and poverty. The refuge remained until 1987.
The Old Cable Station, a New South Wales Government property, was converted to the Lapérouse Museum and Visitor Centre in 1988, to commemorate the life of the French explorer Lapérouse.
From
1944
To
1988
1944 - 1988
La Perouse Women's and Children's Home was situated at the Old Cable Station, Anzac Parade, La Perouse, New South Wales (Building Still standing)
