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 infats” at the home (The Daily Telegraph, 1893). The Home was relocated to Lucas Road Burwood in October 1898.
Most women staying at the Newtown Maternity and Rescue Home were sent to the Benevolent Asylum in Sydney to give birth, before returning to the Newtown Home. Those who could afford it were instead sent to a private midwife.
From
1892
To
1898
March 1892 - May 1892
Newtown Maternity and Rescue Home was situated at King Street, Newtown, New South Wales (Building State unknown)
June 1892 - October 1892
Newtown Maternity and Rescue Home was situatedat Wilson Street, Newtown, New South Wales (Building State unknown)
November 1892 - October 1898
Newtown Maternity and Rescue Home was situated at Brown Street, Newtown, New South Wales (Building State unknown)
Subsequent