The Industrial School for Girls in Toowong was operated by the Salvation Army. It opened in 1907 and was licensed in 1917 under the State Children’s Act 1911. In 1956, it became known as the Salvation Army Girls’ Home. In 1941 there were eight girls under the age of 16 in residence at this home….
BoysTown Ltd became a registered company in 2002. The organisation’s heritage dates back to the BoysTown residential institution in Beaudesert, which existed between 1961 and 2001. BoysTown runs services for children, young people and families, including the national Kids Helpline. It also delivers employment, training and counselling services in Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales,…
The Health Department was established on 26 September 1963 when the Health and Home Affairs Department was abolished. The Health Department was responsible for the management and regulation of public sector health services to Queensland. Administration of mental health was one of the principal responsibilities of the Health Department.
The Leslie Wilson Home operated at Phillip Street, Emu Park, from at least February 1937. It was officially opened by then Queensland Governor, Sir Leslie Wilson, on 21 June 1938. The Home was run by a committee from the Royal Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme and provided short term accommodation for children from rural areas…
The Ipswich Mental Hospital was previously known as the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane. In 1940 an extra wing was added to the building that accommodated mentally handicapped children. It became known as Dagmar House. [Taken from ‘Ipswich Mental Hospital (1938-1964)’: UQ Ipswich Campus Progression of an Institution] Dr Basil Stafford was Superintendent at Ipswich…
The Ipswich Hospital for the Insane, situated at Ipswich, was previously known as the Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum. In 1910 it became known as the Ipswich Mental Hospital. [Taken from ‘Ipswich Hospital for the Insane (1910-1938)’: UQ Ipswich Campus Progression of an Institution] The institution expanded rapidly between 1910 and 1920. A…
The Boys Home, Indooroopilly was run by the Salvation Army. Before 1946, it was known as the Boys Home, Washpool. Previously, the institution had been an Industrial School. In 1968, the name was changed to Cooinda Salvation Army Home for Boys. In 1952 the Boys’ Home, Indooroopilly, had 61 residents, of whom 39 were wards…
The Ipswich Branch of the Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum was opened in 1878 to take patients from the overcrowded Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum at Wacol. The name changed to the Ipswich Hospital for the Insane in 1910. Opened in 1878, the Ipswich Asylum, commonly known as “The Gallop”, accommodated chronic cases from the overcrowded Woogaroo Lunatic Asylum….
The Industrial School for Boys at Indooroopilly was opened in 1922. The facility was run by the Salvation Army and catered for State orphans, abandoned and neglected boys. It moved to Washpool and was renamed the Boys Home, Washpool in 1942. The Industrial School for Boys, situated on Moggill Road, Indooroopilly (now called Chapel Hill),…
The Toowoomba Mental Hospital, in North Toowoomba, was opened in 1953. It was a government-run residential facility for the mentally ill and was previously known as Willowburn Mental Asylum. On 27 August 1968 the name changed to Baillie Henderson Hospital.
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