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Queensland - Organisation
Home for Boys, Riverview (1956 - 1966)
Front entrance to original home, Riverview, 2013, by Butterworth, Lee, courtesy of Lee Butterworth.
Details
- From
- 1956
- To
- 1966
- Categories
- Farm School, Home and Salvation Army
- Alternative Names
- Riverview (Also known as)
The Home for Boys, Riverview, situated at 29 Riverview Road, was operated by the Salvation Army. In the 1950s it received young migrants from Britain to train in farm practices. The name changed to the Training Farm for Boys in 1966.
Publications
Books
- Department of Families, Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records, State of Queensland, 2001. p.43. Details
Online Resources
- 'Training Migrants', Queensland Times, 20 July 1928, p. 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114413465. Details
- 'Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care, Commonwealth of Australia, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Submission no 75, dated 19 July 2003; Submission no 90; Submission no 339. Details
- 'Case Study 5, January 2014, Sydney', in Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Australian Government, 2014, https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-studies/case-study-05-salvation-army-boys-homes-australia-eastern-territory. Details
- Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 6 February 2014, http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/. Details
- 'Opening Submissions of Counsel Assisting', in Case Study 5, January 2014, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 28 January 2014, https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/case-studies/case-study-05-salvation-army-boys-homes-australia-eastern-territory. Details
- Biddy, Paul, 'Salvation Army abuse at 'severe end' of the scale', Sydney Morning Herald, 29 January 2014, http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/salvation-army-abuse-at-severe-end-of-scale-20140128-31kzk.html. Details
- Riverview Salvation Army Boys' Home (Or: Unfinished Business), 14 June 2013, http://lewisblayse.net/2013/06/14/riverview-salvation-army-boys-home-or-unfinished-business/. Details
- Blayse, Lewis, 'Some More Salvation Army Children's Homes (Or: Ve Gaf Vays Of Making You Afraid)', in lewisblayse.net, 12 January 2014, http://lewisblayse.net/2014/01/12/some-more-salvation-army-childrens-homes-or-ve-gaf-vays-of-making-you-afraid/. Details
- Cleland, Sharon, Caring for the Children: A history of institutional care provided by The Salvation Army for Australian children and youth (1893-1995), Salvation Army, August 2012, https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/IND.R-001331.PS.0057_R.pdf. Details
- Child Migrants: accessing records held by Commonwealth and State Archives, Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authority, March 2010, http://www.caara.org.au/index.php/publications/child-migrants-accessing-records-held-by-commonwealth-and-state-archives/. Details
- Good British Stock: Child and Youth Migration to Australia, The Salvation Army, 2013, https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/research-guides/good-british-stock-child-and-youth-migration-australia. Details
- Boys home apology is a comfort, 1 September 2009, http://www.qt.com.au/news/boys-home-apology/308905/. Details
- Riverview Farm, Salvation Army, 2017, https://salvos.org.au/about-us/our-story/our-history/local-history/sqld/ipswich/riverview-farm/. Details
Photos
- Title
- Child migration - British youth migrants learning how to mount and ride a horse at the Salvation Army Training Farm for Boys, Riverview, Queensland.
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1927
- Source
- National Archives of Australia
Details
- Title
- Collage of images from the Salvation Army training farm for youths, Riverview
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1935
- Source
- Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
Details
- Title
- Canaan Training Room, Riverview
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1980s
- Source
- The Salvation Army
Details
- Title
- Plaque unveiled at Riverview on 21st April 2007
- Type
- Object
- Date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Salvation Army
Details
- Title
- Plaque on memorial plinth at Riverview
- Type
- Object
- Date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Salvation Army
Details
- Title
- Original buildings, Riverview
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2013
- Creator
- Butterworth, Lee
- Source
- Lee Butterworth
Details
- Title
- Front entrance to original home, Riverview
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2013
- Creator
- Butterworth, Lee
- Source
- Lee Butterworth
Details
- Title
- Entrance to Riverview Farm
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2013
- Creator
- Butterworth, Lee
- Source
- Lee Butterworth
Details
- Title
- Looking towards visitor residence
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2013
- Creator
- Butterworth, Lee
- Source
- Lee Butterworth
Details
- Title
- Entrance drive Riverview
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2013
- Creator
- Butterworth, Lee
- Source
- Lee Butterworth
Details
- Title
- Bethany, farm manager cottage Riverview
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2013
- Creator
- Butterworth, Lee
- Source
- Lee Butterworth
Details
- Title
- Salvation Army Hall, Riverview
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2013
- Creator
- Butterworth, Lee
- Source
- Lee Butterworth
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