Boothville Hospital, 1985, by Day, A, courtesy of Australian Heritage Photographic Library.
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Boothville Mothers Home, in Windsor, was operated by the Salvation Army. It was established in 1924 as a maternity home for single mothers and their babies. In the 1970s a brick maternity ward was added. Boothville closed in 1994.
1892 - 1897 Maternity Home Brisbane
1897 - 1924 Salvation Army Maternity Home Breakfast Creek
1924 - 1994 Boothville Mothers Hospital
Sources used to compile this entry: Opening of the Boothville Mothers' Hospital, Salvation Army, May 1924, http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn6006666; 'Boothville', in Your Brisbane: Past and Present, 28 February 2012, http://www.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com/search/label/boothville; Social Work Staff, Faculty of Education, University of Queensland, Directory of Social Services Queensland, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1958, http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:241555/HV474_Q44D57_1958.pdf.
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 12 November 2013, Last modified: 9 October 2014
Last updated: 18 January 2023
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