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Boothville Mothers Hospital (1924 - 1994)

  • Boothville Hospital

    Boothville Hospital, 1985, by Day, A, courtesy of Australian Heritage Photographic Library.
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From
24 May 1924
To
1994
Categories
Adoption Agency, Home, Maternity Home and Salvation Army
Alternative Names
  • Boothville Maternity Hospital
  • Salvation Army Mothers Hospital

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.

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Location

1924 - 1994
Address - Boothville Mothers Hospital was situated at 43 Seventh Avenue, Windsor. Location: Windsor

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Part of a panorama of Brisbane viewed from Eildon Hill, ca. 1900
Title
Part of a panorama of Brisbane viewed from Eildon Hill, ca. 1900
Type
Image
Date
c. 1900
Source
Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland

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Boothville Hospital
Title
Boothville Hospital
Type
Image
Date
1985
Creator
Day, A
Source
Australian Heritage Photographic Library

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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