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Queensland - Organisation
Boothville Mothers Hospital (1924 - 1994)
Boothville Hospital, 1985, by Day, A, courtesy of Australian Heritage Photographic Library.
Details
- 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.
Publications
Online Resources
- Opening of the Boothville Mothers' Hospital, Salvation Army, May 1924, http://nla.gov.au/nla.aus-vn6006666. Details
- 'Boothville', in Your Brisbane: Past and Present, 28 February 2012, http://www.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com/search/label/boothville. Details
- 'Institutions', in Forced Adoptions History Project, National Archives of Australia, 2014, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20141215101659/http://forcedadoptions.naa.gov.au/resources/institutions. Details
- 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. Details
Photos
- 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
Details
- Title
- Boothville Hospital
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1985
- Creator
- Day, A
- Source
- Australian Heritage Photographic Library
Details
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