Salvation Army Maternity Hospital in Newstead, ca. 1910, courtesy of Picture Queensland, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
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The Salvation Army Maternity Home Breakfast Creek, opened in 1897. Run by the Salvation Army, the Home provided accommodation and care for homeless girls and unmarried mothers and was a maternity home. Previously called the Maternity Home Brisbane, the home closed in 1924 when the Boothville Mothers Hospital opened at Windsor.
1892 - 1897 Maternity Home Brisbane
1897 - 1924 Salvation Army Maternity Home Breakfast Creek
1924 - 1994 Boothville Mothers Hospital
Sources used to compile this entry: 'The Salvation Army', Evening News, 20 April 1901, p. 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112566507; Email from Major Reta Brown, Coordinator Salvation Army Heritage Centre, Booth College Sydney, 31 March 2014.
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 28 March 2014, Last modified: 9 October 2014
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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