![Female Refuge Complex, 183 Scott Parade, Ballarat East [former site]](../objects/thumbs/tn_D00000050 Female Refuge Complex Ballarat H1893.png)
Female Refuge Complex, 183 Scott Parade, Ballarat East [former site]
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The Ballarat Town and City Mission was founded in 1867. The Ballarat Town and City Mission ran a number of Homes for children and babies, including, from circa 1921, the Alexandra Babies' Home. Some records of the Mission and its charitable institutions are held by the Central Highlands Regional Library Corporation.
In 1921, the Ballarat Town and City Mission took over the management of the newly amalgamated Ballarat Female Refuge and the Alexandra Babies' Home. The Mission moved all of the women and children in its care to a site at 183 Scotts Parade, Ballarat East. The new institution, providing accommodation for single mothers and their babies, was known as the Ballarat Town and City Mission Rescue and Children's Home.
![Former Female Refuge Complex [editor's note: former site of the Alexandra Babies' Home, Scott Parade, Ballarat East]](../objects/thumbs/tn_D00000051 Alexandra Babies Home H1893.png)
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 1 May 2009, Last modified: 5 March 2014
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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