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Victoria - Organisation

Riddells Creek Girls' Home (1900 - 1940)

  • Girls Home - Riddell's Creek - Vic.

    Girls Home - Riddell's Creek - Vic., 1914, courtesy of Copy of photograph supplied by Gina Harris.
    Details

From
1900
To
1940
Categories
Children's Home, Home, Protestant, Reformatory and Salvation Army
Alternative Names
  • Riddell's Creek Girls' Home (Also known as)
  • Riddells Creek Reformatory (Also known as)

The Riddells Creek Girls' Home was established by the Salvation Army in 1900.
In 1902 it housed 40 girls, including some 'recruited' from Melbourne's slums. The Home closed in 1940.

Details

The Riddells Creek Girls' Home, reported the Adelaide Advertiser in 1902, included girls 'recruited' from the Chinese opium dens and other 'vile resorts' in the slums of Melbourne.

The newspaper described the Home as 'spotlessly clean', and stated it combined rigid discipline with kind treatment in a religious atmosphere.

In 1902 the Home housed 40 girls. They were 'kept busy' with light gardening work, machine knitting and ornamental needlework.

Location

1900 - 1940
Location - The Riddells Creek Girls' Home was located at Riddells Creek. Location: Riddells Creek

Publications

Newspaper Articles

  • 'The incorrigible girl - and the Army home for her', The Victory, 1 August 1914. Details

Reports

  • Department for Neglected Children and Reformatory Schools. Report of the Secretary., Government Printer, Melbourne, 1888 - 1924. Details

Online Resources

Photos

Girls Home - Riddell's Creek - Vic.
Title
Girls Home - Riddell's Creek - Vic.
Type
Image
Date
1914
Source
Copy of photograph supplied by Gina Harris

Details

Girls Home - Riddells Creek - Victoria
Title
Girls Home - Riddells Creek - Victoria
Type
Image
Date
c. 1914
Source
Copy of photograph supplied by Gina Harris

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: State Children in Victoria, The Advertiser, 17 April 1902, 7 pp, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4867513; The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory, 'Children's Homes: A list of openings, closings and function (submission 46)', in Inquiry into Institutional Care: Submissions received as at 17/03/05, Commonwealth of Australia, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.

Prepared by: Cate O'Neill