![New Roof [former site of Forrest Lodge]](../objects/thumbs/tn_WD0001042 Forrest Lodge.png)
New Roof [former site of Forrest Lodge], 2006
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Forrest Lodge was was established in 1939 as a hostel for boys from regional areas who went to high school in Geraldton. At first, it was administered and run by the Anglican Church in Geraldton but later came under the management of the Geraldton Protestant Homes Inc. In 1968 Forrest Lodge became John Frewer House.
In 1947 a claim was made at Geraldton Local Court involving the use of corporal punishment by the principal of Forrest Lodge against a boy in residence there. The judge in the matter found in favour of the principal, stating that he may exercise "the power to inflict reasonable and moderate corporal punishment in proper cases."
1939 - 1968 Forrest Lodge
1968 - 2001 John Frewer House
2002 - Geraldton Residential College
![Information and Code of Conduct Book [Excerpt]](../objects/thumbs/tn_WD0000303 Geraldton Residential College Handbook p4.png)
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Hostel for Albany High School', Albany Advertiser, 8 February 1943, p. 5, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70434697; Geraldton Residential College, Information and Code of Conduct Book 2013, Country High School Hostels Authority, 2012, http://web.archive.org/web/20140126231320/http://www.geraldtonresidential.com.au/wp-content/uploads/GeraldtonResidentialCollegeHandbook.pdf. p.4..
Prepared by: Debra Rosser
Created: 12 March 2013, Last modified: 12 November 2018
Last updated: 17 October 2023
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