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Organisation Burwood Maternity Home (1898 - )

From
1898
Categories
Care Provider, Maternity Home and Salvation Army
Alternative Names
  • Clythe Maternity Home (also referred to as)
  • The Retreat Maternity Home (also referred to as)

Summary

[Taken from the New South Wales publication Connecting Kin: Guide to Records]

Burwood Maternity Home, run by the Salvation Army, appears to have been located in Lucas Road Burwood (near Strathfield in Sydney's west), having commenced at that address in October 1898. Although it is difficult to say conclusively, it is possible that the Home had previously been located in Newtown from 1892-98. The Home apparently served several functions: it provided accommodation and care for homeless girls and women; and it operated as a maternity home. Other maternity and rescue homes were operated by the Salvation Army at Bathurst, Broken Hill, Marrickville, Newtown and Newcastle.

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Location

1898 -
Burwood Maternity Home situated at Lucas Road, Burwood. Location: Burwood

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 1892 - 1898 Newtown Maternity and Rescue Home
       1898 - Burwood Maternity Home

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Sources used to compile this entry: Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/DOCSWR/_assets/main/documents/connectkin_guide.pdf.

Prepared by: Melissa Downing

Created: 9 March 2011, Last modified: 11 November 2011