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The Lodge Young Women's Hostel (1948 - c. 1975)

  • The Lodge, 97 Cambridge Street, Stanmore

    The Lodge, 97 Cambridge Street, Stanmore, 2014, by Hogan, Liam, courtesy of Liam Hogan.
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From
1948
To
c. 1975
Categories
Children's Home, Home, Hostel and Salvation Army
Alternative Names
  • The Lodge
  • Stanmore Children's Home (c. 1969 - )
  • Young Women's Hostel

The Lodge Young Women's Hostel, was run by the Salvation Army at Cambridge Street, Stanmore. It replaced the Girls' Industrial Home that had operated on the same site. The Lodge was a hostel for girls and young women. It changed its name to Stanmore Children's Home in 1975, although it appears to have been known by that name from the late 1960s.

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Young women, many of them students, continued to live at Stanmore Children's Home after the name change from The Lodge.

Location

1948 - c. 1975
Address - The Lodge was situated at 97 Cambridge Street, Stanmore. Location: Stanmore

Timeline

 1922 - 1948 Stanmore Girls' Industrial Home
       1948 - c. 1975 The Lodge Young Women's Hostel
             1975 - 1988 Stanmore Children's Home

Related Organisations

  • Arncliffe Girls' Home (1941 - 1969)

    When Arncliffe Girls' Home (The Nest) closed the remaining girls were transferred to The Lodge Young Women's Hostel (Stanmore Children's Home)

Publications

Online Resources

Photos

The Lodge, 97 Cambridge Street, Stanmore
Title
The Lodge, 97 Cambridge Street, Stanmore
Type
Image
Date
2014
Creator
Hogan, Liam
Source
Liam Hogan

Details

The Lodge, Stanmore (facing view)
Title
The Lodge, Stanmore (facing view)
Type
Image
Date
2014
Creator
Hogan, Liam
Source
Liam Hogan

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: The Salvation Army Australia Eastern Territory, 'Submission 46: EASTERN TERRITORY SOCIAL CENTRES: A list of openings, closings, and function', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care - Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Senate Community Affairs Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, June 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.

Prepared by: Naomi Parry