The Willowburn Epileptic Home, was situated at the corner of Hogg and Tor Streets, North Toowoomba. The institution was run by the State of Queensland. It was officially opened by her Excellency Lady Goold Adams on 20 January 1920. Evidence shows that children were placed at Willowburn Epileptic Home, however more research is needed on…
The Willowburn Mental Asylum was situated at the corner of Hogg and Tor Streets, North Toowoomba. The institution was run by the State of Queensland. It opened in 1867 and was renamed Toowoomba Mental Hospital in 1953. Evidence shows that children were inmates of Queensland mental institutions however more research is needed to find out…
The Westbrook Youth Detention Centre, run by the government, was situated at Westbrook, 15 kilometres south west of Toowoomba. It was previously named the Westbrook Youth Centre. The institution was renamed the Westbrook Youth Detention Centre in 1993. It closed on 30 June 1994 and was transformed into the Darling Downs Correctional Centre. In March…
The Westbrook Youth Centre, run by the government, was situated at Westbrook, 15 kilometres south west of Toowoomba. It was previously called the Westbrook Training Centre and in 1993 the named changed to the Westbrook Youth Detention Centre. According to the 1999 report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Abuse of Children in Queensland…
The Westbrook Training Centre, run by the government, was situated at Westbrook, 15 kilometres south west of Toowoomba. It operated as a reformatory for boys under the age of 18 who were confined by a court order. It was previously known as the Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook and in 1966 the name was changed…
The Farm Home for Boys, Westbrook was situated 15 kilometres south west of Toowoomba. It was a state-run reformatory for boys under the age of 18 who were confined by a court order. Until 1919, the institution was known as the Westbrook Reformatory for Boys. In 1966 it became known as Westbrook Training Centre. According…
The Diamantina Reformatory School for Boys, run by the government, opened at South Brisbane on 1 October 1899 when boys from the Reformatory School at Lytton were transferred to what had formerly been the Diamantina Orphanage. Boys under the age of 18, who were confined by the Children’s Court, were sent to the Diamantina Reformatory…
The Reformatory School for Boys, run by the government, was established at Lytton in 1871, on the former prison hulk Proserpine. The hulk was declared a Reformatory School for Boys under the Industrial and Reformatory Schools Act 1865. Boys under the age of 18 years were sentenced to a term of confinement at the reformatory…
The Darling Downs Correctional Centre was an open custody facility located 15 kilometres south west of the city of Toowoomba in southern Queensland. It was run by the Queensland Government. The site was previously home to the Westbrook Youth Detention Centre which closed in 1994. In the same year the site was transformed into an…
The Industrial School for Girls, Toowoomba was the new name given to the Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls, Toowoomba, in around 1890. It was run by the government. The Industrial School for Girls, Toowoomba was discontinued and closed on 14 Oct 1903.
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