Bexley Boys’ Home was a Salvation Army home that was located on the corner of Kingsland Road and Barnsbury Grove at Bexley North. It commenced as a Probationary Home for Boys in 1915, taking boys referred from the courts. It became a boys’ home in 1931. It was renamed Kolling Memorial Boys’ Home in 1967 and closed in 1979.
When Bexley Boys’ Home was closed the remaining boys were transferred to the Marrickville Children’s Residence. The Bexley site has been redeveloped by the Salvation Army as its Officer Training College and in 2014 contains the Salvation Army’s Heritage Centre.
Bexley Boys’ Home was mentioned in the Lost Innocents Report (2001) as an institution involved in the migration of children to Australia.
Bexley Boys’ Home was investigated by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Case Study 05: The Salvation Army boys’ homes, Australian Eastern Territory.
From
1915
To
1979
Alternative Names
Salvation Army Boys' Home Bexley North
Kolling Memorial Boys Home
Bexley Boys' Probationary Home
1915 - 1982
Bexley Boys' Home was situated at 120 Kingsland Road, Bexley North, New South Wales (Building State unknown)
