The Maternity Home Brisbane was run by the Salvation Army. The home provided care and accommodation for single pregnant girls and young mothers and their babies. It opened in 1892 at Upper Edward Street, Brisbane. In 1895 a gas leak caused an explosion at the home, injuring a staff member, and blowing out the door…
Johnston, John, Historian, Item ID PRCOS257-7, contains news clippings and photographs collected by John Johnston that relate to the following institutions: Boys Home Enoggera, Brisbane Female Refuge, Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute, Home of the Good Shepherd, Nundah (State Orphans), Lytton Reformatory, OPAL (One People Australian League), St. Michael’s Industrial School, Clayfield, Sandeman Nursery Wynnum,…
Photographs, Series ID PHOTS192, is a collection comprising Diocesan photographs and photographs from other sources. Included in the collection are images of Tufnell Home, residents of Tufnell Home and the Tufnell centenary celebrations. The collection consists of loose photographic prints. Access Conditions These records are on open access and are available for viewing by the…
Miscellaneous, Item ID SSFRS165-3, is an archival item related to the Society of St Francis Religious Order. The collection consists of General Correspondence, News Clippings, Notebooks, Books, Loose Photographic Prints and Legal Documents. Part of the collection includes general historical material related to St Christopher’s Lodge and The Friary. Access Conditions Access to some of…
The Crossroads Community Youth Organisation ran the Crossroads Home at Sandgate.
Please contact Judith Stanley at the Beemar Yumba Hostel Aboriginal Corporation: Address: PO Box 136, Wondai QLD 4606
The Beemar Yumba Hostel Aboriginal Corporation ran the Beemar Yumba Maud Phillips Memorial Children’s Shelter at Cherbourg. It was funded by the State government Department of Child Safety. The Beemar Yumba Hostel Aboriginal Corporation was deregistered in 2010.
Records of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Australia: Hope Vale Mission Board, reference number MS 2369, consist of photocopies of correspondence, reports, records and printed material from the Hope Vale Mission Board, Brisbane, Queensland. Access Conditions For access to this collection please contact the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)….
The Monthly Reports, Series ID 5145, contain a general overview of the children, staff and activities of the Townsville Orphanage and Townsville Receiving Depot per month. They include statistcs for number of children and staff at the institution, including numbers of new admissions, returns from placements, discharges, children boarded out, children hired out, and children…
The Hope Vale Mission, at Hope Vale, was run by Lutheran Church missionaries. Previously known as Hope Valley Mission, it was taken over by the Army in 1942 and residents were transferred to Woorabinda in southern Queensland. After World War Two, in 1949, a work party of former residents returned to re-establish the mission which…
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