The Riddells Creek Girls’ Home was established by the Salvation Army in 1900. It was reported the Adelaide Advertiser in 1902 that girls living at the Home included girls ‘recruited’ from the ‘Chinese opium dens’ and other ‘vile resorts’ in the slums of Melbourne.
The newspaper described the Home as ‘spotlessly clean’, and stated it combined rigid discipline with kind treatment in a religious atmosphere. It was reported that there were 40 girls housed in the Home at that time, and that they were ‘kept busy’ with light gardening work, machine knitting and ornamental needlework.
From
1900
To
1940
Alternative Names
Riddell's Creek Girls' Home
Riddells Creek Reformatory
1900 - 1940
The Riddells Creek Girls' Home was located at Riddells Creek, Victoria (Building State unknown)
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