St Margaret’s Home for Unwed Mothers, Surry Hills, was attached to St Margaret’s Hospital from 1894. It was a home for unmarried mothers who were waiting to give birth, and for their babies. It was part of St Margaret’s Hospital, and was run by the Sisters of St Joseph from 1937. It closed around 1982.
St Margaret’s Home for Unwed Mothers was mentioned in the Commonwealth Contribution to Former Forced Adoption Policies and Practices Report (2012) as an institution that was involved in forced adoption.
From
1894
To
1982
1894 - 1982
St Margaret's Home for unwed mothers was situated in Bourke Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales (Building State unknown)