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La Perouse Women's and Children's Home (1944 - 1988)
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Laperouse Museum, Kamay Botany Bay National Park, c. 2014, courtesy of NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
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- 1944
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- 1988
- Categories
- Children's Home, Home, Salvation Army
The La Perouse Women's and Children's Home was a Salvation Army refuge for women and children that was established at the Old Cable Station at La Perouse in 1944. It closed in 1987.
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According to the New South Wales Migration Heritage Centre, the La Perouse Women's and Children's Home was unique:
'Until the late 1970s, this was the only such refuge in Sydney, with many women and their children finding refuge from violent marriages, misfortune and poverty. The refuge remained until 1987.'
The Old Cable Station, a New South Wales Government property, was converted to the Lapérouse Museum and Visitor Centre in 1988, to commemorate the life of the French explorer Lapérouse.
Locations
- 1944 - 1988
- Address - La Perouse Women's and Children's Home was situated at the Old Cable Station, Anzac Parade, La Perouse
- Series Title
- Photographs of Salvation Army Children's Homes (1922 - 1993)
- Date Range
- 1922 - 1993
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Historical Records Department, The Salvation Army
Phone: (03) 8878 2404
Postal Address: PO Box 479, Blackburn VIC 3130
Email: historicalrecords@salvationarmy.org.au
Website: https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/about-us/governance-policy/historical-records-request/
DETAILS
Laperouse Museum, Kamay Botany Bay National Park
![The Instrument Room during the Salvation Army women's and children's refuge occupation, circa 1987 [La Perouse]](/ref/nsw/objects/thumbs/tn_ND0000442_LaPa_Sal_Instr_Room.png)
The Instrument Room during the Salvation Army women's and children's refuge occupation, circa 1987 [La Perouse]
