Sydney Female Mission Home (1873 - 1912)

From

1873

To

1912?

Categories

Non-denominational, Care Provider, Maternity Home

The Sydney Female Mission Home was established on 17 November 1873. It was an institution for single pregnant women. It also admitted some single mothers together with their infants. It was a Protestant organisation run by a committee of women, with a non-sectarian admission policy. It was located in premises on Elizabeth Street, Sydney, overlooking Hyde Park from 1873 until January 1885, when it relocated to 'Darlington House' on the Newtown Road (later called City Road). In 1895, it moved again to Forest Lodge. By 1897, it was in new premises in Glebe, 'The Willows' on Bridge Road, and by 1908 it had moved again to 'Bay View' on Glebe Point Road, Glebe. The closing date of this institution is unclear, it was still operating in 1912.

Locations

1873 - 1885

Address - The Sydney Female Mission Home was sitated at 265 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

1885 - 1895

Location - The Sydney Female Mission Home was situated at 30 Newtown Road (now City Road), Darlington.

1895 - c. 1897

Address - The Sydney Female Mission Home was situated at 59 Mount Vernon Street, Forest Lodge.

c. 1897 - c. 1908

Address - The Sydney Female Mission Home was situated at 162 Bridge Road, Glebe.

c. 1908 - c. 1912

Address - The Sydney Female Mission Home was located at "Bayview", 467 Glebe Point Road, Glebe