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Queensland - Organisation
Industrial School, Purga Mission Station (1937 - 1948)
- From
- 1937
- To
- 1948
- Categories
- Industrial School, Salvation Army, Home
The Purga Mission Industrial School, run by the Salvation Army, was licensed in 1937 under the State Children Act 1911. The Industrial School was on the Purga Mission Station, established in 1915 and situated between the end of Carmichaels Road and Deebing Creek near Ipswich. State children were first admitted to the Industrial School in 1941. It closed in 1948, at which time nine State children from the Industrial School were transferred to the custody of the Director of Native Affairs and placed in homes under his Department.
Locations
- 1937 - 1948
- Location - Industrial School, Purga Mission Station was situated at situated between the end of Carmichaels Road and Deebing Creek near Ipswich
- Collection Title
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Records (1880s - )
- Date Range
- 1880 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Community and Personal Histories Team:
Postal address: Level 9, 1 William Street, Brisbane QLD 4000
Phone: 1800 650 230 (toll-free within Australia) or (07) 3003 6466
Email: enquiries@dsdsatsip.qld.gov.au
Website: https://www.qld.gov.au/firstnations/cultural-awareness-heritage-arts/family-personal-history
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Salvation Army Records of Queensland Institutions
- Date Range
- -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Historical Records Department, The Salvation Army:
Postal Address: PO Box 479, Blackburn VIC 3130
Phone: (03) 8878 2404
Email: historicalrecords@salvationarmy.org.au
Website: https://www.salvationarmy.org.au/about-us/governance-policy/about-the-centre-for-restoration/
DETAILS
School and Meeting Hall, 1920
Manager's Quarters, 1920