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Queensland - Organisation
Boys Home, Indooroopilly (1946 - 1968)
- From
- 1946
- To
- 1968
- Categories
- Home, Salvation Army, Children's Home
The Boys Home, Indooroopilly was run by the Salvation Army. Before 1946, it was known as the Boys Home, Washpool. Previously, the institution had been an Industrial School. In 1968, the name was changed to Cooinda Salvation Army Home for Boys.
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The Boys Home, Indooroopilly was an institution mentioned by a number of witnesses to the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions in 1998-1999.
Several submissions to the Senate Inquiry into Institutional Care which reported in 2004 related to the Boys Home Indooroopilly.
In January-February 2014, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse held a public hearing in Sydney examining the Salvation Army's response to allegations of child sexual abuse at Homes in New South Wales and Queensland, including the Boys Home, Indooroopilly.
Locations
- 1946? - 1968?
- Location - The Boys Home, Indooroopilly was situated at 724 Moggill Road, Indooroopilly (now called Chapel Hill)
Timeline
- 1942 - 1945
- Boys Home, Washpool
- 1946 - 1968
- Boys Home, Indooroopilly
- 1968 - 1969
- Cooinda Salvation Army Home for Boys
- Collection Title
- Salvation Army Records of Queensland Institutions
- Date Range
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- 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
Alkira Salvation Army Home for Boys at Indooroopilly
Display of callisthenics at Indooroopilly Home for Boy, Qld, 1946-47
