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Queensland - Organisation

Leslie Wilson Home, Yeppoon (1958 - 1994)

  • Yeppoon House 1978

    Yeppoon House 1978, courtesy of Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme - BUSHkids.
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From
1958
To
1994
Categories
Convalescent Home, Holiday Home, Home and Non-denominational
Alternative Names
  • Bush Children's Home, Yeppoon (Also known as)
  • The Leslie Wilson Bush Children's Home, Yeppoon (Also known as)
  • Leslie Wilson Home for bush children, Yeppoon (Also known as)
  • Sir Leslie Wilson Home, Yeppoon (Also known as)

The Leslie Wilson Home, situated at Todd Avenue, Yeppoon, started running in December 1958. The Home was run by a committee from the Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme and was previously known as the Leslie Wilson Home, Emu Park. The Home provided short term accommodation for children from rural areas of Queensland in need of medical or dental treatments and recuperation. The Yeppoon Home closed in December 1994.

Details

Leslie Wilson Home, Yeppoon started operating in December 1958 and was officially opened on 23 May 1959 by HRH Princess Alice. The Home was named after the Governor of Queensland who started the Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme, Sir Leslie Wilson. The Home's opening was the result of 4 years of fundraising and donations to build a purpose built Home to replace Leslie Wilson Home, Emu Park, which had closed in 1954.

The publication Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme: The Train is in. Where to now?: 75 years of caring 1935 - 2010 stated:

Yeppoon (Rockhampton) Home - This Home began in 1937 at "Stratford House" Emu Park. In 1959 a new Home to accommodate 24 children was built at Yeppoon , another extension was built to care for a further 8 children, together with additional staff to care for the larger number when this was completed in 1966. Changes in buildings continued throughout the years. Then in 1992 , houses were built for children to be accommodated in regular domestic settings rather than the dormitory style accommodation that had been used earlier.

The Leslie Wilson Home, Yeppoon closed in December 1994.

Location

1959 - 1994
Location - The Leslie Wilson Home, Yeppoon was situated at Todd Avenue, Yeppoon. Location: Yeppoon

Timeline

 1938 - 1954 Leslie Wilson Home, Emu Park
       1958 - 1994 Leslie Wilson Home, Yeppoon

Publications

Books

  • Royal Queenland Bush Children's Health Scheme, Royal Queenland Bush Children's Health Scheme: The Train is in. Where to now?: 75 years of caring 1935 - 2010, Brisbane, 2011. Details

Online Resources

Photos

Yeppoon House 1978
Title
Yeppoon House 1978
Type
Image
Date
1978
Source
Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme - BUSHkids

Details

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Bush Children's Health Scheme', The Central Queensland Herald, Rockhampton Newspaper Company, Rockhampton, Queensland, 26 May 1955, p. 28, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79249737; '80 years of BUSHkids', in Timeline 1935-2015, BUSHkids, 2015, http://bushkids.org.au/1935timeline2015/files/assets/basic-html/page-1.html; Royal Queenland Bush Children's Health Scheme, Royal Queenland Bush Children's Health Scheme: The Train is in. Where to now?: 75 years of caring 1935 - 2010, Brisbane, 2011.

Prepared by: Lee Butterworth and Nicola Laurent