Front entrance to original home, Riverview, 2013, by Butterworth, Lee, courtesy of Lee Butterworth.
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The Home for Boys, Riverview, situated at 29 Riverview Road, was operated by the Salvation Army. In the 1950s it received young migrants from Britain to train in farm practices. The name changed to the Training Farm for Boys in 1966.
In the 1950s the Salvation Army Training Home for Boys at Riverview admitted 77 boys under the child migrant scheme. Only "child migrants" over 14 years of age were accepted,on account of the type of work involved at the training farm.
In 1998, former residents of Riverview Training Farm made submissions to the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions (widely known as the Forde Inquiry). The Committee reported on incidents of unsafe, improper and illegal treatment of children in Queensland institutions, including cases of sexual, physical, emotional and systems abuse. Its findings were detailed and explicit.
In January 2014, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse commenced a public hearing into response of the Salvation Army (Eastern Territory) to child sexual abuse in children's Homes in Queensland and New South Wales, including the Riverview Training Farm. The evidence to be heard was to have a particular focus to the years 1966-1977, although the Royal Commission stated it expected to hear allegations dating back to as early as 1936.
1898 - 1926 Industrial School for Boys, Riverview
1926 - 1956 Riverview Training Farm
1956 - 1966 Home for Boys, Riverview
1966 - 1969 Training Farm for Boys
1969 - 1973 Endeavour Training Farm
c. 1973 - c. 1977 Hillsdale Village for Boys
Sources used to compile this entry: Department of Families, Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records, State of Queensland, 2001. p.43.; Good British Stock: Child and Youth Migration to Australia, The Salvation Army, 2013, https://www.naa.gov.au/help-your-research/research-guides/good-british-stock-child-and-youth-migration-australia.
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 16 August 2013, Last modified: 12 June 2014
Last updated: 7 August 2023
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