Canaan Training Room, Riverview, 1980s, courtesy of The Salvation Army.
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The Endeavour Training Farm, situated at Riverview was operated by the Salvation Army. It was previously known as the Training Farm for Boys. Due to a move towards cottage home models of care, Endeavour Training Farm ceased to operate in 1973. The boys were moved to Hillsdale Village for Boys at Mulgowie.
In 1998, former residents of Endeavour 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 Endeavour Training Farm (Riverview). The evidence to be heard was to have a particular focus to the years 1966-1977.
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: Cleland, Sharon, Caring for the Children: A history of institutional care provided by The Salvation Army for Australian children and youth (1893-1995), Salvation Army, August 2012, https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/IND.R-001331.PS.0057_R.pdf; Department of Families, Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records, State of Queensland, 2001. p.43..
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Created: 16 August 2013, Last modified: 12 June 2014
Last updated: 18 January 2023
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