The Industrial School for Girls, in Wooloowin, was operated by the Sisters of Mercy, Brisbane Congregation. It opened in 1904 and in around 1966 the name was changed to the Holy Cross Home. The girls worked in the laundry which was located on the same site. Very young children were not taken into the home after 1959.
The Industrial School was established and licensed in 1904 under the lndustrial and Reformatory School Act 1865. Subsequently it was licensed under the State Children Act 1911 on 31 December 1911.
It was located on the same site as the Holy Cross Retreat, a maternity home also run by the Sisters of Mercy.
The Industrial School was a large dormitory-style facility. Like the other denominational institutions for juvenile offending girls, it had a laundry ‘for the instruction of the girls’, which was a major source of income.
From
1904
To
c. 1966
1904 - 1965
The Industrial School for Girls was situated at Chalk Street, Wooloowin, Queensland (Building Still standing)
Subsequent
