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Queensland - Organisation
James Horton School for Girls (1954 - 1963)
- From
- 1954
- To
- 1963
- Categories
- Children's Home, Home, Industrial School and Salvation Army
The James Horton School for Girls, in Toowoomba, was a children's home run by the Salvation Army. It opened in 1954 and was renamed Horton House from 1963.
Publications
Books
- Department of Families, Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records, State of Queensland, 2001. pp.52-53. Details
Online Resources
- 'Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care, Commonwealth of Australia, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Submission no 505. Details
- Blayse, Lewis, 'Some More Salvation Army Children's Homes (Or: Ve Gaf Vays Of Making You Afraid)', in lewisblayse.net, 12 January 2014, http://lewisblayse.net/2014/01/12/some-more-salvation-army-childrens-homes-or-ve-gaf-vays-of-making-you-afraid/. Details
- Burley, Lacey, 'Horton Village helps the disabled', Chronicle, 31 March 2009, http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/horton-village-helps-disabled-build-skills/199129/. Details
- 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. Details
- Social Work Staff, Faculty of Education, University of Queensland, Directory of Social Services Queensland, University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1958, http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:241555/HV474_Q44D57_1958.pdf. Details
Photos
- Title
- The Toowoomba Salvation Army Girls' Home
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1945
- Source
- lewisblayse.net
Details
- Title
- Horton House
- Type
- Image
- Date
- November 2012
- Creator
- Butterworth, Lee
- Source
- Lee Butterworth
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Burley, Lacey, 'Horton Village helps the disabled', Chronicle, 31 March 2009, http://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/horton-village-helps-disabled-build-skills/199129/;
Department of Families, Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records, State of Queensland, 2001. pp.52-53.; Horton Village History sheet, copied from the Horton Village Policy and Procedure Manual and given to Lee Butterworth on 23 October 2012.
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth
Created: 3 April 2014, Last modified: 26 May 2014