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Tasmania - Organisation
Maylands Girls' Unit (1983 - 1998)
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Maylands, formerly the Industrial School for Girls - Hobart, Maylands Salvation Army Home for Girls, and Maylands Girls' Unit, c. 2012, courtesy of Heritage Tasmania.
Details
- From
- 1983
- To
- 1998
- Categories
- Adolescent Care, Children's Home, Home and Salvation Army
Maylands Girls Unit, run by the Salvation Army, was established after the closure of the Maylands Girls Home in 1981. It was in New Town. The Unit was specifically for the accommodation of teenage girls. It closed in 1998.
Publications
Reports
- Department for Community Welfare: annual report for the year ended 30 June 1983, Department of Community Welfare, Hobart, 1983. Details
- Department for Community Welfare: annual report for the year ended 30 June 1986, Department for Community Welfare, Hobart, 1986. Details
Online Resources
- Rimon, Wendy, 'Children's homes', in The companion to Tasmanian history, Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, 2005, http://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/C/Children%27s%20Homes.htm. Details
- The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory, Children's Homes: A list of openings, closings and function, Appendix A of Submission 46 to the Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care, Commonwealth of Australia, 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
Photos
- Title
- Henry Hunter's design for Maylands, later the Industrial School for Girls - Hobart, Maylands Salvation Army Home for Girls, and Maylands Girls' Unit
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1875
- Source
- Special and Rare Materials Collection, Morris Miller Library, University of Tasmania
Details
- Title
- Maylands, formerly the Industrial School for Girls - Hobart, Maylands Salvation Army Home for Girls, and Maylands Girls' Unit
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 2012
- Source
- Heritage Tasmania
Details
- Title
- Maylands, formerly the Industrial School for Girls - Hobart, Maylands Salvation Army Home for Girls, and Maylands Girls' Unit
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 2012
- Source
- Heritage Tasmania
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Department for Community Welfare: annual report for the year ended 30 June 1983, Department of Community Welfare, Hobart, 1983;
Department for Community Welfare: annual report for the year ended 30 June 1986, Department for Community Welfare, Hobart, 1986;
The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory, Children's Homes: A list of openings, closings and function, Appendix A of Submission 46 to the Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care, Commonwealth of Australia, 2003, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist.
Prepared by: Caroline Evans
Created: 24 January 2011, Last modified: 4 September 2013