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Victoria - Organisation
William Booth Girls' Home (1912 - 1972)
- From
- 1912
- To
- 1972
- Categories
- Care Provider, Children's Home, Home and Protestant
- Alternative Names
- Camberwell Children's Home (Also known as)
- East Camberwell Girls' Home (Also known as)
- William Booth Memorial Home (Also known as)
The William Booth Girls' Home, East Camberwell, opened in 1912 and was run by the Salvation Army. It accommodated girls aged between 4 and 14. When the Home closed in 1972, children were transferred to the Salvation Army's Catherine Booth Girls' Home in East Kew.
Publications
Books
- The Salvation Army Southern Territory Archives and Museum, Southern Soup-Soap-Salvation: A compendium of Salvation Army Social Services in the Australia Southern Territory, Citadel Press, Melbourne, 2003. Details
Reports
- Department for Neglected Children and Reformatory Schools. Report of the Secretary., Government Printer, Melbourne, 1888 - 1924. Details
- Eskey, Eileen, Report on survey of children in salvation army care at Kew, Camberwell and Box Hill homes, Salvation Army, Melbourne, 196?. Details
Online Resources
- 'Submission no 267', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Commonwealth of Australia, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- 'Submission no 266', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, Commonwealth of Australia, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997, State Library of Victoria, 2009, http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/. Details
- 'William Booth Memorial Home for Girls (1912-72)', in Finding Records, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Victoria, 2016, https://www.findingrecords.dhhs.vic.gov.au/. See the 'List of records held by the department' section for information about records relating to William Booth Girls' Home. Details
- Rogers, Captain Malcolm, 'The Salvation Army Transcript 11 April 2013', in Inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations, Victorian Government, 11 April 2013, http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/fcdc/article/1786. Details
- The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory, 'Children's Homes: A list of openings, closings and function (submission 46)', in Inquiry into Institutional Care: Submissions received as at 17/03/05, Commonwealth of Australia, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
Photos
- Title
- Salvation Army Girls Home (East Camberwell)
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN)
Details
Sources used to compile this entry: Victoria Government Gazette Online Archive 1836-1997, State Library of Victoria, 2009, http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/;
The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory, 'Children's Homes: A list of openings, closings and function (submission 46)', in Inquiry into Institutional Care: Submissions received as at 17/03/05, Commonwealth of Australia, 2005, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist;
The Salvation Army Southern Territory Archives and Museum, Southern Soup-Soap-Salvation: A compendium of Salvation Army Social Services in the Australia Southern Territory, Citadel Press, Melbourne, 2003.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 1 May 2009, Last modified: 29 October 2018