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Victoria - Organisation
Catherine Booth Girls' Home (1915 - 1976)
Salvation Army Girls' Home, Sackville Street, Kew, c. 1957, by Colin Caldwell
Details
- From
- 1915
- To
- 1976
- Categories
- Children's Home, Home, Protestant and Salvation Army
- Alternative Names
- Catherine Booth Memorial Home (Also known as)
- East Kew Girls' Home (Also known as)
The Catherine Booth Girls' Home was established by the Salvation Army in 1915 in 'Blackhall' mansion, East Kew. The Home accommodated girls aged between 4 and 16. The Catherine Booth Girls' Home closed in 1976.
Publications
Books
- Beaumont, Shirley Steans, A Window of Time, The Author, Burpengary, Qld, 2006. Details
- Beaumont, Shirley Steans, Time behind the green door, The Author, Kallangur, Qld, 2008. 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
- 'Catherine Booth Memorial Home (1915-76)', in Finding Records, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Victoria, https://www.findingrecords.dhhs.vic.gov.au/collectionresultspage/CatherineBoothGirlsHome. See the 'List of records held by the department' section for information about records relating to Catherine Booth Girls' Home. Details
- 'Submission no 533', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- Catherine Booth Girls' Home, The Argus, 21 August 1915, 21 pp, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1551591. Details
- Christmas treat at Girls' Home, The Argus, 10 December 1925, 9 pp, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2172231. Details
- Have you given your share?, The Argus, 20 December 1954, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12004856. Details
- 'Submission no 393', in Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: Submissions received by the committee as at 17/3/05, 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/submissions/sublist. Details
- 'Submission no 189', 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
- Compass: The Salvos: Part 1, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2014. Details
- James Jenkinson Consulting, Guide to out-of-home care services 1940-2000 - Volume One: Agency Descriptions, Department of Human Services, Unpublished, November 2001, https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/DHS.3004.011.0367.pdf. Details
- Victoria. Children's Welfare Department and Reformatory Schools, Report of the Secretary and Inspector for the Year 1927, Victorian Government, Melbourne, 30 June 1928, 22 pp. Details
- Victoria. Children's Welfare Department and Reformatory Schools, Report of the Secretary and Inspector for the Year 1928, Victorian Government, Melbourne, 30 June 1929, http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1929_2ndSessNo5.pdf. Details
Photos
- Title
- Blackhall, 26 Sackville Street Kew
- Type
- Image
Details
- Title
- Salvation Army Girls' Home, Sackville Street, Kew
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1957
- Creator
- Colin Caldwell
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/.
Prepared by: Cate O'Neill
Created: 1 May 2009, Last modified: 29 October 2018