James Horton Memorial Home for Girls

• James Horton Industrial School for Girls (1947 - 1953)
• James Horton Memorial Home for Girls (1953 – 1954)
  • James Horton School for Girls (1954 - 1963)

Run by

• The Salvation Army Australia Eastern Territory (1921 - 2018)

This page was written by Lee Butterworth, last updated 15 February 2023. Sources used to create this entry:

• Burley, Lacey, Horton Village helps the disabled, Chronicle, 31 March 2009 View Publication Details
• Department of Families, Missing pieces: information to assist former residents of children's institutions to access records, 2001. Relevance: pp.52-53 View Publication Details
• Horton Village History sheet, copied from the Horton Village Policy and Procedure Manual and given to Lee Butterworth on 23 October 2012.

• Blayse, Lewis, Some More Salvation Army Children's Homes (Or: Ve Gaf Vays Of Making You Afraid), lewisblayse.net, 12 January 2014. View Publication Details
• Cleland, Sharon, Caring for the Children: A history of institutional care provided by The Salvation Army for Australian children and youth (1893-1995), August 2012. View Publication Details
• Social Work Staff, Faculty of Education, University of Queensland, Directory of Social Services Queensland, 1958. View Publication Details

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Records

• Salvation Army Australia, Records of Homes in the former Eastern Territory (c. 1891 - 1990s)