James Horton School for Girls

• James Horton Memorial Home for Girls (1953 - 1954)
• James Horton School for Girls (1954 – 1963)
  • Horton House (1963 - 1976)

Run by

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

Related Events

• Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care, Parliament of Australia (2003 - 2005)
  James Horton School for Girls was mentioned in Submission 505 to the Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care

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
• The Salvation Army Australia Eastern Territory, Submission No. 46 to the Senate Inquiry into Children in Institutional Care: The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territorial Headquarters (VIC), Appendix B, Eastern Territory Social Centres, A list of openings, closings and function, June 2003. View Publication Details

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Records

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