The Riddells Creek Girls’ Home was established by the Salvation Army in 1900.
In 1902 it housed 40 girls, including some ‘recruited’ from Melbourne’s slums. The Home closed in 1940.
The Riddells Creek Girls’ Home, reported the Adelaide Advertiser in 1902, included girls ‘recruited’ from the Chinese opium dens and other ‘vile resorts’ in the slums of Melbourne.
The newspaper described the Home as ‘spotlessly clean’, and stated it combined rigid discipline with kind treatment in a religious atmosphere.
In 1902 the Home housed 40 girls. They were ‘kept busy’ with light gardening work, machine knitting and ornamental needlework.
From
1900
To
1940
Alternative Names
Riddell's Creek Girls' Home
Riddells Creek Reformatory
1900 - 1940
The Riddells Creek Girls' Home was located at Riddells Creek, Victoria (Building Unknown)
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