Female Refuge at Norwood |
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| Title : | Female Refuge at Norwood |
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| Creator : | Gall, Ernest | ||
| Source : | Gall, Ernest, PRG 631, Box 59/10 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1900 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
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| Description : |
Following a series of letters in the Adelaide press in 1856, Bishop Short and others founded the Female Refuge as a place of 'rescue' for prostitutes and unmarried, pregnant women. At almost the same time the local Roman Catholic community founded a similar institution at Mitcham, which moved to Fullarton in 1901. The impetus of the Social Purity campaign in the 1880s saw an increase in the work of the Female Refuge, and in 1886 it moved to a large new building at Norwood. By 1889 there were over 200 women in the Refuge, and it was estimated that 1600 had passed through since the shelter was established. Similar institutions were established, including Dr. Arthur Dendy's House of Mercy at Walkerville and Bishop Harmer's St Mary Mission of Hope in Halifax Street. The Refuge closed in the 1950s. |
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| Related names : | Dendy, Arthur Harmer, J.R. (John Reginald), 1857-1944 Short, Augustus, 1802-1883 Adelaide Social Purity Society House of Mercy and Retreat for Women, Walkerville, Inc. South Australian Female Refuge St. Mary Mission of Hope (Adelaide, S. Aust.) |
| Coverage year : | 1900 |
| Place : | Norwood, S. Aust. |
| Region : | Adelaide metropolitan area |
| Further reading : | Dickey, Brian. Rations, residences, resources: a history of social welfare in South Australia since 1836, Netley: Wakefield Press, 1986 Jones, Helen. In her own name: a history of women in South Australia from 1836, Kent Town: Wakefield Press, 1994 South Australian Female Refuge. Annual report of the South Australian Female Refuge, Adelaide: The Refuge, 1858- |
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