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The Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Detention Centre was a youth detention center at Windsor in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was formerly known as the Sir Leslie Wilson Detention Centre and the Wilson Hospital. The Forde Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland institutions recommended that the centre close as a matter of urgency. [1]
Within two years, the orphanage was caring for about 100 children and received a government subsidy. In 1882, a 20-acre (8.1 ha) block of land on Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba was purchased to allow the construction of a larger facility. In 1883 the Diamantina Orphanage opened at this new location and by 1886 was caring for more than 350 children.
Wanslea (I/National Order of Oddfellows Orphanage) try Wanslea: 1905-built 1996-WA-listed [8] 78 & 80 Railway St Cottesloe, Western Australia: Federation Free Style two storey red brick orphanage RAOB Lodge (Harbour Master's House, Oddfellows Building) try RAOB Lodge: 283 Marine Tce Geraldton, Western Australia: Oddfellows Hall (Leederville)
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Nazareth House, situated on Tingal Hill, Wynnum, was designed by Brisbane architectural firm, Hennessy, Hennessy, Keesing & Co and JP Donoghue and built by George Turner. . Nazareth House was officially opened by Archbishop James Duhig in 1925 as part of the charitable institution established on the site by the Poor Sisters of Nazare
Nudgee is 17.6 kilometres (11 mi) north-west by road of the Brisbane CBD.. The suburb is bounded to the north-east by the Gateway Motorway, including Nudgee Golf Club down to Kedron Brook) which forms the south-east boundary, then along Gateway Motorway, including Nudgee Waterhole Reserve and roughly following Farnshaw Road and Red Hill Road to the south, and then roughly following the ...
In 1900, Laura Tufnell, the widow of Edward Tufnell (a former Anglican Bishop of Brisbane), donated money to establish an orphanage in her husband's name. The funds were used to purchase 4.5 acres (1.8 ha) of land at 230 Buckland Road ( 27°24′10″S 153°03′09″E / 27.4027°S 153.0526°E / -27.4027; 153.0526 ( Tufnell Home ...
Satellite image of the Brisbane Metropolitan Area. Centred on the City of Brisbane, it captures from the Redcliffe Peninsula in the north, D'Aguilar National Park to the west, east to Moreton and Stradbroke Islands, and Logan City in the south. Brisbane Central Business District seen from Mount Coot-tha Lookout This is a list of the almost 450 suburbs in the Brisbane metropolis, Queensland ...