Dictionary of Sydney

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Metropolitan Girls' Shelter, Glebe

Government receiving home and shelter for girls awaiting court hearings. Treatment and discipline were harsh and frightening for the girls assigned there. The terrace building in which it was housed was demolished in 1978.

Milestone
Opened
1923 - 1936
Closed
1977
Name
Alternate
Bidura Girls' Shelter
Alternate
Glebe Detention Centre
Alternate
Glebe Girls' Shelter
Alternate
Metropolitan Girls' Remand Centre
Type