Charlton Boys’ Home, Glebe

Location

Avona Avenue
Glebe NSW
Australia

Provider: Church of England (Home Mission Society)

Year Opened: 1942

Year Closed: 1980s

Opened in 1942 at Glebe. Arleston Young Men’s Hostel opened in 1944 close by. Homes were also opened at Castle Hill and Bowral in 1960. The Charlton Homes were then moved to Ashfield from Glebe in 1966 and the Homes at Bowral and Castle Hill were moved to Ashfield in 1970. Ashfield closed in the late 1980s.

The Homes that were part of Charlton Youth services were:

‘Trigg’ at Granville
‘Lisgar’ at Oatley
‘Carramar’ at Granville
‘Robinson’ at Campbelltown

Related News Articles

36 Boys, Girls Run own Delinquent Home, 9 June 1946, 4 (Daily Telegraph)

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