Elizabeth Fry Retreat
Elizabeth Fry Retreat
Argo Street
South Yarra
VIC
Australia
Provider: Interdenominational
Year Opened: 1884
Year Closed: 1957
The Elizabeth Fry Retreat located in South Yarra Victoria, was established in 1884 by Quakers, as a home for female ex-prisoners. The Melbourne City Mission took over the Retreat in 1943. The Retreat offered a home for ‘friendless and wayward women and girls’.
Was renamed Swinborn Lodge in 1957.
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