Open All Night Refuge

Location

145 Commonwealth Street formerly Little Hay Street
Surry Hills NSW
Australia

Provider: Blue Ribbon Gospel Army

Year Opened: 1882

Year Closed: 1950

The Open All Night Refuge was established in Darlinghurst by George Edward Ardill in 1883, via the Blue Ribbon Gospel Army, which later became the Sydney Rescue Work Society. It provided temporary accommodation for women and children, including those fleeing domestic violence. It also took in alcoholics and prostitutes. Throughout its 70 years it occupied various locations in Surry Hills and Sydney. It closed in the 1950s.

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