St Martha’s Home
St Martha’s Home
38 Renwick Street
Leichhardt
NSW
Australia
Provider: Sisters of St Joseph
Year Opened :1888
Year Closed: 1969
St Martha’s Industrial Home opened in 1888 at Leichhardt and was run by the Sisters of Saint Joseph.
St Martha’s housed school aged girls and trained them in domestic arts and crafts. The Home is recorded as being an Industrial Home for Girls. In 1923 the original building was replaced with dormitories, housing up to 120 children.
In the late 1950s, St Martha’s Industrial Home became St Martha’s Boarding School. By 1969 there were only 27 girls remaining; they were placed with families, and the school was closed.
For further informtion about this Home, please refer to: A Piece of the Story.
Media Articles relating to this home include:
St Martha’s Home Leichhardt – Shilling Fund
CLAN Homes – Orphanages Gallery
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