Maylands
Has been a private mansion, hostel, girls’ school and Salvation Army headquarters and tourist accommodation.
1887: Maylands built. Designed by renowned Tasmanian colonial architect Henry Hunter. Built for a rich business man John Pearce. A staircase hand-crafted from Baltic pine, Huon pine and blackwood, wide floorboards made from New Zealand Cowrie pine, towering and enormous wrap around balconies, marble fireplaces, ornate cornices ceiling roses and intricate stained-glass windows.
1924: The Hobart Girls’ Industrial School was first founded in 1862 and in 1924 relocated to Maylands.
Girls went to the school either through the public system or at the request of their families, as well as taking on wards of the state.
1940s: The School negotiated with the Salvation Army to take it over.
1946: The Salvation Army acquired all the property and assets of the School on certain conditions, including keeping all the girls.
A Matron and two Assistant Matrons, both Salvation Army Officers, ran the home with room for 36 children. Some of the girls had brothers at nearby Barrington Boys' Home, also run by the Salvation Army. Boys at Maylands were transferred to Barrington when they reached the age of six.
1998: Maylands ceases housing girls.
Maylands becomes home of the Divisional Headquarters of the Salvation Army in Tasmania.
2016: Salvation Army sells the building. Bought privately. Provides tourist accommodation.
Has been a private mansion, hostel, girls’ school and Salvation Army headquarters and tourist accommodation.
1887: Maylands built. Designed by renowned Tasmanian colonial architect Henry Hunter. Built for a rich business man John Pearce. A staircase hand-crafted from Baltic pine, Huon pine and blackwood, wide floorboards made from New Zealand Cowrie pine, towering and enormous wrap around balconies, marble fireplaces, ornate cornices ceiling roses and intricate stained-glass windows.
1924: The Hobart Girls’ Industrial School was first founded in 1862 and in 1924 relocated to Maylands.
Girls went to the school either through the public system or at the request of their families, as well as taking on wards of the state.
1940s: The School negotiated with the Salvation Army to take it over.
1946: The Salvation Army acquired all the property and assets of the School on certain conditions, including keeping all the girls.
A Matron and two Assistant Matrons, both Salvation Army Officers, ran the home with room for 36 children. Some of the girls had brothers at nearby Barrington Boys' Home, also run by the Salvation Army. Boys at Maylands were transferred to Barrington when they reached the age of six.
1998: Maylands ceases housing girls.
Maylands becomes home of the Divisional Headquarters of the Salvation Army in Tasmania.
2016: Salvation Army sells the building. Bought privately. Provides tourist accommodation.