A report to the Hostel Committee on the future of the Horace Bedggood Hostel. Prepared by J.W.Flynn 23/8/7324.5cmHx21cmW, 8 pageshorace bedggood hostel, j w flynn

The Adult deaf and Dumb Society had long seen the need for a hostel to provide accommodation for Deaf Adults and the appeal launched in 1951 was brought to furuition in 1959 with the Horace Bedggood House (Men’s Hostel) opened at Jolimont Square.These photographs are significant as they show a major undertaking of the Adult Deaf and Dumb Society of Victoria - Horrace Bedggood House a Hostel for Deaf Adults.18cmHx24.5cmW and 15cmHx24.5cmWbedggood, hostel

'Mornington' is a two storey residence with basement, built in bi-chromatic brickwork and erected in 1869. Following the purchase by the Society of Jolimont Square this building was tenanted until early 1935, when Mr. and Mrs. Abraham moved in from Blackburn. Following Abraham's death in early 1940 the building was rented out again. In 1947 the then Welfare Superintendent and Missioner (Mr. Ernest A. Reynolds) and Mrs. Reynolds, established a Young Mens Hostel using "Mornington" and the adjoining house "Highgate". This Hostel operated until "Horace Bedggood Hostel" was opened in 1959. Mornington, later known as the 'Red Brick Building' or 'H.E.A.R. Service Building' was used in later years for the Society's H.E.A.R. Service.Jolimont Square is significant as part of an early sub-division in Melbourne. The building is an early example of well resolved bi-chromatic brickwork, and has unusual curved bays for the ground floor windows. 19cmHx24.5cmWmornington, jolimont square, highgate, bedggood, h.e.a.r. service, reynolds, abraham