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New South Wales - Organisation
Home for Mothers with Infants, Croydon (1909 - 1911)
- From
- 1909
- To
- 1911?
- Categories
- Maternity Home, Children's Home, Government-run, Lying-in Home, Home, Babies' Home
The Home for Mothers with Infants, Croydon, was a home established by the State Children's Relief Board in 1909. It was probably a home for unmarried mothers and was possibly related to Cicada Home, which was a government home for unmarried mothers and babies that opened in the same suburb in the year the Home for Mothers with Infants probably closed, 1911.
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The Home for Mothers with Infants, Croydon opened on 11 November 1909. It was one of a number of homes opened by the State Children's Relief Board under the Infant Life Protection Act of 1904. Such homes were intended to keep unmarried mothers and their babies together and reduce the infant mortality that resulted when babies were unable to be fed by their own mothers.
Locations
- 1909 - 1911?
- Location - Home for Mothers with Infants was situated in Croydon
- Collection Title
- Departmental Records relating to State Wards, New South Wales (1881 - 1983)
- Date Range
- 1881 - 1983
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Care Leaver Records Access Unit, Community Services:
Address: Care Leaver Records Access Unit, Community Services, Department of Communities and Justice, Locked Bag 5000, Parramatta NSW 2150
Phone: 1300 137 160 or (02) 9716 2500
Email: CareLeaverRecordsAccessUnit@facs.nsw.gov.au
Website: https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/families/out-of-home-care/about-out-of-home-care/were-you-in-out-of-home-care
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