The Bendigo Benevolent Asylum and Industrial School, 1875, courtesy of National Library of Australia.
DETAILS
From
1868
To
1885
Categories
Industrial School, Government-run, Benevolent Asylum, Home
Alternative Names
Sandhurst Industrial School
In 1868, the Victorian government established an Industrial School within the grounds of the Bendigo (or Sandhurst) Benevolent Asylum. 'Neglected' children had been housed at the Asylum since it was founded in 1860.The Asylum closed in 1885.