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New South Wales - Organisation
Yarra Bay House Truant School (1939 - 1955)
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Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay, 7 August 2007, courtesy of J Bar, Wikimedia Commons.
DETAILS
- From
- 1939
- To
- c. 1955
- Categories
- Home, School, Children's Home, Government-run
Yarra Bay House Truant School was established in 1939 in Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay. This building had been the La Perouse Training School for Girls. It was run by the Child Welfare Department as a truant school for boys. It was converted to a boys' home in the 1950s. In around 1955, Yarra Bay Boys' Home was established on the site.
Locations
- 1939 - 1955
- Location - Yarra Bay House Truant School was situated at Yarra Point, Phillip Bay (La Perouse)
- Item Title
- Ronald Arthur interviewed by Jeannine Baker for the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants oral history project (2011)
- Date Range
- 2011 - 2011
- Reference
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5717091
[National Library of Australia Bib ID]
- Contact
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Please contact a Librarian at Reader Services, National Library of Australia:
Postal address: National Library of Australia, Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6262 1266
Website: http://www.nla.gov.au/askalibrarian/
DETAILS
- 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
DETAILS
Yarra Bay House, Phillip Bay