Rickard House, 1965, courtesy of The Biz.
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Rickard House was opened by Dr Barnardo's in Australia in 1962 at West Ryde as a family group home. It later became a home for student adolescents. It closed on 30 January 1982.
Sources used to compile this entry: Sutton, Ray, 'Dr Barnardo's cuts back in battle to survive', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), 20 April 1982, p. 4, https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YJ5WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=D-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1962%2C6880057; Thinee, Kristy and Bradford, Tracy, Connecting Kin: Guide to Records, A guide to help people separated from their families search for their records [completed in 1998], New South Wales Department of Community Services, Sydney, New South Wales, 1998, https://clan.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/connectkin_guide.pdf.
Prepared by: Melissa Downing
Created: 17 March 2011, Last modified: 25 May 2016
Last updated: 4 August 2023
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