Inala Rudolf Steiner School for Curative Education was a residential special school for school-aged children at Cherrybrook. It was opened on 1 November 1958 on a five-acre property by Dr Hans Joachim and Mrs Kyra Pohl, along with a group of parents seeking accommodation support for their children with intellectual disabilities. It closed in 2005….
Miroma Special School was a Steiner School located in Vaucluse from 1966 to 2010. It was established by Susan Haris, a teacher who had trained at Inala in Cherrybrook. It is not clear when Miroma stopped providing residential care to children but by 2010 it was primarily offering services to adults with intellectual disabilities and…
Kingsdene Special School at Telopea provided schooling and residential care to children aged 10-18 from March 1976. It was run by Anglicare, who described it as being for children and young people with “moderate to severe intellectual disabilities”. It closed in 2010 due to a lack of funding to continue operations. At the time of…
The Liverpool State Hospital and Home was formerly the Liverpool Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute. It was a hospital and home that was for adults and young people in need of support, including people with disabilities. It was run by the New South Wales Government and operated from 1933 until 1962.
The Liverpool Asylum for the Infirm and Destitute was run by the New South Wales Government from 1862 until 1933. It had formerly been the Liverpool Asylum, run by the Benevolent Society. The Asylum provided refuge for men, including youths, described at the time as being “poor and infirm”. Those residents able to assist in…
Pallister Young People’s Unit and Special School was established in 1977 by the Church of England Deaconess Institution at Pallister House, in the grounds of Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich. The building, also known as Standish, had previously been a girls’ home known as Pallister House or Lisgar Trust. It closed in 1981.
Corelli Babies’ Home was opened around 1945 in Marrickville. It was a Child Welfare Department nursing home for around 20 toddlers. It was situated in a house called Corelli. Previously, it had been a Child Welfare Department home for unmarried mothers, (the Corelli Women’s Hospital). Around 1970 Corelli was converted to a hostel for older…
Yarra Bay House was established at Phillip Bay, at La Perouse, as an institution for children defined as handicapped by the State Children’s Relief Board in 1917. It was converted to La Perouse Training School for Girls in 1923.
Glenfield Park School is a residential special school opened in 1927 by the Department of Education. It is a boarding school that offers intensive support to students with emotional and behavioural needs.
Beverley Park Estate was a disability institution run by the New South Wales Society for Crippled Children. It officially opened in 1938 on a 30 acre property as a holiday and respite home. From the early 1940s Beverley Park was also operating as a children’s orthopaedic hospital, and in 1942 a school was opened on…
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