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New South Wales - Organisation
Green Wood (1951 - 1966)
- From
- 1951
- To
- 1966
- Categories
- Receiving Home, Non-denominational, Home, Receiving Agency
- Alternative Names
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- Greenwood
- Dr Barnardos Boys' & Girls' Home
- Normanhurst
- Brothers and Sisters' Home
Green Wood was established in 1951, in Normanhurst, by Dr Barnardo's in Australia to care for siblings who came from England as part of the child migration scheme. Green Wood accommodated 44 boys and 22 girls and comprised a group of homes on an 11 acre site. It closed in 1966 and two Barnardo's family group homes opened on the same site.
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Green Wood was named in tribute to the late A.W. Green, a founder of the Barnardos work in New South Wales.
Originally Barnardos had intended for Green Wood to let siblings live in the same building, to create more of a traditional family environment, but due to strict regulations on boys and girls being raised in institutions they were unable to do so. Instead they compromised on boys and girls living in different buildings, but on the same site, and being able to interact at breakfast. The children were sent to a variety of local schools.
Barnardos Australia history of the child migration program (c.2014) stated that 'three cottages cared for children aged 10 upwards who attended local schools and later went on to positions in shops or offices or were apprenticed in the area.'
Locations
- 1951 - 1966
- Address - Greenwood was situated at 5 Hinemoa Avenue, Normanhurst
- Collection Title
- Child Migrants Oral History Project (2001 - 2006)
- Date Range
- 2001 - 2006
- Reference
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2314410
[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
- Series Title
- Immigration Files (1946 - 1974)
- Date Range
- 1946 - 1974
- Reference
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1211
[State Records Authority of New South Wales Series Number]
- Contact
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Please contact the State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales:
Postal Address: PO Box 516, Kingswood NSW 2747
Phone: (02) 9673 1788
Email: info@records.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/contact-us/
DETAILS
- Collection Title
- Barnardos Australia, Records (c. 1883 - )
- Date Range
- 1883 -
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact Barnardos Australia (Aftercare Office):
Postal Address: Barnardos After Care, GPO Box 9996, Sydney NSW 2001
Phone: (02) 9281 2300
Email: aftercare@barnardos.org.au
Website: https://www.barnardos.org.au/services/
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Greenwood exterior from Miss Butcher's album
