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New South Wales - Organisation
Scarba Welfare House for Women and Children (1917 - 1920)
- From
- 1917
- To
- 1920
- Categories
- Non-denominational, Children's Home, Home, Babies' Home
The Scarba Welfare House for Women and Children at Bondi was opened in 1917 by the Benevolent Society of New South Wales as a home for women and babies. In 1920, the Board of the Benevolent Society decided to devote Scarba entirely to the care of young children and the name was changed to Scarba Welfare House for Children.
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In 2006 the Benevolent Society published a history of Scarba, as part of its response to the Senate Inquiry into the Forgotten Australians. The report intended to set out the good and the bad, and acknowledge mistakes made in the care of children. The report acknowledges that it is difficult to find out what Scarba was like in the period before 1965, and few individual records of that time survive.
Locations
- 1917 - 1920
- Location - Scarba Welfare House for Women and Children was situated at Wellington Street, Bondi
Timeline
- 1917 - 1920
- Scarba Welfare House for Women and Children
- 1920 - 1965
- Scarba Welfare House for Children
- Collection Title
- Benevolent Society of New South Wales Collection, 1813-1996 (1813 - 1996)
- Date Range
- 1813 - 1996
- Reference
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- Contact
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Please contact the Benevolent Society:
Postal Address: PO Box 171, Paddington NSW 2021
Phone: (02) 8262 3400 or 1800 26 762
records@benevolent.org.au
Website: https://www.benevolent.org.au/
DETAILS
Official opening
Living at Scarba Home for Children: A history of the Scarba Welfare House for Children (1917-1986)
in the context of child welfare practice in New South Wales
