Dunmore House at Pendle Hill was run by the Churches of Christ as a boys’ home from 1936 until the early 1980s.
Dunmore House was opened as a boys’ home by Thomas E. Rofe, conference president of the Churches of Christ, on 5 April 1936. Dunmore House was also the name for the historic house that located the boys’ home, and dates from the 1880s.
In 1977 the boys were moved out of Dunmore House and into family group homes. At this time there were around 70 children living there.
Dunmore House was then renamed Dunmore House Youth and Child Care Centre, and became a hostel for working boys and students from the country. Around 1981-82, this was closed and the house was used as a private Baptist school.
From
1936
To
c. 1982
Alternative Names
Dunmore House Boys' Home
Pendle Hill Boys' Home
Dunmore House Youth and Child Care Centre
Dunmore House
1936 - 1977s
Dunmore House was situated at 222 Dunmore Street, Pendle Hill, New South Wales (Building Still standing)
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